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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.
Signs of concern
News, Alan Dawson, Published on 01/07/2018
» The general prime minister said last week that he really doesn't even want to talk about an election before September. Also, there won't be an election until he's able to announce the success of his programme of national reconciliation.
'Lighter than average' rainfall predicted
Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 02/07/2018
» Rainfall will be generally light across Thailand for the first half of this week but storms should be expected to resume from Wednesday into the weekend, according to the Meteorological Department.
The rescue: How it unfolded
AFP, Published on 03/07/2018
» After nine days trapped in a flooded Thai cave 12 boys and their football coach have been found alive in a miraculous rescue.
Anupong: Boys may have to dive from cave
Associated Press, Published on 03/07/2018
» MAE SAI: Interior Minister Anupong Paochinda said Tuesday that heavy rains forecast for the coming days could worsen floods in the cave where 12 boys and their soccer coach were located after an exhaustive search, and could force authorities to speed up their extraction by having them dive their way out.
Better safety pledged for the nation's caves
News, Post Reporters, Published on 04/07/2018
» Wildlife officials have pledged stricter safety measures for caves across Thailand following what they described as a "mistake" at Tham Luang which led to the under-16 Wild Boar football team and their coach becoming trapped.
Is Asia a rising star or a poster child for disaster?
News, Published on 07/07/2018
» Emerging Asia, which covers India, China, and Southeast Asia, will be revelling in an economic growth rate of 6.3% annually from 2018 to 2022, according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). But there's a hitch: Asia is also waist-deep in alarming projections of deaths, damage to livelihoods and property, and worsening inequality because of disasters and climate change. Asia's robust economic growth is not underwritten.
At least 50 dead in Japan floods
Published on 07/07/2018
» TOKYO: At least 50 people are dead and about 50 missing due to torrential rains which continued to fall on Saturday across a wide area of western Japan, causing landslides and flooding that destroyed homes and swept away cars.
South braced for high waves, heavy rain July 8-12
Online Reporters, Published on 08/07/2018
» People living along coasts of the Andaman Sea and the Gulf of Thailand should beware inshore surges, isolated heavy rain and possible flash floods during July 8-12, the Thai Meteorological Department said in its 5am announcement on Sunday.
A gaping hole in our knowledge base
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 09/07/2018
» When the cave crisis began and the search for the 12 boys and their football coach commenced, Anukoon Sorn-ek was one of the first persons to share basic information about Tham Luang Cave in Chiang Rai, where the victims are still trapped. Anukoon, a nature explorer and professional outdoor guide, went into the cave several years ago to map its system in the initial phase to develop it as a tourist attraction.