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‘Phoenix’ to be salvaged as important evidence

By Kritsada Mueanhawong

 

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The ‘Phoenix’ is to be salvaged in order to help find the one remaining missing passenger as well as another body which has been stuck in the boat, unable to be recovered by divers. The boat is to be salvaged from its current location 45 metres underwater, south-west of Phuket island.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1047969-‘phoenix’-to-be-salvaged-as-important-evidence/

 

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With Thai soccer team freed, Hollywood gears up for the movie

By Lisa Richwine

 

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Rescue personnel walk in a cave at the Tham Luang cave complex during a mission to evacuate the remaining members of a soccer team trapped inside, in Chiang Rai, Thailand July 9, 2018, in this photo obtained from social media. MANDATORY CREDIT. Twitter @elonmusk/via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES MANDATORY CREDIT. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RC1BC2B4E200

 

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The dramatic rescue of a Thai boys soccer team and their coach from a flooded cave complex this week transfixed news viewers around the world for more than two weeks, and the story is already headed for a retelling by Hollywood.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1047975-with-thai-soccer-team-freed-hollywood-gears-up-for-the-movie/

 

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All migrant kids under 5 to be back with parents by Thursday - U.S. official

By Tom Hals

 

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Javier, a 30-year-old from Honduras, holds his 4-year-old son William during a media availability in New York after they were reunited after being separated for 55 days following their detention at the Texas border, July 11, 2018. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson

 

(Reuters) - All migrant children under age 5 who were separated at the U.S.-Mexico border will have been reunited with their parents by early Thursday morning if they were eligible, a Trump administration official said in a statement on Wednesday.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1047980-all-migrant-kids-under-5-to-be-back-with-parents-by-thursday-us-official/ 

 

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Slip of the tongue: Hospital apologises to mother over 'weird' medicine label

By The Nation

 

 

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Facebook users have widely shared a post and condemned a hospital in Prachin Buri for stating on the label of medicine prescribed for a child that the mother had attacked the hospital on Facebook.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1047984-slip-of-the-tongue-hospital-apologises-to-mother-over-weird-medicine-label/

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Public invited to vote on Best National Costume

By The Nation

 

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Organisers of the Miss Grand Thailand 2018 pageant have invited members of the public to have their say on which of the 10 national costumes they prefer.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1047987-miss-grand-thailand-2018-public-invited-to-vote-on-best-national-costume/

 

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PM to visit Sri Lanka ahead of Cabinet Retreat in lower northeast

 

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BANGKOK, 11th July 2018 (NNT) – The Cabinet has approved a retreat set to take place July 23-24 in the lower Northeastern Region 2, while the Prime Minister is to travel to Sri Lanka this weekend to sign an extradition treaty and follow up on bilateral and multilateral cooperation. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1047990-pm-prayut-to-visit-sri-lanka-ahead-of-cabinet-retreat-in-lower-northeast/

 

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Widespread rain countrywide forecast for July 12-15

By Thai PBS

 

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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.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1047997-thai-meteorological-dep-warns-people-throughout-the-country-to-brace-for-heavy-rain/

 

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Suphanburi: Hunt on for nephew who attacked his aunt over 7,000 baht debt

 

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Police in Suphanburi are hunting an 18 year old hoodlum who went to his aunt's house and attacked his relative with a knife over a small debt.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1047999-suphanburi hunt-on-for-nephew-who-attacked-his-aunt-over-7000-baht-debt/

 

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Japan flood toll nears 200, sun scorches thousands battling thirst

By Kiyoshi Takenaka and Issei Kato

 

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Rescue workers and Japan Self-Defense Forces soldiers search for missing people at a landslide site caused by heavy rain in Kumano Town, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan July 11, 2018. REUTERS/Issei Kato

 

KURASHIKI, Japan (Reuters) - Intense heat and water shortages raised fears of disease outbreaks in flood-hit western Japan on Thursday as the death toll from the worst weather disaster in 36 years neared 200.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1048003-japan-flood-toll-nears-200-sun-scorches-thousands-battling-thirst/

 

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That didn’t take long! Discovery Channel documentary Operation Thai Cave Rescue to air this Friday!

 

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Discovery Channel is set to air the first feature documentary of the rescue of the Wild Boars football team from the flooded Tham Luang cave in Chiang Rai.

