BAN NAM KHEM, Thailand (AP) — The 20-year-old freshman ... the day the deadly Indian Ocean tsunami struck across South and Southeast Asia, after a 9.1 magnitude earthquake off the west coast ...

The Taipei District Court yesterday ordered that former Taiwan People’s Party (TPP) chairman Ko Wen-je (柯文哲) and his three codefendants be returned to detention, after the High Court revoked a bail ...

As if Florida needs another type of natural disaster to worry about. That said, scientists warned for decades a tsunami could jet our way at more than 500 mph. It's happened before. Few were ...

After becoming disoriented in a wooded area whilst on holiday in Thailand, a British man from ... He was rushed to Ko Samui Hospital, located in the Ko Samui district of Surat Thani, where he ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand -- - Hall of Famer Lydia Ko has been made a Dame in the New Year's honors list in New Zealand for her services to golf. A damehood is the female equivalent of a knighthood ...

Bangkok — Three foreign nationals including an American man died and seven other people were injured by a fire at a hotel in a popular tourist area of Thailand's capital Bangkok, city ...

The Taipei District Court last night granted bail for a second time to Taiwan People's Party (TPP) Chairman Ko Wen-je (柯文哲) after rejecting a detention request from prosecutors investigating ...

PHANG-NGA, Thailand: When the Indian Ocean tsunami hit the south-western coast ... Fang's traditional home is on Koh Phra Thong, one of the hundreds of islands in the Andaman Sea, about an hour ...

The tsunami was considered one of modern history's worst natural disasters, claiming over 230,000 lives across countries in Southeast and South Asia. TaiwanPlus Posted: December 27, 2024 | Last ...

People in Thailand should make disaster preparedness a habit to prevent massive casualties in the future, like those caused by the 2004 tsunami, says the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).

The tsunami displaced more than 1.5 million people, and more than 100,000 houses were destroyed in Aceh alone, the Indonesian province nearest to the earthquake epicenter. The lack of tsunami ...