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Tense wait for remaining 5

By THE NATION

 

A helicopter prepares to carry one of the evacuated boys at a military airport in Chiang Rai, as rescue operations continue for those still trapped inside a cave located in the Khun Nam Nang Non Forest Park. // AFP PHOTO

 

Four more boys brought out of Tham Luang cave on 2nd successful day.
 

AS THE WORLD watches with awe, the dramatic rescue of the 12 boys and their football coach from Tham Luang cave, is unfolding successfully by the hour.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1047555-tham-luang-cave-rescue-tense-wait-for-remaining-5/

 

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WATCH: Video claims to show fifth boy being taken from helicopter to ambulance

 

 

Thairath shared a video from AFP which claimed to show the fifth boy from the Tham Luang cave being transferred from a Royal Thai Police helicopter to a waiting ambulance.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1047403-watch-video-claims-to-show-fifth-boy-being-taken-from-helicopter-to-ambulance/

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British foreign secretary quits in protest over May's Brexit plan

 

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson quit on Monday over Prime Minister Theresa May's plans to leave the European Union, the second resignation in a day leaving the British leader's Brexit plans all but in tatters.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1047412-british-foreign-secretary-quits-in-protest-over-mays-brexit-plan/

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Mission chief slams ‘unethical media practices’

By MARISA CHIMPRABHA, 
PRATCH RUJIVANAROM 
THE NATION 

 

A Thai soldier and a police officer block a photographer during the evacuation operation of a boy with a helicopter to a hospital after he was rescued from the Tham Luang cave, at an air force airport in Chiang Rai province yesterday. //EPA-EFE PHOTO

 

UNETHICAL REPORTING has been cited for hampering the rescue operation to save 13 trapped footballers from a flooded cave in Chiang Rai, as some reporters broke the law and the rights of their news sources to get the latest stories.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1047354-mission-chief-hits-out-at-errant-media/?do=findComment&comment=13157499

 

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Trapped footballer’s multilingual skills warm teachers’ hearts

By KETKARN BOONPEN 
THE NATION

 

Younger pupils at Chiang Rai’s Ban Wiangphan School show a schoolbook of good deed records with the picture of Mathayom 2 student Adul Sam-on, 14.

 

THE BRIEF video-clip conversation between the 13 footballers trapped in a Chiang Rai cave and the British cave divers who were the first to reach them, was a memorable heart-filled moment for everybody who had been praying for their successful rescue.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1047558-trapped-footballer’s-multilingual-skills-warm-teachers’-hearts/

 

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Psychiatrist suggests path to recovery for footballers

By THE NATION

 

An ambulance arrives at a covered area of the Chiangrai Prachanukroh Hospital in Chiang Rai province, Thailand, 09 July 2018. // EPA-EFE PHOTO

 

Says they should be seen as victims of an unexpected natural disaster; urges society to give them space for rehabilitation.

 

THE ROYAL College of Psychiatrists of Thailand has offered guidelines for treating the 13 footballers once they are all rescued from the Chiang Rai cave.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1047559-tham-luang-cave-psychiatrist-suggests-path-to-recovery-for-footballers/

 

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Tour boat firms’ assets to be seized

By The Nation

 

 

POLICE SUSPECT ONE OF THE TWO BOAT COMPANIES LINKED TO ‘ZERO-DOLLAR TOUR’
 

POLICE are set to seize the assets of two tour companies involved in two recent boat tragedies in Phuket – which left 42 tourists dead and six others missing – on suspicion of dubious operations including tax evasion and “zero-dollar tours”.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1047560-phuket-tour-boat-firms’-assets-to-be-seized/

 

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Srisaket to defend world title in Thailand

By LERPONG AMSA-NGIAM 
THE NATION

 

 

TWO-TIME WBC super-flyweight champion Srisaket Sor Rungvisai will defend his title on home soil in a non-compulsory fight at the “One Championship: Kingdom of Heroes” event in October.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1047561-srisaket-to-defend-world-title-in-thailand/

 

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Khao Phansa festivals across Thailand

 

A colourful festival to mark Khao Phansa. Photo: Manoon Pongpanpath, TAT Newsroom Contest.

