UPDATE:

 

Drilling to start Thursday night at cave in search for missing footballers

By The Nation

 

Drilling equipment on Thursday afternoon reached the Tham Luang Cave, where 12 teenage football players and their assistant coach were last seen on Saturday, in preparations for another effort to reach the victims believed to have been stranded inside by flash floods.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1045308-ptt-sends-3-teams-drones-and-robot-to-search-flooded-cave-in-chiang-rai/?do=findComment&comment=13121487

 

US experts say focus on removing floodwater in cave where footballers disappeared

 

Image: Reuters

 

Floodwater level inside the Tham Luang Cave continues to rise on Thursday afternoon and is hindering efforts to rescue 13 footballers believed to have been stranded since last Saturday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1045286-us-forces-british-divers-join-search-for-boys-missing-in-thai-cave/?page=2&tab=comments#comment-13121656

 

Man who got lost in 'labyrinth' Thai cave says it was a miracle he survived

 

A rescue worker sits in front of the Tham Luang cave complex during a search for members of an under-16 soccer team and their coach, in the northern province of Chiang Rai, Thailand, June 27, 2018. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - A man who got lost inside a cave in Thailand where rescue workers are searching for a group of boys and their soccer coach recalled on Thursday his experience inside the "labyrinth", saying it was a miracle he got out alive.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1045341-man-who-got-lost-in-labyrinth-thai-cave-says-it-was-a-miracle-he-survived/

 

Thai migrants warned of Malaysian crackdown

By The Nation

 

 

The Royal Thai Embassy in Kuala Lumpur has warned Thai nationals in Malaysia about the new governments' crackdown on illegal immigrants from July 1, following the termination of Malaysia's "Rehiring Programme" for illegal immigrants.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1045342-thai-migrants-warned-of-malaysian-crackdown/

 

Farmers Concerned as Tobacco Authority Halts Purchasing of All Tobacco for Three Years

by CityNews

 

 

CityNews – Tobacco farmers have filed a petition after the Tobacco Authority of Thailand announced it would cease all purchasing for three years.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1045346-farmers-concerned-as-tobacco-authority-halts-purchasing-of-all-tobacco-for-three-years/

 

Anti-Scar of Doi Suthep Rally To Focus on Missing Teens in Cave

by CityNews

 

 

CityNews – The anti-judicial residences campaign protest planned for June 30th will now focus on the missing teens in Tham Luang cave, while also talking about the housing.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1045347-anti-scar-of-doi-suthep-rally-to-focus-on-missing-teens-in-cave/

 

Dr Dre hit with $25m bill for Beats headphones

By Mark Savage

 

Dr Dre and Jimmy Iovine first worked together on Dre's album The Chronic / Image: GETTY IMAGES

 

Dr Dre and music mogul Jimmy Iovine have been ordered to pay $25.2m (£19.2m) to a former partner in their headphone company, Beats.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1045349-dr-dre-hit-with-25m-bill-for-beats-headphones/

 

DCEU's Joker, Suicide Squad star Jared Leto, jumps to Marvel to play vampire in Spider-Man spin-off

BY JUSTIN HARP

 

WARNER BROS. DC ENTERTAINMENT

 

Jared Leto will make the jump from playing The Joker in the DCEU to become a living vampire in Sony's offshoot of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1045350-dceus-joker-suicide-squad-star-jared-leto-jumps-to-marvel-to-play-vampire-in-spider-man-spin-off/

 

Leonardo DiCaprio, 43, shares FIRST LOOK at Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon A Time In Hollywood movie

By SAMEER SURI

 

 

Leonardo DiCaprio shared a first look from the new Quentin Tarantino movie Once Upon A Time In Hollywood.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1045352-leonardo-dicaprio-43-shares-first-look-at-quentin-tarantinos-once-upon-a-time-in-hollywood-movie/

 

Tour boats allowed at Phi Phi’s Loh Samah Bay

By Sirapisit Bunchoocheep

 

Tour speedboats line up on the beach at Loh Samah Boy, directly across Phi Phi Lei Island from the now-restricted Maya Bay, which will remain closed until at least Oct 1. Photo: Supplied

 

PHUKET:-- Tour speedboats lined up on the beach at Loh Samah Bay, bringing with them day-tripping tourists, are allowed, officials at Hat Nopparat-Mu Ko Phi Phi National Park have confirmed to The Phuket News today (June 28).

