Trips to disaster sites where rescuers are still retrieving bodies: The ominous rise of dark tourism

Last month, TransAsia Airways flight GE-235 crashed shortly after take-off, killing 31 people. The crash site, in Taipei, represents tragedy for those who lost family members and friends in the disaster,...

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Vietnam ends search and rescue operations for missing 16 Filipino crew of MV Jupiter

Vietnam has officially stopped its search and rescue operations for the missing 16 Filipino crew of the ill-fated MV Jupiter, which sank off the coast of Vietnam on January 2. The victims’ families...

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Officials: 33 bodies recovered from eastern Ukraine mine disaster

The bodies of all 33 workers killed in coal mine explosion Wednesday in eastern Ukraine have been recovered, officials with the Donetsk regional authority said. Preliminary information indicates...

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