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Safety rules for Tham Luang Cave visitors
News, Post Reporters, Published on 21/05/2023
» The Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation has announced safety measures will be imposed ahead of the reopening of the Tham Luang Cave site in July.
Becoming Long John Silver just for a day
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 19/09/2021
» Important news. Today is International Talk Like a Pirate Day, on which everyone is encouraged to speak in the manner of a buccaneer, sea dog, corsair, picaroon or whatever you wish to call them. If you are desperate Captain Jack Sparrow impersonations will suffice.
An 'old man in a chair' pulling rabbits from his bag of 'truths'
News, Oliver Fennell, Published on 27/06/2020
» An old man in a chair sits, legs crossed, next to a dark-wood bookcase stocked with hardbacks. He speaks of "the truth" about coronavirus and repeats many of the conspiracy theories we've heard elsewhere, but he does so calmly, reading from prepared notes, peering over half-moon spectacles.
Heroes behind cave rescue propose annual ceremony
News, Post Reporters, Published on 24/06/2019
» The key figures behind the Tham Luang rescue mission have proposed an anniversary event should be held each year to keep the memory of one of the most dangerous and complex rescue missions alive.
Efforts to recover rescue gear extended
News, Post Reporters, Published on 30/03/2019
» Chiang Rai: British cave expert Vernon Unsworth has managed to reach Nern Nom Sao, a cave chamber where the 12 young footballers and their coach were trapped, as part of efforts to retrieve a large quantity of rescue equipment.
Black 'lynching' radio ad illustrates racial overtones
News, Maria Caspani, Published on 23/10/2018
» Many political ads in this year's US elections pack an unusually harsh and personal punch -- some with racial overtones.
Shame on Koh Tao
News, Postbag, Published on 08/09/2018
» According to media reports, a young British woman claimed she was drugged and raped on Koh Tao. After a preliminary investigation which presumably did not include forensic analysis by a rape expert, the police concluded no crime took place because -- wait for it -- the tide was too high.
No debt to society
News, Postbag, Published on 20/07/2018
» Re: "Boys owe a debt," (PostBag, July 19).
Social media overflows with gratitude
News, Kornchanok Raksaseri, Published on 04/07/2018
» After the announcement by Chiang Rai governor Narongsak Osotthanakorn on Monday night that the 12 missing boys and their football coach had been found, messages of gladness and appreciation overwhelmed the timelines of Thai social media users.