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The plight of the stateless
Life, Published on 14/08/2018
» Thanom's ancestors lived in what was Siamese territory, near Bang Saphan district in Prachuap Khiri Khan, over a century ago. Back then Burma, to the west, was a British colony and people who lived along the border crossed back and forth without much difficulty. When state boundaries were redrawn during the reign of King Rama V, his family was stuck on the other side. As a young man Thanom was a cattle herder, and he travelled around Karen villages to buy cattle and buffaloes and crossed over to sell them on the Thai side. When he started this job, a cow was just 20 baht and a buffalo was 50 baht.
Naturalisation a win-win
News, Editorial, Published on 10/08/2018
» The world rejoiced when the Wild Boars were rescued from Tham Luang cave in Chiang Rai. Now there is more good news: Three of the boys -- Adul Sam-on, Mongkol Boonpiam and Pornchai Kamluang -- and their coach Ekkapol Chantawong have officially become Thai citizens. On Wednesday they were among 30 stateless people who took the oath of citizenship at a ceremony in Chiang Rai.
UN welcomes move to give cave boys citizenship
Chinnapat Chaimol, Published on 09/08/2018
» The UN refugee agency welcomed on Thursday a decision by Thailand to grant Thai citizenship to three boys and their soccer coach from among a group of 13 who were rescued from a flooded cave last month.
Get your spicy clogs on, dears
B Magazine, Suthon Sukphisit, Published on 05/08/2018
» Last week I wrote the story of one of the 12 boys and their coach from the Wild Boars football team who said he just wanted to eat some pad kaprao, the Thai basil stir-fried dish, after their Tham Luang cave ordeal between June 23 and July 10 in Chiang Rai's Mae Sai district.
Media 'still causing stress' for Wild Boars team
News, Post Reporters, Published on 05/08/2018
» The members of the Wild Boars football team, whose rescue from the flooded Tham Luang cave in Chiang Rai gripped global audiences, still need long-term emotional support to help reduce distress as a result of getting excessive exposure in the media, a seminar was told.
Wild Boars leave temple
Published on 04/08/2018
» CHIANG RAI: The members of the Wild Boars football team, whose rescue from the flooded Tham Luang cave gripped global audiences, have completed their time as novice Buddhist monks.
The Governator of Phayao
News, Saiarun Pinaduang, Published on 04/08/2018
» Former Chiang Rai governor Narongsak Osotthanakorn knows the importance of teamwork having overseen the rescue of the Wild Boars after they spent two weeks without food in a flooded cave. Now he is bringing that experience to Phayao, where he has been reassigned.
'Pad kaprao' still on top
B Magazine, Suthon Sukphisit, Published on 29/07/2018
» At times, one cannot help but appreciate the most minute details of a huge news story, such as the boys from the Wild Boars football team saying after their cave ordeal that they just wanted to eat some pad kaprao.
Thailand in film
Guru, Pasavat Tanskul, Published on 27/07/2018
» It has been a few weeks since the rescue of the Wild Boar soccer team from Tham Luang cave. With the successful and miraculous feel-good news of the rescue, it was inevitable that plans to dramatise the entire ordeal will be made into a movie. Reportedly, six film production companies are in talks with the Thai government and have expressed interest in obtaining rights to make a dramatic movie version of the events.
Wild Boars' odyssey enters spiritual stage
Online Reporters, Published on 25/07/2018
» CHAING RAI: The 12 Wild Boar footballers began the spiritual dimension of their odyssey amid showers of rain on Wednesday at Wat Phra That Doi Tung atop Doi Nang Nong, a scenic mountain in Mae Sai district near the heavily flooded Tham Luang cave where they were trapped for more than two weeks.