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WEIRD WORLD: Thousands of treasure seekers are now scouring the beaches of the UK for the smelliest old rubbish they can find, after a British man and his dog hit paydirt with a pile of whale vomit worth B2 million.

Wednesday 13 February 2013, 07:03PM

Iranians bitten by Space Monkey hoax

WERID WORLD: Iran’s space agency has bungled its efforts to assure the world that it didn’t send a cute, cuddly monkey on a terrified one-way rocket trip into fiery oblivion.

Wednesday 13 February 2013, 07:01PM

Death Row dinners

WEIRD WORLD: American artist Julie Green has spent 13 years painting the final meals of death row inmates – so far she’s painted more than 500 “last requests”.

Wednesday 13 February 2013, 06:58PM

One hurt by brakeless Phuket bus

PHUKET: An out-of-control but fortunately empty tour bus crashed into a woman on a motorbike this afternoon (February 13) before hitting a power pole on the way down from Patong Hill into Patong, causing traffic chaos.

Wednesday 13 February 2013, 06:34PM

Phuket KFC man gets a nasty surprise

PHUKET: A part time delivery man working for KFC received a nasty surprise when he turned up at room No 11 in the Purata Inn in Thung Tong yesterday (February 12) at around 9 pm, with a delivery of chicken wings.

Wednesday 13 February 2013, 06:18PM

DSI officials arrive to check ‘Russian’ firms in Phuket

PHUKET: A team from the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) in Bangkok arrived in Phuket today (February 13) to gather information about Russian-operated businesses suspected of operating illegally in Bang Tao.

Wednesday 13 February 2013, 05:52PM

Phuket resident ‘lucky to be alive’ after robbery

PHUKET: When long-time Phuket resident Mari Okawa was robbed on Sunday evening (February 10), the first thing she thought was how lucky she was to be alive.

Wednesday 13 February 2013, 03:41PM

'A Thai Love Song' by Malaysia's Namewee goes viral

BANGKOK: 'A Thai Love Song' by Malaysian artist Wee Meng Chee, better known as Namewee, has become a regional hit after a video of the song was uploaded to Youtube last week.

Wednesday 13 February 2013, 03:40PM

Tourism Malaysia goes bigger at Phuket Old Town Festival 2013

PHUKET: The 14th Phuket Old Town Festival is here back and for the 3rd consecutive years, Tourism Malaysia will be joining this event in ‘Bigger’. It will be held from 15-17 February 2013 at Phuket Road (opposite Phuket Town Inn), Phuket Town.

Wednesday 13 February 2013, 02:40PM

Police want conscripts to boost ranks

NONG KHAI: The Royal Thai Police Office will propose amending the police law to allow for police conscription as part of national service, a senior officer in the force says.

Wednesday 13 February 2013, 12:18PM

A date with the Phuket Woulfe pack

Phuket News / Business

Wednesday 13 February 2013, 12:35PM

PHUKET: It’s been a year since The Phuket News last visited Brian Woulfe at his contemporary offices in Baan Wana Park and interviewed him about his design business, Designed By Woulfe.

Thai Gov coffers get boost

Phuket News / Business

Wednesday 13 February 2013, 12:33PM

The Ministry of Finance has disclosed that the government earned B94 billion higher in revenue in the previous financial year compared to that of the year before.

Japan’s top three automakers posted record sales last year

Phuket News / Business

Wednesday 13 February 2013, 12:31PM

Japan’s three biggest automakers – Toyota, Nissan and Honda – on Monday posted record sales for 2012, as the results confirmed that Toyota recaptured the world’s biggest automaker crown.

Can this woman save South Africa?

Phuket News / World

Wednesday 13 February 2013, 12:27PM

SOUTH AFRICA: One of South Africa's most dynamic women appears set to enter politics, setting off rampant conjecture about whether she could finally help forge a viable alternative to the seemingly unshakeable African National Congress.

North Korea a final frontier for Google Maps

Phuket News / Asia

Wednesday 13 February 2013, 12:22PM

NORTH KOREA: North Korea was a final frontier for Google Maps. It took years and the help of amateur map-makers who once lived there or knew people who did to add gulags, streets and other details to what was long a patch of grey at the online atlas.

US consulate in Chiang Mai under close watch

CHIANG MAI: The government has ordered that security be beefed up for the US consulate in Chiang Mai following intelligence reports of a potential terrorist attack.

Wednesday 13 February 2013, 12:00PM

With test, N. Korea threat looks more real

Phuket News / Asia

Wednesday 13 February 2013, 10:12AM

NORTH KOREA: With a defiant nuclear test, North Korea has shown it poses an increasingly credible threat but some doubt whether even the notoriously bellicose regime would ever use weapons of mass destruction.

Australian MPs vote for Aboriginal recognition

Phuket News / Asia

Wednesday 13 February 2013, 09:37AM

AUSTRALIA: Australian lawmakers formally recognised indigenous peoples as the country’s first inhabitants on Wednesday, five years after an historic apology to Aborigines for past wrongs.

17 gunmen killed in Narathiwat military base attack: army

BANGKOK: Scores of heavily armed gunmen stormed a military base in unrest-plagued southern Thailand, an army spokesman said Wednesday, in a major assault that left at least 17 militants dead.

