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Tham Luang hero bedridden after accident sends well-wishes to fellow rescuers
Panumet Tanraksa, Published on 12/10/2025
» CHIANG MAI — One of the unsung heroes of the 2018 Tham Luang cave rescue, Suratin Chaichomphu, known affectionately as “Khwan the Driller”, has been bedridden for months following a motorcycle accident that left him paralysed.
British divers rescued Thai adults before 'Wild Boars': report
Agencies, Published on 26/09/2018
» Two British divers who helped rescue a Thai youth football team from a flooded cave had earlier saved four adults also stranded in the complex, according to a new report on the mission that gripped the world in July.
Wild Boars to leave hospital next week
Reuters, Published on 14/07/2018
» CHIANG RAI: The Wild Boars footballers and their coach will be released from hospital on Thursday, but they will face new challenges as they adjust to daily life again.
British divers not heroes, just relieved, after rescue
Reuters, Published on 13/07/2018
» LONDON: British divers involved in the "unprecedented" rescue of 12 schoolboys from a flooded cave in Thailand said on Friday they were not heroes, but were just happy their specialised skills could be of help.
Large team behind rescue effort takes a bow
News, Post Reporters, Published on 12/07/2018
» Behind the successful operation to rescue the trapped Wild Boars football squad from Tham Luang cave in Chiang Rai's Mae Sai district are more than 1,000 people who took part and deserve to share the credit for this historic mission.
PM downplays Musk tweet fuss
News, Post Reporters, Published on 12/07/2018
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has urged the media to stop "dramatising" a tweet by American space entrepreneur Elon Musk involving a mini-submarine donated for the rescue of the Wild Boars football team, which some media reported the rescue chief describing as ''not practical.''
UK divers battle elements, find team in good spirits
News, Post Reporters, Published on 04/07/2018
» Two highly experienced British cave divers were the first to reach the trapped football team on Monday night, after several days spent battling strong currents and the cavernous geography of Tham Luang Cave in Chiang Rai.
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.
Rescuers seek 'totally safe' cave extraction for boys
Online Reporters, Published on 03/07/2018
» The chief organiser of the successful search for 12 boys and their football coach said Tuesday that discussions are under way about the best and "totally safe" way to bring them out of the Tham Luang caves.