• OPINION

  Thank You!

  Guru, Pornchai Sereemongkonpol, Published on 06/07/2018

  » Thailand breathed a collective sigh of relief on Monday night after a team of 12 teenage football players and their coach were found alive inside Tham Luang Cave in Chiang Rai after 10 days of being trapped inside. Though we may be able to sleep sound, there's still a long way to go (and many more dramas, rumours and photos of handsome rescuers to come) before they are evacuated to safety. It's already been reported that they may have to stay there for months so let's keep our fingers crossed and our hopes alive.

• OPINION

  Cave rescue a story worth sharing with the world

  News, Nauvarat Suksamran, Published on 19/10/2019

  » It's official now. The Tham Luang cave in Chiang Rai, where the rescue operation of 12 young footballers and their coach captivated a global audience in 2018, has been placed on the tourist map.

• OPINION

  Tourism promotion can be threat to Tham Luang

  News, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 21/07/2018

  » The 13 members of the Wild Boars have gone home to their loved ones. That, however, is not the end of their story. There will be more stories to tell, movies to make as well as a museum to build and a new "world class" tourist destination to create.

• OPINION

  Tunnel vision blights coverage of cave rescue

  News, Soonruth Bunyamanee, Published on 11/07/2018

  » After more than two weeks, the joint rescue operation between Thai and international diving experts to find and rescue the Wild Boars football team trapped in Tham Luang cave has proved successful. The mission has also served as a major lesson for several groups involved, not least the media itself.

• OPINION

  Out of cave murk comes shining hope

  Oped, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 10/07/2018

  » The bowels of Tham Luang cave are described as being pitch-black with near-zero visibility. As an international team of experts race against time to rescue the remaining four footballers and their coach trapped inside the labyrinthine cavern for more than two weeks, the dark place seems to shine with the light of hope and faith in humanity.

• OPINION

  Clock ticks on cave rescue

  News, Editorial, Published on 29/06/2018

  » As the search-and-rescue efforts within Chiang Rai's Tham Luang Cave enter their sixth day Friday, the task of finding the 12 boys and their football coach continues to be hampered by the extreme conditions of the cave environment -- rising water levels and flooding in deeper areas.

• OPINION

  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.

• OPINION

  Government exploits Wild Boars

  News, Editorial, Published on 30/07/2018

  » The government's actions towards the rescued Chiang Rai football team makes it appear confused and cold, not to mention exploitative. This may seem ironic to some, since the government's stated aim was to protect the 12 Wild Boars and their families, along with coach Ekapol Chanthawong. In fact, almost everything ministers and senior officials have done in the days since the rescue succeeded on July 10 has been poorly planned and executed.

• OPINION

  Wild Boars may well need saving again

  News, Kong Rithdee, Published on 21/07/2018

  » I thought we could let it rest, but apparently the post-rescue drama of the 13 cave survivors is here to stay. On Wednesday, the 13 Wild Boars members were put on stage in a live broadcast, a 6pm state-run slot usually reserved for military propaganda.

• OPINION

  Hope lives on as cave rescue crisis unfolds

  News, Kong Rithdee, Published on 30/06/2018

  » Time is not on their side, and not on ours. To beat nature and to outrun time -- and what cruel nature and pitiless time -- we give it everything we have.

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