 

One of the most charming festivals celebrated in Thailand is Khao Phansa, or Buddhist Lent Day, which marks the official start of the rainy season. It also marks the period when monks traditionally retreat to their temples for a three-month period of study and meditation.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1047562-khao-phansa-festivals-across-thailand/

 

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Council of State tasked with finding way out of primary voting dilemma

By The Nation 

 

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The Council of State has been assigned to find a solution to allow political-party members’ participation in the selection of MP candidates, as the new timeframe set by the junta continues to pose problems for the primary voting required under the new law on political parties.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1047563-council-of-state-tasked-with-finding-way-out-of-primary-voting-dilemma/

 

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In Chiang Rai, many reasons for awe

By The Nation

 

 

The divers, the planners and the multitude of volunteers are seeing us all through this crisis 

 

Elite divers guided four of the 13 Wild Boars football team members out of flooded Tham Luang Nang Non cave in Chiang Rai on Sunday, bringing the country further relief in the weeks-long crisis and spurring hope among observers around the world that the remaining nine were on their way out.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1047565-in-chiang-rai-many-reasons-for-awe/

 

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Narongsak promises last 5 survivors to be extracted faster

By Thai PBS

 

 

Rescue operations commander Narongsak Osotthanakorn announced the successful extraction of four more “Wild Boars” soccer team members out of the Tham Luang cave and expressed confidence that rescuers would be able to bring to safety the last batch of five survivors tomorrow faster than they did in the past two days.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1047555-tham-luang-cave-rescue-tense-wait-for-remaining-5/?do=findComment&comment=13157560
 

 

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TAT: Tham Luang cave may be next tourist attraction

 

FILE PHOTO: Rescue teams are seen inside of the Tham Luang caves where 13 members of an Under 16 soccer team were trapped in the northern province of Chiang Rai, Thailand, June 25, 2018. (Reuters/Stringer)

 

BANGKOK, 0th July 2018 (NNT) - The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) plans to promote Tham Luang cave in Chiang Rai province as a key attraction, once all the 12 boys and their football coach are brought out of the cave to safety. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1047567-tat-tham-luang-cave-may-be-next-tourist-attraction/

 

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Man islands in Rayong to be designated as protected area

 

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BANGKOK, 10 July 2018 (NNT) - A meeting of Thailand's national policy and planning committee on marine and coastal resources has agreed to issue a ministerial regulation to designate the Man islands in Rayong province as a protected area under Section 20. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1047568-man-islands-in-rayong-to-be-designated-as-protected-area/

 

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DPM Somkid calls on state agencies to follow through on policies

 

 

BANGKOK, 10th July 2018 (NNT) - Deputy Prime Minister Dr. Somkid Jatusripitak has urged state agencies to follow through with their policies as assigned within the budget for fiscal year 2018, which ends in September this year. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1047569-dpm-somkid-calls-on-state-agencies-to-follow-through-on-policies/

 

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The boys trapped in the Thailand cave could face an unusual disease

By PETRINA CRAINE

 

In this July 3, 2018, image taken from video provided by the Royal Thai Navy Facebook Page, Thai boys smile as Thai Navy Seal medic help injured children inside a cave in Mae Sai, northern Thailand.

 

As the rescue efforts for the 12 boys and their coach trapped in a flooded Thailand cave have continued, the world has been hoping for the entire group's safe return to the surface.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1047570-the-boys-trapped-in-the-thailand-cave-could-face-an-unusual-disease/

 

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UK PM May appoints Jeremy Hunt as new foreign minister

 

Britain's new Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Jeremy Hunt talks to the media outside the Foreign Office in central London, Britain, July 9, 2018. REUTERS/Simon Dawson

 

LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Theresa May appointed Jeremy Hunt as foreign minister on Monday after predecessor Boris Johnson resigned in protest at the government's plans for a close trading relationship with the European Union.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1047572-uk-pm-may-appoints-jeremy-hunt-as-new-foreign-minister/

 

 

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As Trump confounds, Mattis seen as quiet champion among NATO allies

By Phil Stewart and Robin Emmott

 

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Secretary of Defence Jim Mattis speaks at the IISS Shangri-la Dialogue in Singapore June 2, 2018. REUTERS/Edgar Su

 

WASHINGTON/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis will only play a supporting role to President Donald Trump at this week's NATO summit - an event that by definition is focused on heads of state from the trans-Atlantic alliance.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1047573-as-trump-confounds-mattis-seen-as-quiet-champion-among-nato-allies/

 

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Turkey's Erdogan sworn in with new powers, names son-in-law finance minister

By Tulay Karadeniz and Tuvan Gumrukcu

 

Turkey's Tayyip Erdogan fulfilled a long-held ambition on Monday when he was sworn in as president with sweeping new powers over a country he has dominated and reshaped during his 15-year rule. Emily Wither reports.

 

ANKARA (Reuters) - President Tayyip Erdogan appointed his son-in-law as Turkey's finance minister on Monday hours after he was sworn in with sweeping new executive powers, promising a "strong government and a strong Turkey".

