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Australian is key member of team battling to save the lives of boys in the cave

 

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Britain's The Guardian newspaper reported that an experienced South Australian anaesthetist and diving expert was a key member of the team working to free the boys and their coach at the Tham Luang cave.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1047271-australian-is-key-member-of-team-battling-to-save-the-lives-of-boys-in-the-cave/

 

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Boy, 13, feared drowned after large wave carries him out to sea in Rayong

 

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Rescue services in Rayong spent all Sunday afternoon searching for a missing 13 year old boy who was carried out to see while visiting the PMY beach with his family.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1047273-boy-13-feared-drowned-after-large-wave-carries-him-out-to-sea-in-rayong/

 

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Phuket: 42 found dead, 14 still missing – 13 were children

By Kritsada Mueanhawong

 

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As we emerge into a wet and soggy Monday morning in Phuket, after three full days of frantic searching in the waters south west of the island, 13 bodies, of 41 which have already been recovered, were children who have drowned in the tragedy – 8 boys and 5 girls.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1047245-chinese-join-search-for-14-missing-tourists-off-phuket/?do=findComment&comment=13154181

 

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Thai jailbirds shot pick up driver in the eyes because he cut in front of their motorbike in Trang

 

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Two 21 year old Thai men have admitted murder after they shot a driver who cut in front of the motorcycle they were riding in Trang in Thailand's south.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1047277-thai-jailbirds-shot-pick-up-driver-in-the-eyes-because-he-cut-in-front-of-their-motorbike-in-trang/

 

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Grand Chamberlain chairs funeral service for hero diver

By The Nation

 

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Navy SEALs diver Petty Officer First Class Samarn Kunun //FILE photo

 

The Grand Chamberlain Pol Lt-General Sakonkhet Chantra chaired the funeral service of former Navy SEALs diver Petty Officer First Class Samarn Kunun in Roi Et province for the second night on Sunday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1047278-grand-chamberlain-chairs-funeral-service-for-hero-diver/

 

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Big Joke arrests Chinese man pretending to be Thai for the last 19 years

Pictures: Thai Tourist Police Bureau

 

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The Thai Tourist Police Bureau website reported the arrest of a 49 year old Chinese man running three tour companies.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1047282-big-joke-arrests-chinese-man-pretending-to-be-thai-for-the-last-19-years/

 

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Rescue mission head ‘has final say on evacuation timing’

By The Nation

 

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Interior Minister General Anupong Paochinda said the head of the rescue mission will have the final say on the timing to evacuate the 9 footballers still stranded in the Tham Luang cave.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1047284-tham-luang-cave-rescue-mission-head-‘has-final-say-on-evacuation-timing’/

 

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Thai boys await resumption of rescue mission after first four freed from cave

By Patpicha Tanakasempipat and Panu Wongcha-um

 

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Schoolmates pray next to a banner showing 12 missing schoolboys, who were trapped inside a flooded cave, at Mae Sai Prasitsart school, in the northern province of Chiang Rai, Thailand, July 9, 2018. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu

 

CHIANG RAI, Thailand (Reuters) - Eight boys and their soccer coach who remain trapped in a flooded cave in northern Thailand waited for a rescue operation to resume on Monday, a day after the first four were brought out safely and whisked away to hospital.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1047290-thai-boys-await-resumption-of-rescue-mission-after-first-four-freed-from-cave/

 

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Phuket storm warning issued amid search for bodies from Phoenix tour boat disaster

The Phuket News

 

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The search area was expanded yesterday to include Phi Phi Island, and beyond. Image: Tourist Police

 

PHUKET: The Thai Meteorological Department (TMD) has issued another weather alert for Phuket and surrounding region, a factor that may affect the ongoing search for survivors, or bodies, from the Phoenix tour boat disaster.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1047293-phuket-storm-warning-issued-amid-search-for-bodies-from-phoenix-tour-boat-disaster/

 

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Ocean Marina Pattaya Boat Show contributes to growth of Thailand's east coast business and leisure market

Pattaya to link up with Thai Government's “Thai Riviera” project

 

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Ocean Marina Pattaya Boat Show organisers target 6,000 visitors.

 

PATTAYA, Thailand – Thailand is gearing up for its annual showcase of marine and luxury from 29 November to 2 December when leaders in the country's boating and luxury lifestyle industries come together for the 7th Ocean Marina Pattaya Boat Show, and where consumers gather to see the latest products and technologies on offer.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1047294-ocean-marina-pattaya-boat-show-contributes-to growth-of-thailands-east-coast-business-and-leisure-market/

 

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Rescue operation for remaining 9 survivors to resume today

By Thai PBS

 

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Attempts to bring out the remaining 9 survivors trapped in Tham Luang cave in Chiang Rai will resume this morning after four of the young footballers were safely extracted in a dramatic rescue operation.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1047290-thai-boys-await-resumption-of-rescue-mission-after-first-four-freed-from-cave/?do=findComment&comment=13154742

 

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‘Brave and talented people!’ Trump tweets of cave rescue

By The Nation

 

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United States President Donald Trump on Sunday tweeted in support of the rescue operation at Chiang Rai’s Tham Luang Cave, where American military personnel are providing assistance.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1047297-‘brave-and-talented-people’-trump-tweets-of-cave-rescue/

 

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Boat tragedy ‘unlikely to hamper tourism’

By The Nation

 

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Chinese tourists continue to visit Phuket and take boat tour trips Sunday.

