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Images of a wild bear lying dead on its back with four legs up by a road in the Khao Yai-Thap Lan National Park posted on a Facebook page of a wildlife researcher this morning have sparked an outpouring of comments from netizens angered and saddened by the loss of another wild animal from reckless driving.
The National Legislative Assembly is set to debate next week five bills proposed by the government to raise the salaries of officials of the court and other independent organizations. NLA whip Yutthana Tapcharoen said the pay adjustments are intended to make the salary scales of the judges, public prosecutors and officials of independent organizations such
Three Chinese tourists were plucked from the sea off Ko Chang Island by rescue workers after they were caught by rip current while swimming in the sea off Sai Khao beach on Wednesday afternoon in defiance of a no-swimming sign. One of the tourists, whose identity is not immediately knownm was reported to be in serious condition
Chief of the Tham Luang rescue operation Narongsak Osotthanakorn said this morning that he might order the extraction of the survivors if the risks are acceptable even though they are not 100 percent physically fit. Speaking at a daily press briefing, the former governor of Chiang Rai admitted there are major challenges in extracting the
Water in Tham Luang cave continues to recede as irrigation experts and volunteers work around the clock to drain flood waters out as the operation to rescue the 12 young footballers and their coach enters its 12th day today. Thai PBS news teams at the scene reported that Mr Korbchai Boon-arana, deputy director general of the
The National Archives of Thailand, an agency under the Fine Arts Department of the Culture Ministry, has been instructed to collect and preserve records on the history-making search and rescue of the 12 young footballers and their coach trapped in Tham Luang cave in Chiang Rai’s Mae Sai district. Vira Rojpojchanarat, the Minister of Culture,
As rescue teams are weighing options on how to take the 13 survivors out of Tham Luang cave, outgoing Chiang Rai Governor Narongsak Osotthanakorn today floated the possibility of the boys being extracted one at a time as it would be difficult for them to be brought out together at the same time. He
More than 60 hours since the Wild Boars football team and their coach have been found on a mound about 400 metres from the so-called Pattaya Beach by rescuers on Monday night, the 13 survivors are still stranded, waiting to be extracted out of the flooded cave. Five reasons have been cited to explain why
Another villager, the 5th in eight days, was wounded in a bomb explosion while tapping rubber in a plantation in Muang district of Yala province early Thursday. Police said the incident occurred at about 3am when Jarin Chanluek, 47, of Ban Thung Ya Mu in Tambon Yupo of Muang district went to the plantation near
The Supreme Court’s Criminal Division for Holders of Political Positions today issued a warrant for the arrest of former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra after he failed to appear for the first hearing in a corruption case in connection with a 4-billion-baht loan to Myanmar. Thaksin is accused of abuses of power by ordering the bank
Rescue teams continue today to probe ways to bring the 13 survivors out of Tham Luang cave as strong currents and high water levels in the cave complex are still hindering efforts to extract the party. Speaking to the daily news briefing, Chiang Rai Governor Narongsak Osotthanakorn said he still could not be specific
A 200-metre long bypass has been built to divert as much as 13,000 cubic metre/day water from flowing into Tham Luang cave as officials continue to drain water out of the cave. Royal Irrigation Department chief Thongplaew Kongchan said Wednesday that his officials and those from the Mineral Resources Department, Department of National Parks, Wildlife
His Majesty the King wants the 12 young footballers and their coach, stranded in Tham Luang cave since June 23, to be brought out as soon possible, Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon said today. The 13 have been found safe in the cave but it remains challenging how to bring them out. They are
One of the 33 Chilean miners rescued after 70 days underground in 2010 has urged the trapped young Thai footballers to hold firm in the belief that they will survive their ordeal, according to The Telegraph. “Do not lose faith or hope,” Juan Carlos Aguilar, one of the supervisors in the group that was buried alive
The Army today sent a team of 31 frogmen from the special force and the 21st Infantry Regiment to assist the Navy SEAL team in the mission to extract the 13 survivors out of the flooded cave. Army deputy spokesperson Colonel Sirichan Ngathong said today that Army Commander-in-Chief General Gen Chalermchai Sitthisart ordered the frogmen to
YANGON — Monday night’s successful location of a youth soccer team and their coach who had been missing in a flooded cave complex in northern Thailand has put the spotlight on a local monk who had earlier predicted that the group would be found alive. Phra Khuva Boonchum hails from northern Thailand, and is already