 

Full story:  https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1048004-that-didn’t-take-long-discovery-channel-documentary-operation-thai-cave-rescue-to-air-this-friday/

 

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Workers injured in stampede at Korat chicken processing factory

By The Nation

 

A fire broke out at chicken meat processing factory in Nakhon Ratchasima on Thursday morning, prompting workers to run for their lives in a stampede that left some injured.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1048005-breaking-workers-flee-in-terror-as-fire-rips-through-korat-factory-video/?do=findComment&comment=13166072

 

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International rescuers played a crucial role

By THE NATION

 

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WORLD’S TOP CAVE EXPERTS HELPED ENSURE WILD BOARS CAME OUT OF THE CAVE ALIVE
 

INVALUABLE HELP from international rescuers was behind the success of the extensive, widely-watched rescue operation that saved 12 boys and their football coach who were trapped in a Chiang Rai cave. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1048015-world’s-top-cave-experts-helped-ensure-wild-boars-came-out-of-the-cave-alive/

 

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Public Health Office Reminds People Not To Feed Pidgeons At Tha Pae Gate

by CityNews

 

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CityNews – The Public Health Office has warned travellers and locals not to feed the pigeons at Tha Pae Gate, again.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1048035-public-health-office-reminds-people-not-to-feed-pidgeons-at-tha-pae-gate/

 

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Thai exports seen up 9 percent this year, but trade war a risk - minister

 

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FILE PHOTO: A tractor drives past at a rice drying yard at an export rice plant in the central Chainat province in Thailand, December 16, 2015. REUTERS/Jorge Silva/File Photo

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's exports are expected to increase 9 percent this year, more than earlier forecast, as the global economy continues to expand, though a trade war is a risk, the commerce minister said on Thursday.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1048036-thai-exports-seen-up-9-percent-this-year-but-trade-war-a-risk-minister/

 

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Make the most of your lives, rescued Thai cave boys told

By Panarat Thepgumpanat and John Geddie

 

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BANGKOK/CHIANG RAI (Reuters) - The head of a Thai navy SEAL diving team that helped lead 12 boys and their soccer coach through a flooded cave complex to safety urged the boys on Thursday to "make the most" of their lives and be a force for good.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1048037-make-the-most-of-your-lives-rescued-thai-cave-boys-told/

 

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'You are my very heart': Wife of diver who died in Thai cave mourns a hero

By Amy Sawitta Lefevre

 

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BANGKOK (Reuters) - The wife of a former Thai navy diver who died working to rescue a young soccer team trapped for days in a flooded cave said on Thursday she missed him dearly and urged the boys not to blame themselves for his death.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1048038-you-are-my-very-heart-wife-of-diver-who-died-in-thai-cave-mourns-a-hero/

 

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Thanks for helping us: Foreign cave rescuers all to be given Thai Elite cards

 

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All of the foreign rescuers involved in the successful operation at the Tham Luang cave are to be given the prestigious Thailand Elite cards.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1048039-thanks-for-helping-us-foreign-cave-rescuers-all-to-be-given-thai-elite-cards/

 

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Minivan driver crushed to death by his own vehicle in freak Pattaya parking lot accident

 

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A Pattaya to Bangkok minivan driver was killed when he was crushed by his own vehicle in a South Pattaya shopping center car park.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1048042-minivan-driver-crushed-to-death-by-his-own-vehicle-in-freak-pattaya-parking-lot-accident/

 

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Navy search continues for Phuket fishermen missing since ‘disaster storm’

 

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Prawit Salee, 59, and his friend Sakda Naoprai, both villagers from Baan Bang Kontee in Rawai, were last seen fihsing ni a longtail boat of Koh Racaha Yai, about some 25 kilometres south of Phuket. Photos: Supplied

 

PHUKET:-- Officials at the Disaster Command Centre confirmed to The Phuket News today that Navy vessels and other boats are still searching for two fishermen who disappeared in the same storm that sank the Phoenix and Serenata tour boats last Thursday (July 5).

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1048047-navy-search-continues-for-phuket-fishermen-missing-since-‘disaster-storm’/

 

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Instagram model poses for a photo in a school of sharks; gets bitten by sharks

By Miranda Larbi

 

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Getting bitten by a shark must be a truly horrifying experience, what with all the pain and chance of drowning.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/1048049-instagram-model-poses-for-a-photo-in-a-school-of-sharks-gets-bitten-by-sharks/

 

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