bangkokpost.com Police said the deadly crash of a tour bus killing 14 occurred with a ''rogue driver'' at the wheel trying to flee another incident minutes earlier when he collided with a pickup truck and failed to stop.
thesundaily.my Fifteen family members of Malaysian victims in the tour bus tragedy in northern Thailand on Sunday afternoon are expected to leave for Bangkok today.

Agencies Thailand's iconic tuk tuk dress won best national costume at Miss Universe 2015. One of the most shocking moments in pageant history occurred when American host Steve Harvey announced the wrong winner.


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bangkokpost.com Administrators and businesses operating at airports across Thailand will come under a new comprehensive security program designed to bring procedures up to international standards.

nationmultimedia.com At least 14 Malaysian tourists were killed and many others injured when their coach hit a power pole and ran off a mountainous road in Chiang Mai's Doi Saket district.

bangkokpost.com Thai Airways International (THAI) has obtained a third country operator certificate from the European Union (EU), effective on Dec 15, and secured its flights to 11 destinations - Brussels, Copenhagen, Frankfurt, London, Milan, Munich, Oslo, Paris, Rome, Stockholm and Zurich.



bangkokpost.com Thailand's government will focus on illegal fishing and talks with the European Union, but is playing down the slave-like labor conditions.



bangkokpost.com The rector designate of Kasetsart University is missing after taking part in a provincial jet ski event from Chon Buri to Hua Hin. All jet-skis made the 110 kilometre trip safely except for the jet-ski ridden by Associate Professor Bordin Rassameethes.

independent.co.uk A British woman has died after falling off the back of a tuk-tuk in Thailand. She was on the way back to her hotel on Phuket Island around 3am, after spending the night on Patong's Bangla Road. [Ed: British media are using photos of three-wheeled tuk-tuks, not the four-wheeled kind found on Phuket.]

nationmultimedia.com Russian Oleg Yuzhikoy, 37, was killed and his wife severely injured when they were hit crossing the road in front of Pattaya's Ambassador Jomtien Hotel soon after midnight. The driver of a speeding Fortuner, Briton Michael Ashbrooke, 42, was arrested.

independent.ie A landslide hit the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen in Guangdong province, burying 22 buildings and leaving 59 people missing, state media reported.

nationmultimedia.com The Administrative Court will on Wednesday hear a case filed by ex-prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra against the Department of Consular Affairs' director-general for cancelling his passports.

afp An avalanche in the Svalbard archipelago in the heart of the Norwegian Arctic claimed a second life as a child died from injuries sustained in the disaster, medical authorities said.

AP A fake explosive rigged with cardboard, sheets of paper and a household timer forced an Air France flight into an emergency landing in Kenya, sending hundreds of passengers down emergency slides in what the airline's CEO said was the fourth bomb hoax against the airline in recent weeks.

ft.com Spain was heading for political uncertainty on Sunday night after a general election that produced a deeply fragmented parliament with little chance of a stable government majority over the next four years.

abc.net.au Firefighters across the southern Australian state of Victoria are using cooler conditions to consolidate containment lines around a number of blazes that erupted over the weekend destroying 13 homes.

theepochtimes.com In this school holiday season, why not head to Thailand's largest island - Phuket? Also known as the Pearl of the Andaman, this forested and mountainous island in the Andaman Sea is home to some of Thailand's most stunning beaches.

afp Star Wars: The Force Awakens set a record for the highest-grossing opening weekend at the US and Canadian box office with an estimated $238 million in sales, industry monitor Rentrak said.



mindanaoexaminer.com Military forces have seized a huge Abu Sayyaf camp in the Muslim province of Basilan in southern Philippines as troops continue to hunt down militants and Malaysian jihadists hiding out in the hinterlands, regional governor Mujiv Hataman said.



reuters Real Madrid closed to within two points of La Liga pacesetters Barcelona and Atletico Madrid when Gareth Bale helped himself to his first four-goal haul in a 10-2 demolition of nine-man Rayo Vallecano.

afp Nigerian striker Odion Ighalo's brace punished a ramshackle defensive display by Liverpool as Watford overwhelmed Jurgen Klopp's side 3-0 to record a fourth consecutive Premier League win.



December 25 Christmas Day

December 26 2004 Tsunami memorial ceremonies

December 26-January 5 Red Cross Fair, Saphan Hin, Phuket City



January 7-10 Phuket International Boat Show