Anupan Boonchuen, director of a dog grooming school, has launched "Dog Radio Thailand", a web radio station aim to entertain dogs. Anupan believed that the music puts the dogs in a good mood and they're more willing to let the groomers handle them.

With tourists from around the world basking in the sun on its southern beaches, Thailand is calling in a revered Chinese sea goddess to ward off the restive spirits of the thousands who died in last year's tsunami disaster. A statue of Godmother Ruby, known as Mazu in Chinese, will be brought to the Thai island and tourist resort of Phuket from the Chinese coastal province of Fujian next month for ghost-clearing rites, according to Suwalai Pinpradab of the Tourism Authority of Thailand.

Thailand is trying attract tourists back to its beaches by calling in a revered Chinese sea goddess to ward off the spirits of thousands who died in last December's tsunami. A statue of Godmother Ruby, known as Mazu in Chinese, will be brought to the Thai island of Phuket from the Chinese coastal province of Fujian next month for ghost-clearing rites, says Suwalai Pinpradab of the Tourism Authority of Thailand.

Thailand is trying attract tourists back to its beaches by calling in a revered Chinese sea goddess to ward off the spirits of thousands who died in last December's tsunami. A statue of Godmother Ruby, known as Mazu in Chinese, will be brought to the Thai island of Phuket from the Chinese coastal province of Fujian next month for ghost-clearing rites, says Suwalai Pinpradab of the Tourism Authority of Thailand.

The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and National Geographic Society say that fishermen in northern Thailand have caught the biggest catfish on record, at 646-pounds. The giant catfish, believed to be the largest freshwater fish ever found, was caught along the Mekong River.