 

The tour boat catastrophe in Phuket was unlikely to harm the Thai tourism industry, but the government must respond to it decisively, the chief economist at Siam Commercial Bank said on Monday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1047298-phuket-boat-tragedy-‘unlikely-to-hamper-tourism’/

 

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Prayut can only say ‘rescue as soon as possible’

By The Nation

 

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Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said on Monday the eight footballers and their coach remaining in the Chiang Rai cave would be evacuated “as soon as possible”.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1047290-thai-boys-await-resumption-of-rescue-mission-after-first-four-freed-from-cave/?do=findComment&comment=13154785

 

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World Claps Online After 4 Cave Boys Rescued
By Asaree Thaitrakulpanich, Staff Reporter

 

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BANGKOK — The world on Sunday celebrated the news that four of the 13 boys trapped in the Chiang Rai cave complex had been rescued, and anticipated the successful evacuation of the rest.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1047301-world-claps-online-after-4-cave-boys-rescued/

 

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Prayut flies in as 41 bodies from Phuket boat catastrophe identified

The Phuket News

 

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PHUKET: Officials have relocated 41 bodies of the victims of the ill-fated tour boat ‘Phoenix’ from Vachira Phuket Hospital in Phuket Town to Wat Kosit Wihan in Rassada, after all of them have been identified a report issued by the National News Bureau of Thailand (NNT) today has confirmed.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1047303-prayut-flies-in-as-41-bodies-from-phuket-boat-catastrophe-identified/

 

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Dusit recognised for outstanding sustainability performance by making Thaipat's ESG 100 list for the fourth consecutive year

Hospitality company remains committed to sustainable and profitable growth built on strong environmental, social and corporate governance.

 

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Ms Suphajee Suthumpun, Group CEO, Dusit Thani Public Company Limited.

 

Bangkok, 9 July 2018 – Dusit Thani Public Company Limited (DTC) has been selected by Thaipat Institute as one of the top 100 ESG performers among the 683 publicly listed companies assessed in 2018.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1047306-dusit-recognised-for-outstanding-sustainability-performance by-making-thaipats-esg-100-list-for-the-fourth-consecutive-year/

 

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Four dead, two seriously injured as pick-up slams into water truck in Suphanburi

 

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Four people died and two others are in a serious condition after an accident near the Ban Don Jaeng intersection in Suphanburi this morning.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1047317-four-dead-two-seriously-injured-as-pick-up-slams-into-water-truck-in-suphanburi/

 

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WATCH: This is the "kid sized submarine" Elon Musk is hoping can be used at Tham Luang cave

 

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Tech billionaire Elon Musk on Monday tweeted a video of the "kid sized submarine" his team is testing for use at the Tham Luang cave.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1047325-watch-this-is-the-kid-sized-submarine-elon-musk-is-hoping-can-be-used-at-tham-luang-cave/

 

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UPDATE:

 

Chiang Rai: What we know – 2.30pm

By The Thaiger

 

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Divers have been preparing over the past 12 hours to resume their extraction of the remaining 9 people still inside the cave. They re-entered the cave mouth at 1pm this afternoon. On this basis, comparing to yesterday’s timing, we can expect more of the team to emerge from the caves early this evening, but that is pure speculation.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1047290-thai-boys-await-resumption-of-rescue-mission-after-first-four-freed-from-cave/?do=findComment&comment=13155453

 

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LATEST: Rescue operation believed to be underway - journalists investigated for eavesdropping on rescuer's radios

 

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As of 3pm Monday - Reports of ambulances and helicopters arriving at Tham Luang, may suggest a rescue operation is underway, while officials say that journalists have been eavesdropping on the radios of rescue workers.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1047290-thai-boys-await-resumption-of-rescue-mission-after-first-four-freed-from-cave/?do=findComment&comment=13155484

 

 

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Operation to rescue boys trapped in Thai cave resumes - officials

By Patpicha Tanakasempipat and James Pomfret

 

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Police officers block a road leading to Tham Luang cave complex, where scoolboys are trapped in a flooded cave, in the northern province of Chiang Rai, Thailand, July 9, 2018. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun
 

CHIANG RAI, Thailand (Reuters) - A mission to rescue a group of Thai boys and their soccer coach trapped in a flooded cave in Thailand resumed on Monday, officials said, after the first four boys, rescued the previous day, were judged healthy as they recovered in hospital.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1047290-thai-boys-await-resumption-of-rescue-mission-after-first-four-freed-from-cave/?do=findComment&comment=13155510

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Germany considers Iranian bid to withdraw 300 million euros cash - Bild

 

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BERLIN (Reuters) - German authorities are considering a request by Iran to withdraw 300 million euros (265.11 million pounds) from bank accounts held in Germany and transfer the cash to Iran, Bild newspaper reported Monday, citing unnamed government officials.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1047329-germany-considers-iranian-bid-to-withdraw-300-million-euros-cash-bild/

 

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New Zealand to buy Boeing P-8 patrol planes to boost South Pacific surveillance

By Charlotte Greenfield

 

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A U.S. Navy Boeing P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft takes part in the Malta International Airshow at SmartCity Malta outside Kalkara, Malta, September 23, 2017. REUTERS/Darrin Zammit Lupi/Files

 

WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand has agreed to buy four Boeing P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol planes, its defence minister said on Monday, strengthening surveillance capabilities as it works to counter the rise of new powers, such as China, in the Pacific region.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1047333-new-zealand-to-buy-boeing-p-8-patrol-planes-to-boost-south-pacific-surveillance/

 

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