Wednesday 13 February 2013, 08:54AM

Jellyfish warnings for Phuket

PHUKET: The Department of Marine and Coastal Resources has launched a campaign warning tourists in Phuket to beware of venomous jellyfish when swimming in the Andaman Sea after a number of foreigners were stung and required treatment.

Tuesday 12 February 2013, 10:49PM

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Elephants go on show at Phuket’s Coconut Island

PHUKET: On May 25 – the night of the full moon – another cosmic event takes place in Phuket.

Tuesday 21 May 2013, 05:31PM

Stopgap deal keeps lifeguards on Phuket beaches

PHUKET: The Phuket Provincial Administration Organisation (OrBorJor) has organised a stopgap solution to the threat of Phuket having no beach lifeguards during the particularly stormy weather of June.

Tuesday 21 May 2013, 04:55PM

Weather sees Phuket fish prices soar

PHUKET: The current stormy monsoon weather has pushed up seafood prices as local fishing boats stay snug in port until conditions at sea improve.

Tuesday 21 May 2013, 04:46PM

NEWS TODAY May 21

Gunman flees Tesco Lotus and ends up at The Phuket News! More 'land encroachers' caught in Kathu. Direct Phuket to Manila flights announced. International Rugby 10s this weekend.

Tuesday 21 May 2013, 01:17PM

Foreigner found dead on Phuket beach

PHUKET: The body of a foreign man was found washed up on Patong Beach at around 7 this morning (May 21) near Loma (Dolphin) Park.

Tuesday 21 May 2013, 10:38AM

Phuket: Crash, breakdown on Patong hill jam up traffic

PHUKET: Traffic is slow on both sides of the Patong hill this morning (May 21) after a small accident took place on one side and a six-wheeled truck broke down on the other at around 8am.

Tuesday 21 May 2013, 09:03AM

At least 51 dead in deadly Oklahoma tornado

Phuket News / World

Tuesday 21 May 2013, 08:48AM

WASHINGTON: A powerful tornado with winds of up to 200 miles (320 kilometers) per hour pulverized an Oklahoma City suburb Monday, hitting at least two schools and wiping out blocks of homes. The death toll has risen to 51, US media said, citing the state medical examiner's office.

Phuket alcohol sales ban for Visakha Bucha Day

PHUKET: Friday (May 24) is Visakha Bucha Day, a public holiday. Because it is a holy day, shops, bars and restaurants are barred from selling alcohol for 24 hours from midnight on Thursday night.

Tuesday 21 May 2013, 08:39AM

Phuket taxi driver denies kidnapping, molestation

PHUKET: The black taxi driver arrested after allegedly abducting a Chinese tourist on Saturday night (May 18) and attempting to molest her, today appeared in court where he denied kidnapping and sexual assault charges.

Monday 20 May 2013, 08:13PM

Three arrested for Phuket bikes-for-ransom scheme

PHUKET: Three teenagers have been arrested for stealing motorbikes and then holding them for ransom.

Monday 20 May 2013, 08:02PM

Phuket mansion grounds to become public park

PHUKET: The grounds around a classic but decaying Sino-colonial mansion on Wichit Songkram Rd near Kathu are to be turned into a new exercise park run by the Phuket Provincial Administration Organisation, but the well-known mansion will remain.

Monday 20 May 2013, 06:36PM

The Big List: Lost and Found

THE BIG LIST: Stories of missing soldiers and standed sailors are as old as literature itself – Homer’s hero Odysseus was cursed to wander for 10 years after the battle of Troy before returning home. Here are some strange but true tales of men who were lost and then found a long time later.

Monday 20 May 2013, 06:02PM

‘MIA Vietnam vet’ exposed as hoax

WEIRD WORLD: A man claiming to be an American soldier missing since his helicopter was shot down during the Vietnam War has been exposed as a hoaxer.

Monday 20 May 2013, 05:59PM

Sno Cone Joe wages street war on Mr Ding-A-Ling

WEIRD WORLD: There ain’t enough ice-cream eaters in this town for the both of us – that was the message Joshua Malatino had for his rival ice-cream van drivers in Gloversville, New York.

Monday 20 May 2013, 05:56PM

‘Queen’ scolds noisy protest

WEIRD WORLD: Street protestors promoting a gay and transgender festival in London were amazed to see a regal woman dressed like Queen Elizabeth scolding them for making too much noise.

Monday 20 May 2013, 05:53PM

Gun-carrying runaway cornered at Phuket News office

PHUKET: A man fleeing police brought the news right to the office of The Phuket News this morning (May 20) or, to be more accurate, into the blind alley next to the office.

Monday 20 May 2013, 05:43PM

Phuket man to be charged with encroachment in forest

PHUKET: A Phuket man will be charged with forest encroachment, illegal construction, illegally transforming land and destruction of the environment after a resort construction site was visited by Kathu District officials on Saturday (May 18).

Monday 20 May 2013, 04:11PM

NEWS TODAY May 20

Work halted on four construction sites - land encroachment investigation. Official warning about poison jellyfish. 'Rock God' spotted in Phuket Town. Singto Numchok comes to town.

Monday 20 May 2013, 02:34PM

Cebu Pacific to launch Manila-Phuket direct service

PHUKET: Cebu Pacific, a budget airline in the Philippines, will begin direct flights between Manila and Phuket on August 16, the first airline to link the Philippines with the island.

Monday 20 May 2013, 01:13PM

Box jellies spotted off Phuket beach [VIDEO]