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Tourists flee islands as tropical storm Pabuk closes in
AFP, Published on 03/01/2019
» KHAO LAK, Phangnga: Tens of thousands of tourists have fled some of the country's most popular islands and resort areas as tropical storm Pabuk closes in and threatens to batter the southern region with heavy rains, winds and seven-metre waves.
A decade on, tourist survivors revisit tsunami-hit Thai beaches
AFP, Published on 27/12/2014
» Ten years after the Indian Ocean tsunami, foreign tourists who survived the crushing waves still return to the Thai beaches where thousands lost loved ones, seeking recovery and solace.
Asian Tsunami Anniversary: LIVE REPORT
AFP, Published on 26/12/2014
» 11:52 GMT - Minute's silence in the rain - Thai PM Prayut Chan-O-Cha leads at the Khao Lak ceremony: "I want to take this opportunity to pay respect to those Thai and foreign nationals who lost their lives in the tsunami."
Indonesia begins tsunami memorials
AFP, Published on 26/12/2014
» BANDA ACEH - Thousands of people held a memorial Thursday in Indonesia's Aceh province, the epicentre of the Indian Ocean tsunami, as the world prepared to mark a decade since a disaster that took 220,00 lives and laid waste to coastal areas in 14 countries.
Myanmar migrants haunted by memory of tsunami missing in Thailand
AFP, Published on 21/12/2014
» BAN NAM KHEM, PHANGNGA - A decade after towering waves wrenched her newborn baby from her arms, Mi Htay remains haunted by memories of the children she lost in the tsunami whose bodies, like hundreds of other Myanmar migrants in Thailand, were never identified.
Mothers, children flee Myanmar on desperate voyage
AFP, Published on 25/02/2013
» Homeless, hungry and nine months pregnant, Nuru boarded a rickety boat filled with Rohingya asylum seekers fleeing a wave of deadly sectarian violence in western Myanmar.
Thai arrested over death of Briton at New Year party
AFP, Published on 02/01/2013
» Police in Thailand said Wednesday they had arrested a Thai over the death of a British tourist shot during New Year celebrations at one of the Southeast Asian nation's most popular islands.