A Buddhist monk walks past a memorial wall for tsunami victims on the Thai island of Phuket on March.....
A Buddhist monk walks past a memorial wall for tsunami victims on the Thai island of Phuket on March 24, 2005. Decoding DNA from tsunami victims in Thailand, many of them tourists, has been harder than expected, experts said on Friday. The official death toll in Thailand from the December 26, 2004 disaster stands at 5,395, of which 1,953 are believed to be foreigners.