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Hong Kong star Andy Lau injured filming in Thailand
Published on 18/01/2017
» HONG KONG - Hong Kong actor Andy Lau has been hospitalised after falling off a horse while filming a commercial in Thailand, Apple Daily reported.
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.
10 years on, tsunami warning stumbles at the 'last mile'
Reuters, Published on 22/12/2014
» In April 2012, Indonesia's Banda Aceh, the city worst hit by the tsunami that killed at least 226,000 people on Boxing Day ten years ago, received a terrifying reminder of how unprepared it was for the next disaster.
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.