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Indonesia resumes search for missing AirAsia plane
Medan: Indonesia resumed a sea and aerial search at dawn today (December 29) for an AirAsia plane that went missing in the Java Sea with 162 people on board.
One dead in Italian ferry blaze, hundreds await rescue
ATHENS: Rescuers worked into the night last night (December 28) to save nearly 300 passengers trapped on a burning Italian ferry as coastguards reported one man had died in the high-seas drama.
Wet Weather Predicted for Phuket Over New Year on Monsoon's Outskirts
Latest Forecasters on Phuket are predicting some rain for the new year on the holiday island as the unusually bleak outlook distorted the usual high season sunshine.
Up and Up Go Phuket Property Prices
Latest Remarkably, the surge in Phuket property has continued across 10 years, with a levelling only now being predicted after a post-tsunami boom.
Tourists Target of Drink Drive Purge
Latest The seven Days of Danger this New Year will target tourists and combine safety crackdowns on roads and sea as Phuket authorities seek to reduce the number of deaths.
Train Strike Seriously Injures Tourist Guide at Folding Umbrella Market
Latest The guide for a group of Taiwanese tourists has been seriously injured when struck by a train as it passed through the Folding Umbrella Market, a tourist attraction near Bangkok.
Five Dead in Ferry Fire; AirAsia Chief 'Devastated'; Search Resumes; Russians Quit Phuket, Pattaya
Phuket Updating Digest AirAsia search to resume with dawn; High cost to Phuket, Pattaya as Russians retreat; Economic forecast for Thailand shrinks; Snowfall strands thousands; Phuket events.
Not just another Lazy Sunday
If you’re ooking for a great-value weekend brunch on the Phuket seaside, why not spend your next leisurly Sunday on Karon Beach at The Beachcomber restaurant of Centara Grand Beach Resort Phuket? Its new “Lazy Sunday” brunch features a fantastic BBQ buffet, with complementary access to the water park and kid’s club.
Bad weather forced lost AirAsia plane to change flight path: ATC
An AirAsia plane with 162 people on board went missing in bad weather en route from Indonesia to Singapore Sunday morning, the airline said, in the third crisis for a Malaysian carrier this year.