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Families mourn Thai nursery dead ahead of king's visit

October 07, 2022 | 11:31

Weeping, grief-stricken families gathered Friday outside a Thai nursery where an ex-policeman murdered nearly two dozen children in one of the kingdom's worst mass killings.

Thai steelmaker plans to increase price

September 20, 2022 | 20:29

Thai steel manufacturers are planning to increase their domestic prices following a rise in operational costs, from raw material prices and electricity bills to the higher daily minimum wage, the Bangkok Post reported.

Thai Huong listed among top 50 Asian women with international influence

January 14, 2022 | 14:19

On January 11, Forbes named the 50 Over 50 Asia 2022 – honouring 50 Asian influential women above the age of 50. Labour heroine Thai Huong, founder of TH Group and general director of BAC A BANK, is among them.

Stateless footballers rescued from Thai cave granted citizenship

August 09, 2018 | 08:54

Thailand Wednesday (Aug 8) granted citizenship to stateless members of the football team rescued from a cave last month in a saga which gripped the world.

Thai court indicts 15 in football match-fixing scandal

July 17, 2018 | 09:30

A Thai court on Monday indicted 15 players, a referee and a linesman for involvement in match-fixing in the domestic football league last year.

Chilean miner 'very emotional' after Thai cave rescue

July 11, 2018 | 10:17

A Chilean miner who spent more than two months trapped underground told AFP he was celebrating the rescue of 12 Thai boys and their football coach who were imprisoned in a flooded cave for 18 days.

Rain adds urgency to rescue of last five trapped in Thai cave

July 10, 2018 | 10:44

Rescuers raced to save four young footballers and their coach who remain trapped in a flooded Thai cave on Tuesday (Jul 10), as heavy rains threatened an already perilous escape mission that has seen eight of the boys extracted.

Six members of Thai football team evacuated from Tham Luang cave

July 08, 2018 | 21:25

Six of out 12 members of the Thai football team who have been stranded along with their coach for more than two weeks inside the Tham Luang cave complex have been evacuated by 8pm local time on Sunday night (Jul 8).

37 dead, 18 unaccounted for in Thai tourist boat capsize

July 07, 2018 | 09:03

Thai rescuers pulled 37 bodies from waters off the coast of the holiday island of Phuket on Friday (Jul 6) after a tourist boat went down in heavy seas with dozens of Chinese passengers on board.

Fields submerged, livestock killed, but farmers happy to help clear exit for boys in cave

July 05, 2018 | 16:58

His fields are submerged and his ducks nearly wiped out by water being frantically pumped from the cave that holds captive 12 boys and their football coach, but Thai farmer Lek is delighted to help the rescue bid.

Family of Thai cave boy long for birthday party reunion

July 05, 2018 | 09:28

Pheeraphat Sompiengjai's family still have a birthday cake in the fridge waiting for his return home, as the discovery of the missing boy and his football team in a Thai cave brings joy to relatives but despair at the long rescue ahead.

Thai boys survived by drinking water from stalactite formations in cave: Doctor

July 04, 2018 | 08:30

The 13 members of a Thai youth football team who went missing for nine days survived by staying put and drinking water that dripped from stalactite formations, said a doctor involved in the operations.

Missing Thai boys, coach found alive after nine days trapped in cave

July 03, 2018 | 09:00

Twelve boys and their football coach trapped in a flooded Thai cave for nine days were found alive late on Monday (Jul 2) after a painstaking search by specialist divers who finally discovered the emaciated group on a mud embankment.