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1047574-turkeys-erdogan-sworn-in-with-new-powers-names-son-in-law-finance-minister/

 

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DEATH ISLAND RIDDLE  

Koh Tao mystery deepens as ‘healthy’ dad becomes TENTH Westerner to die in suspicious circumstances

Cops said Bernd Grotsch died of ‘heart failure’ or a snake bite but his family say they don’t believe it

By Jon Rogers

 

The body of Bernd Grotsch was discovered at his home on the island // VIRAL PRESS

 

A DAD, 47, has become the tenth Westerner to mysteriously die on Thailand's notorious "death island", it emerged today.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1047575-death-island-riddle -koh-tao-mystery-deepens-as-‘healthy’-dad-becomes-tenth-westerner-to-die-in-suspicious-circumstances/

 

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Thai minister blames Chinese tour operators for boat disaster

 

Thailand's Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha sits next to a relative of Chinese tourists involved in a sunken tourist boat accident at a hospital in Phuket, Thailand, July 9, 2018. REUTERS/Sooppharoek Teepapan

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - A Thai government minister on Monday blamed Chinese tour operators for the deaths of more than 40 people, most of them Chinese tourists, in a boat accident off a resort island last weekend, as divers searched for 11 people still missing.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1047576-thai-minister-blames-chinese-tour-operators-for-phuket-boat-disaster/

 

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Stop showing dead bodies - its bad for the image of tourism, Phuket governor

 

Picture: Sanook

 

The governor of Phuket has ordered the media to stop publishing pictures of the dead from the Phuket boat tragedy.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1047586-stop-showing-dead-bodies-its-bad-for-the-image-of-tourism-phuket-governor/

 

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Playground worker raped and robbed Chiang Mai grandmother, 74, because his wife was pregnant and he couldn't have sex

 

Picture: Sanook

 

A thirty year old Thai man told police that he raped and robbed a 74 year old Chiang Mai woman because his wife was pregnant and he couldn't have sex with her.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1047587-playground-worker-raped-and-robbed-chiang-mai-grandmother-74-because-his-wife-was-pregnant-and-he-couldnt-have-sex/

 

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Video: Japanese TV clearly shows the public what difficulties Tham Luang cave rescuers face

 

Picture: Sanook

 

Sanook reported that the world's media were still gripped by the developing drama at the Tham Luang cave in Chiang Rai.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1047591-video-japanese-tv-clearly-shows-the-public-what-difficulties-tham-luang-cave-rescuers-face/

 

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Video: Tales of the unexpected as family gets 50,000 baht only

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

Dash cam footage from an incident north of Bangkok has to be seen to be believed.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1047592-video-tales-of-the-unexpected-as-family-gets-50000-baht-only/ 

 

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Out of the frying pan into the fire: Motorbike teens in hospital after Sattahip accident

 

Picture: Sanook

 

Two teenage girls on a motorbike are in hospital after their bike became entangled in roadside wires.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1047593-out-of-the-frying-pan-into-the-fire-motorbike-teens-in-hospital-after-sattahip-accident/

 

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Glue sniffers nonchalantly rob man at Chonburi ATM

 

 

A man was robbed of several thousand baht as he tried to deposit money in an ATM machine outside the Kasikorn Bank on the Chonburi by-pass yesterday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1047596-glue-sniffers-nonchalantly-rob-man-at-chonburi-atm/

 

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Trump picks conservative judge Kavanaugh for U.S. Supreme Court

By Lawrence Hurley

 

U.S. President Donald Trump and his nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court Judge Brett Kavanaugh are seen in the East Room of the White House in Washington, U.S., July 9, 2018. REUTERS/Jim Bourg

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump on Monday announced Brett Kavanaugh as his nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court, picking a conservative federal appeals court judge who survived a previous tough Senate confirmation battle and helped investigate Democratic former President Bill Clinton in the 1990s.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1047597-trump-picks-conservative-judge-kavanaugh-for-us-supreme-court/

 

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Ekkapol Chanthawong – Parents are refusing to blame him

By The Thaiger

 

PHOTO: From video of Thai Navy Seals Facebook page

 

Eight out, five to go. But Ekkapol Chanthawong, the assistant football coach of the Mu Pa team, trapped in Tham Luang cave since June 23, is being credited with keeping his young team alive during their ordeal. He’s 25, the rest of the young team are between 11 and 16 years of age.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1047599-ekkapol-chanthawong-–-parents-are-refusing-to-blame-him/

 

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Rescuers preparing to bring out the last 5

By Thai PBS

 

 

Thai and international divers are preparing to resume the rescue operation to bring out the last five members of the “Wild Boars” soccer team from Tham Luang cave in Chiang Rai where they have been stranded for more than two weeks.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1047555-tham-luang-cave-rescue-tense-wait-for-remaining-5/?do=findComment&comment=13158131