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The Big List: Ghost Towns

THE BIG LIST: “Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair.” Shelley’s poem Ozymandias, a vision of lost ruins in the desert, mocks the ultimate fate of even greatest human cities, and the greatest vanities. Here are a few of the more unusual ghost towns you’ll find dotted around the world.

‘Ugly’ fish face up to extinction

WEIRD WORLD: They may be last of their species – and scientists joke they may be too ugly to breed. London Zoo has appealed to fish keepers to find a mate for their two tropical Mangarahara cichlids, which come originally from Madagascar.

Stray dogs sniff out human remains

WEIRD WORLD: A Polish businessman who stashed human body parts in a city warehouse instead of incinerating them was exposed by local stray dogs, who started gathering hungrily outside.

Cautious welcome for Phuket ‘tourist courts’

Phuket News / Phuket

Monday 6 May 2013, 02:09PM

PHUKET: Local tourism organisations and politicians have cautiously welcomed plans to set up special courts to fast-track cases involving tourists who are the victims of crime.

Phuket police nab 2 illegal Chinese guides - and 13 Thais

Phuket News / Phuket

Sunday 5 May 2013, 10:08PM

PHUKET: Following complaints about Chinese nationals working illegally as tour guides, Tourist Police have been on a drive to check tours.

Call for Commerce, Revenue to target nominee companies

Phuket News / Thailand

Sunday 5 May 2013, 07:22PM

BANGKOK: The Tourist Police Division has called on the Commerce Ministry and the Revenue Department to inspect tourism-related businesses run by foreigners in Thailand.

ABBA museum opens in Stockholm [Video]

Phuket News / World

Sunday 5 May 2013, 01:33PM

STOCKHOLM: The world's first museum dedicated to Sweden's iconic disco group ABBA is set to open in Stockholm on Tuesday ((May 7), offering visitors a chance to get up close and personal with the 1970s foursome with a little help from modern technology.

Minister addresses Phuket tourism problems

Phuket News / Phuket

Sunday 5 May 2013, 12:24PM

PHUKET: The island has a number of tourism problems that need fixing, Somsak Pureesrisak, Thailand's new Minister of Tourism and Sports, said yesterday (May 4).

Five dealers held, 9,500 pills seized in Phuket bust

Phuket News / Phuket

Sunday 5 May 2013, 10:30AM

PHUKET: Police climbed up a drug dealing ladder over the past week to arrest four drug dealers and seize 9,458 methamphetamine (ya ba) tablets.

Cambodian held for murder of Japanese businessman

Phuket News / Thailand

Saturday 4 May 2013, 04:56PM

ARANYAPHRATHET: Thai Immigration police on Friday (May 3) arrested a Cambodian man for allegedly killing a Japanese businessman after he robbed the victim of his gambling takings in Poi Pet.

Big ganja consignment busted

Phuket News / Thailand

Saturday 4 May 2013, 04:36PM

NAKHON PHANOM: Almost a third of a ton of marijuana, with a street value of around 1.65 million baht, has been seized in Nakhon Phanom Province.

Phuket foreigners. Who needs them?

Phuket News / Opinion

Saturday 4 May 2013, 09:46AM

PHUKET: The dirty ‘F’ word – foreigner. Not native to this land. Someone of foreign nationality. Different. Alien. Not us. Foreigners. Bloody foreigners.

Bad weather here, but Phuket’s life guards still wait for new contract

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 3 May 2013, 04:21PM

PHUKET: Members of Phuket Lifeguard Club are waiting to hear whether the Phuket Provincial Administration Organisation will renew its contract to guard the island’s beaches, and on what terms.

Phuket Money: Making the best of that ancient forgotten pension

Phuket News / Business

Friday 3 May 2013, 04:21PM

Many Brits and nationals of other countries who previously worked in the UK will have accumulated pension funds from their ex-employers or via their own private pension schemes during their time spent working there.

TAT to open language schools for guides

Phuket News / Business

Friday 3 May 2013, 04:20PM

BANGKOK: The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) is set to open new language schools in major provinces across the country in a bid to shore up the nation’s lack of skilled tour guides.

BoT continues to resist pressure over high baht

Phuket News / Business

Friday 3 May 2013, 04:19PM

BANGKOK: Pressure continues to mount on the Bank of Thailand (BoT) over the rising Thai baht.

Most Thai workers ‘unhappy with boring jobs, low pay’

Phuket News / Business

Friday 3 May 2013, 04:16PM

A majority of Thai workers are unsatisfied with their current jobs and many see their salary as too low, says a survey from a recruitment company.

Ministry kicks back Thai Smile spinoff

Phuket News / Business

Friday 3 May 2013, 04:14PM

BANGKOK: A plan to set up THAI Smile Airways Co as a subsidiary of THAI Airways International has been sent back to the national carrier by the Transport Ministry for further study.

Khao Yai property boom heading for a legal wall

Phuket News / Business

Friday 3 May 2013, 04:13PM

Rich families who own most of the new property projects in Khao Yai may suffer the most from a possible drop in land prices if the new Nakhon Ratchasima town plan does not allow any property development.

New chef joins Indigo Pearl resort in Phuket

Phuket News / Business

Friday 3 May 2013, 04:09PM

PHUKET: The Phuket Indigo Pearl resort has announced the appointment of Jack Yoss as its new executive sous chef and chef of the resort’s Rivet restaurant.

Phang Nga, Krabi seen as back-ups for Phuket Airport

Phuket News / Business

Friday 3 May 2013, 04:05PM

PHUKET: With the Phuket International Airport extension, currently under construction, expected to be full to capacity as soon as it opens, the airport’s bosses are looking at other ways to handle the continually soaring passenger numbers.

Police waiting on DNA result for Samui skeleton

Phuket News / Phuket

Friday 3 May 2013, 04:04PM

SURAT THANI: Police are having to rely on DNA matching to identify the skeleton found buried beneath the basement of a villa in Koh Samui owned by accused Hungarian-Israeli murderer Moshe David, also known as Gabor Nemeth.

‘Half billion visitors by 2017’

Phuket News / Business

Friday 3 May 2013, 04:03PM

Visitor arrivals to the Asia-Pacific region will grow to 581 million by 2017 with an annual growth rate of 4.1 per cent, according to a new Asia-Pacific Visitor Forecast released Thursday.

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