An injured Chinese tourist receives medical treatment at a hospital in Phuket, Thailand, July 7, 2018. Chinese officials on Saturday visited the Chinese tourists who were injured after two boats capsized in storms in southern Thailand's Phuket on Thursday. According to Thai authorities, at least 33 people died and 23 remained missing after two boats overturned in rough seas in south Thailand on Thursday. (Xinhua/Qin Qing)

Rescued tourists from a boat that sank are helped onto a pier Thursday, July 5, 2018, on the island of Phuket, southern Thailand (Photo: AP)Bangkok (People's Daily) -The death toll from the sinking of a tourist boat off Thailand's Phuket island has risen to 31, and 15 are still missing, Thai Public Relations Department said on Saturday.Thailand‘s prime minister has

Of all the 133 tourists on the two boats that capsized in Phuket, 127 were Chinese, Foreign Ministry spokesman Lu Kang said Friday.

Rescuers in Thailand deployed helicopters and divers on Friday to search for survivors after two boats with a total of 127 Chinese tourists on board capsized in a storm off the country's southern resort island of Phuket on late Thursday afternoon.

Lin Yingying, a journalist from the Shanghai Morning Post, was on a boat in the same storm that caused two vessels to overturn on Thursday off Phuket Island. She described two and a half horrible hours at sea:

(Photo: Zhao Yipu)On Friday, Chinese Ambassador to Thailand, Lyu Jian, met with Thailand’s Minister of Tourism and Sports, Weerasak Kowsurat, after a boat capsized off the island of Phuket – killing dozens of Chinese tourists.Lyu proposed to save the lost passengers at any cost and that rescue efforts need to be restarted at 6 a.m. on Saturday to find the

At Phuket Vachira Hospital, volunteers help family members of Chinese tourists to confirm their friends and relatives. (Photo: Zhang Zhiwen)Tan Xinyan, who was one of the 105 passengers onboard the boat that capsized off the Thai island of Phuket on Thursday, said she was lucky to have survived the ordeal that has so far claimed dozens of lives.Of the passengers

People wait for information about the rescue at a dock in Phuket, Thailand, July 6, 2018. At least 33 passengers were killed and 23 others still missing after two boats carrying some 133 tourists capsized in rough sea waters in southern Thailand, Governor of Thailand's Phuket Province Norraphat Plodthong said on Friday. (Photo: Xinhua)At least 33 passengers were killed and

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday called on the Thai authorities to make all-out efforts to search Chinese tourists and treat the wounded after a boat accident killed at least 16 Chinese citizens.Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, who is visiting Bulgaria, called for similar measures. His Thai counterpart Prayut Chan-o-cha extended his condolence to the victims and their families in an

Thunderstorms capsized two ships carrying 127 Chinese tourists on their way back to Phuket, Thailand on Thursday.Thai authorities said at least 40 people were

Bangkok (People's Daily)-Authorities have found 17 dead bodies near a capsized ship in Thailand. Most of those found were two kilometers from the site of the accident, local media

Rescued tourists are seen on the island of Phuket, Thailand, July 5, 2018. Until 8:30 p.m. loca

Rescued tourists from a boat that sank are helped onto a pier from a fishing boat, on the island of Phuket, southern Thailand on July 5, 2018. (Photo: AP)53 people remain missing and one has been confirmed dead after a passenger boat carrying 130 people capsized in rough waters off the coast of Southern Thailand’s Phuket,Thursday afternoon.Local media first reported

At least seven went missing after rough seas overturn two tourist boats off Thai tourist island Phuket. Local official says around 90 tourists from China and Russia have been