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1045353-tour-boats-allowed-at-phi-phi’s-loh-samah-bay/

 

Skills shortage set to spark crisis: study

By The Nation

 

 

Salaries for highly skilled workers could boom as talent shortages take hold across Asia-Pacific, according to Korn Ferry.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1045354-skills-shortage-set-to-spark-crisis-study/

 

Activist goes to police over troll posts that drew rape threats

By Jintamas Saksornchai, Staff Reporter

 

Nuttaa Mahattana Thursday shows a collection of evidence of harassment she received from an online hoax.

 

BANGKOK — A pro-democracy activist Thursday gave information to police about the purveyors of an online hoax which triggered a storm of rape threats against her and her son.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1045355-activist-goes-to-police-over-troll-posts-that-drew-rape-threats/

 

Drilling to start Thursday night at cave in search for missing footballers

By The Nation

 

Search team surveys a stream in an attempt to find alternative way to go into Tham Luang Cave where 12 young footballers and their assistant coach have been trapped since last Saturday.

 

Drilling equipment on Thursday afternoon reached the Tham Luang Cave, where 12 teenage football players and their assistant coach were last seen on Saturday, in preparations for another effort to reach the victims believed to have been stranded inside by flash floods.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1045286-us-forces-british-divers-join-search-for-boys-missing-in-thai-cave/?do=findComment&comment=13122092

 

DSI to look for disappeared 'Billy,' four years later

By Pravit Rojanaphruk, Senior Staff Writer

 

Porlajee “Billy” Rakchongcharoen poses with his wife and child. Photo: Courtesy of his family

 

BANGKOK — The Department of Special Investigation announced Thursday it will investigate the high-profile disappearance of a Karen activist four years ago.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1045363-dsi-to-look-for-disappeared-billy-four-years-later/

 

Local points to littleknown opening in roof of cave

By The Nation

 

 

 

A man has alerted a border patrol police commander about an opening on the ceiling of a cave in Chiang Rai’s Mae Sai district where 12 young footballers and their assistant coach are trapped for the sixth day on Thursday.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1045286-us-forces-british-divers-join-search-for-boys-missing-in-thai-cave/?do=findComment&comment=13122122

 

NLA objects to scrapping primary vote: Surachai Liangboonlertchai

 

 

Political parties which object to primary vote should raise the matter with the Election Commission to find a solution instead of asking the National Legislative Assembly to amend the political party law or to ask the National Council for Peace and Order to invoke Section 44 of the interim Constitution to scrap primary vote, said NLA vice president Surachai Liangboonlertchai on Thursday.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1045364-nla-objects-to-scrapping-primary-vote-surachai-liangboonlertchai/

 

Mushroom picker found in Nam Phong forest

By Pornpan Phetchsaen 
The Nation

 

 

A 33-year-old woman, who got lost while collecting mushrooms near the Hin Chang Si viewpoint in Nam Phong National Park in Khon Kaen's Ban Fang district on Wednesday, has been found on Thursday.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1045365-mushroom-picker-found-in-nam-phong-forest/

 

Girl, 5, loses arm in accident

By The Nation

 

 

Public donations are helping to make a prosthetic arm for a five-year-old girl who is still smiling although she lost her left arm in a motorcycle accident early this month.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1045366-girl-5-loses-arm-in-accident/

 

Phang Nga issues cave alert

By The Nation

 

 

Phang Nga has warned tour operators to monitor rainfall when they take tourists to visit caves in the southern province.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1045367-phang-nga-issues-cave-alert/

 

Chinese tourist, 23, drowns at Phuket beach

 

Lifeguards perform CPR on the victim at Karon Beach. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET:-- A 23-year-old Chinese tourist drowned at Karon Beach this afternoon after going into the sea despite red flags being placed along the beach.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1045368-chinese-tourist-23-drowns-at-phuket-beach/

 

Rescue workers begin drilling in desperate bid to drain cave

By The Nation

 

 

Rescue teams have begun drilling into the walls of Tham Luang Cave in Chiang Rai province in a bid to speed up drainage of floodwater that is proving the biggest obstacle to rescue efforts.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1045286-us-forces-british-divers-join-search-for-boys-missing-in-thai-cave/?do=findComment&comment=13122292

 

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Thailand Live Friday 29 Jun 2018 
https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1045404-thailand-live-friday-29-jun-2018/