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Abundance of rain is forecast for the upper part of the country this week, with isolated heavy rain predicted for the North, the Northeast, the Central, the East and west coast of the South, according to this morning’s weather forecast from the Meteorological Department. It is a result of a monsoon trough lying across Myanmar,
About 450,000 teachers who are members of the funeral welfare fund for teachers have vowed to stop reimbursing the Government Savings Bank for debts they owe to the bank starting August 1. In the meantime, the teachers’ organization has demanded the government and the GSB to impose a moratorium on six-month debt moratorium starting October
The legal criteria for granting Thai nationality to stateless people must be strictly adhered to in the case of three members of the Moo Pa Academy football team and their coach, Interior Minister Anupong Paojinda said this morning. The three young football players and their coach, Ekapol Chanthawong, are classified as stateless persons was they
One of the two Australians who were with the Wild Boars football team and helped them escape safely from the Tham Luong cave in Chiang Rai has revealed the boys and their coach were heavily sedated during the extraction operation, according to ABC. Retired Perth vet Craig Challen explained how he worked closely with his
There was an emotional scene when Lt Col Dr Pak Loharnchun, a military doctor better known as “Mor Pak”, visited the 12 young footballers and their coach in a happy reunion at Chiang Rai Prachanukroh Hospital. Pak and four members of the SEAL unit stayed with the young survivors from the day they were found
Tham Luang Nang-Khun Nam Nang Non forest park has been closed indefinitely due to extensive damages caused to the park’s environment during the recent dramatic rescue operations. Forestry officials said the forest requires massive rehabilitation and restoration. Mr Tunya Nititham, director-general of the National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation, said today the Tham Luang cave
A Muslim militant has been sentenced to death for his parts in three violent incidents in Pattani province in which seven people were killed and eight others injured, said Col Thanawee Suwannarat, deputy spokesman of the Region 4 Internal Security Operations Command forward headquarters at Sirindhorn Military camp in Pattani’s Yarang district. Speaking at a
British caver Vernon Unsworth who helped rescue the Wild Boars soccer team from Tham Luang cave said today he may take legal action against Elon Musk after the Tesla CEO called him a “pedo”. Musk launched a stinging attack on Unsworth without providing any justification or explanation, after the cave expert slammed his offer of
The Thai Government thanks international efforts to rescue the “Wild Boars” soccer team and their coach from captivity in Tham Luang cave. The show of gratitude comes in the form of a 30-second TV spot which started airing on CNN over the weekend. It starts with the now famous video grab of the young survivors
The government is planning to hold a party to thank all the people who were involved in the successful operation to rescue the 12 Wild Boars soccer players and their coach out of Tham Luang cave, Interior Minister Anupong Phaojinda said today. Gen Anupong said the party is planned for several venues besides Bangkok, including
The Ministry of Culture is inviting members of the media and the public to send their still pictures, video clips, paintings, drawings or documents about the Tham Luang dramatic rescue operation to the ministry from today until July 25 so that they will be collected and recorded in the world’s archives. The pictorial materials and
Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha thanks all authorities, both Thai and Chinese, for having successfully recovered the bodies of all 47 victims who died on July 5 when the Phoenix dive boat capsized in a rough sea off Phuket, government spokesman Sansern Kaewkamnerd said this morning. The body of the 47th victim stuck under the wreckage
Tesla and Space-X CEO Elon Musk came under fire yesterday after launching a bizarre attack on a British diver who helped rescue the “Wild Boars” soccer team trapped in Tham Luang cave last week, calling him a “pedo” in one of his series of tweets. Musk’s attack was directed at Vern Unsworth, one of the
France’s players celebrate as they hold their World Cup trophy during the trophy ceremony at the end of the Russia 2018 World Cup final football match between France and Croatia at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow on July 15, 2018.
The managing director TC Blue Dream Company which operated the Phoenix dive boat before it went down iin rough seas resulting in the death of 46 Chinese tourists will be indicted before the Phuket provincial court on Monday. Pol Maj-Gen Thiraphol Thipcharoen, the Phuket police commander, said that the inquiry police officer in charge of
The huge painting in Sepia colour which will tell the amazing story of the Tham Luang rescue operation is almost completed – thanks to the joint efforts of more than 200 artists under the supervision of national artist Chalermchai Kositpipat. Chalermchai said Sunday that the historic painting, titled The Hero, was expected to be completed
