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Bangkok Metropolitan Administration launched a city-wide crackdown on Thursday against motorcycle riding or car parking on sidewalks. The crackdown was focused on 115 points of sidewalks where there have been numerous complaints against car parking or driving of motorcycles. City police have been deployed to man all the 115 points, with a table being placed
The 12 football players of the Wild Boars Academy today go on Facebook to express their thanks to all those who took part in the high-profile operation to rescue them from Tham Luang cave early this week. A picture, with a headline “All of you are our heroes,” showing people, both Thais and foreigners, taking
The Department of Agricultural Extension today (Thursday) presented plant seeds, plant saplings, and biological control products to about 100 rice farmers who sacrificed their farmland to be used as a catchment area for excess water drained out of Tham Luang cave during the search and rescue operation. During the presentation ceremony held at the Ban
The National Legislative Assembly (NLA) today voted to endorse five of the seven persons nominated to form a new Election Commission and rejected two nominees. Of the seven people nominated for the EC posts, five were nominated by a selection committee and two by a plenary session of Supreme Court judges. Of the five nominated
The Australian doctor who was the last man out of Tham Luang cave in Chiang Rai has praised the 12 young footballers whose ordeal sparked the rescue, according to ABC News. Adelaide anaesthetist Dr Richard Harris is mourning the death of his father, after being informed of his death shortly after the daring rescue mission
The dwindling amount of oxygen in Tham Luang cave coupled with looming monsoon rains were two crucial factors that forced the rescue teams to decide to extract the 12 members of the Wild Boars soccer team and their coach earlier than planned, rescue operation chief Narongsak Osotthanakorn said last night. Speaking at a final press
Croatia created history last night by crushing England 2-1 to reach the World Cup final for the first time. England, meanwhile, had its dream of reaching its World Cup final for the first time since 1966 crushed in the thrilling match in Moscow. The match was tied at 1-1 after Kieran Trippier gave England an
Authorities this evening showed the first video clips of the 12 young footballers and their coach recuperating at Chiang Rai hospital after they were taken out of Tham Luang cave in a dramatic rescue operation. They are seen resting on hospital beds in an isolation ward waving and showing victory sign to the camera and
The Thai Meteorological Department has warned people throughout the country to brace for rain, isolated heavy rain, and flash floods during July 12-15 as a result of the monsoon trough lying across the North of Thailand, Laos, and Vietnam. According to the department’s 5 am weather forecast on Thursday (July 12), the rain will be
Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha today thanked all who have contributed to the successful search and rescue mission that saved 12 young footballers and their coach from more than two weeks of being stranded in Tham Luang cave in Chiang Rai. Speaking in a special programme on TV Pool of Thailand, Gen Prayut said upon
An operation is now underway to retrieve the body of a Chinese tourist, believed to be the last victim, stuck under the wreckage of Phoenix boat near Koh Heh in the sea off Phuket, according to the rescue command center. Three boats — HTMS Thonglang, HTMS Hua Hin, and HTMS Panyee — departed from a
Messages of congratulations and praises have poured in from government leaders around the world over the success of the rescue operation to bring the 12 Wild Boars footballers and their coach out of the flooded cave and for all who contributed to the success of the operation. US President Donald Trump tweeted the following message: “On
All the 12 young Wild Boars footballers and their coach who have been rescued after being trapped for two weeks in Tham Luang cave in Chiang Rai were this morning pronounced to be in good health, with some already starting to eat normal foods and walking unaided. Speaking at a press conference, Dr. Thongchai Lertvilairattanapong,
The Thai Navy SEAL, hailed as hero in the two-weeks-long Tham Luang ordeal, this morning thanks all the people and organizations that contributed to the success of the high-risk rescue operation that safely brought out all the 12 young footballers and their coach from the cave. In a message posted on its Facebook page, the
Samuel Umtiti’s 51st-minute header sent France into the World Cup final for the first time since 2006. The 1-0 win over Belgium in Saint Petersburg makes it the third time France has reached the final in the last six World Cups. France, who will face either England or Croatia in Moscow, looks confident to to
Hollywood film producers are wasting no time and have already started plotting a movie based on what is seen as one of the world’s most daring rescue operations that saw 13 young soccer players and their coach safely saved from Tham Luang cave in Chiang Rai. According to an Australian news website, a US film
