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Thailand boat accident: 33 Chinese dead, 23 people missing off Phuket coast; cause of capsize yet to be ascertained
•The search for another 23 people still missing will resume at 5 am on Saturday, said Prapan Khanprasang, chief of the Phuket Provincial Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Office.
Thailand boat accident: Death toll rises to 21 as tourist vessel capsizes off Phuket coast; PM expresses condolences
•Divers scoured the wreckage Friday of a boat with Chinese tourists that sank in a storm off Thailand's southern resort island of Phuket, as the death toll rose to 21.
Thailand boat accident: 12 dead, dozens missing after tourist vessel with 105 passengers capsizes off Phuket coast
•Thailand's navy pulled 12 bodies from waters off the coast of the holiday island of Phuket on Friday after a tourist boat went down in heavy seas with dozens of Chinese passengers on board.
Thailand: How sun, sand, snorkeling, and a Leonardo DiCaprio movie helped me get over my break up
Sneha Khale •Beaches, interesting culture, good food, and no (or minimum) visa hassles made Thailand the perfect destination
Thailand blasts: After denying terror links, Islamic insurgency, police hunt bombers
•The blasts erupted on the eve of Queen Sirikit's 84th birthday, also celebrated as Mother's Day in Thailand.
Thailand bomb blasts: Eight explosions in Hua Hin, Phuket kill four and injure 20
•A string of bomb attacks targeting Thailand's crucial tourism industry have killed four people, officials said Friday, sending authorities scrambling to identify a motive and find the perpetrators.
Thailand tops Indian travellers' holiday list; Dubai, London next
Fp Archives •The recent Hotel Price Index (HPI) report by Hotels.com showed that three Thailand cities - Bangkok, Phuket and Pattaya - are in the top 10 destinations explored by Indian travellers in the last two years.
Myanmar refugees found near Thai resort to be repatriated
Fp Archives •Phuket provincial Governor Maitri Inthusut said on Wednesday they declared they were unable to continue their hoped-for journey to Malaysia due to exhaustion and fear of mishaps at sea.