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Rescuers were trying to drill down to the caves to reach the boys

Thai cave rescue: What the search teams faced

The boys were urged to stay calm in the video footage (Pic: Thai Navy SEAL)

Missing Thai boys found alive in cave

Footage has been released of an emaciated and bedraggled Thai youth football team crammed onto a wedge of dry ground surrounded by water deep inside a cave where they have been trapped for nine days.

Thailand • 02 Jul 18

Rescue teams have been pumping out flood waters that have hampered the search effort

Divers near safety spot in cave search for missing boys

In Thailand the search of a cave complex for 12 boys and their soccer coach is now into its eighth day.

News • 01 Jul 18

Searches by rescue workers have been hampered by heavy rain

Search for boys missing in Thai cave enters seventh day

Having failed to find any sign of 12 boys and their soccer coach during a week-long search of flooded cave complex in northern Thailand, rescuers have held out hope that the group found safety on a rocky mound in one of the chambers.

World • 30 Jun 18

Rescuers install a water pump inside the Tham Luang Nang Non cave

Lost boys: Police drop survival packs into Thai cave

As a search in northern Thailand for 12 boys and their soccer coach missing inside a flooded cave enters its sixth day, police began dropping survival packages through a shaft drilled in the mountainside not knowing if anyone was there.

World • 29 Jun 18

US military personnel have joined the search for the trapped children

Foreign divers, soldiers join Thai rescue effort

A team of US military personnel and British divers have joined rescue efforts at a flooded cave in northern Thailand where 12 children and their football coach have been trapped for five days.

Asia • 28 Jun 18

Rescue workers are using hoses to try and pump water out of the flooded cave

Thai rescue team to drill cave in hunt for missing boys

Thai rescue workers will drill a narrow shaft into a cave where 12 schoolboys and their soccer coach are believed to be trapped by flood waters on the fourth day of a search that has been hampered by heavy rain.

World • 27 Jun 18

The rescue operation started on Saturday night

12 children trapped in flooded cave in Thailand

Divers are attempting to rescue a children's football team trapped in a cave in Thailand since it flooded on Saturday.

World • 25 Jun 18

Bach faces up to four years in jail for smuggling parts of protected animals

Thai police arrest Asian wildlife trafficking 'kingpin'

Thai police have arrested an alleged kingpin in Asia's illegal trade in endangered species, dealing a blow to a family-run syndicate that smuggles elephant ivory, rhino horn and tiger parts to Chinese and Vietnamese dealers.

News • 20 Jan 18

Prayuth Chan-ocha exits the stage, leaving the cut-out to 'answer questions'

Thai PM refers reporters to cardboard cut-out

Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha referred reporters to a cardboard cut-out of himself for questions on politics during a news briefing.

News Lens • 09 Jan 18

With both parties claiming the cash is rightfully theirs, forensic police are now stepping in

Tickets to be tested for DNA in Thai lottery dispute

A DNA test will decide the fate of a €770,000 lottery prize after a Thai teacher said he lost the winning tickets which were later claimed by a former policeman.

World • 28 Dec 17

Irish man dies kite-surfing in Thailand

An Irish man has died in a kite-surfing incident in Thailand and the Department of Foreign Affairs is providing consular assistance.

Ireland • 20 Dec 17

Thousands of people queue on a bridge to attend the funeral of the late Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej

Crowds throng Bangkok for funeral of Thai king

Hundreds of thousands of mourners have crowded Bangkok's historic quarter as the cremation of the revered King Bhumibol Adulyadej officially began with Buddhist religious rites and ceremonial candle-lighting by saffron-robed monks.

News • 26 Oct 17

Yingluck Shinawatra could face up to 10 years in prison

Arrest warrant issued for former Thailand PM

An arrest warrant has been issued for former Thailand prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra after she failed to turn up for the verdict in a negligence trial.

World • 25 Aug 17

Prosecutions have continued under new king Maha Vajiralongkorn

Thai man jailed for 35 years for defaming royals

A Thai man was jailed for 35 years for Facebook posts deemed insulting to the royal family, a watchdog said, in one of the harshest sentences handed down for a crime that insulates Thailand's ultra-rich monarchy from criticism.

World • 09 Jun 17

Facebook had failed to remove 131 of 309 web addresses on its platform which threatened laws

Facebook Thailand risks legal action over content

Facebook Thailand could face legal action next week after Thai authorities warned the company to take down content deemed threatening to national security or violating strict laws protecting the majesty of the state.

Technology • 12 May 17

Police were alerted to the video by friends of the man

Thai man murders child, takes own life on Facebook Live

A man in Thailand filmed himself killing his his 11-month old daughter and then himself on Facebook Live, Thai police said, the latest example of the social network's live-streaming function being used to broadcast grisly crimes.

World • 25 Apr 17

One year of official mourning has begun in Thailand

Mourners in Thailand pay respects to beloved king

The head of Thailand's royal advisory council will stand in as regent while the country grieves over the death of King Bhumibol Adulyadej and awaits for his son to formally succeed him, the government said.

News • 15 Oct 16

Police officers take cover after a bomb exploded at the city clock tower in the centre of Hua Hin

Thai police detain two men over resort blasts

Thai police said they had detained two men for questioning over blasts that hit the upscale seaside resort of Hua Hin in southern Thailand.

News • 12 Aug 16

The 40 dead tiger cubs were found in a freezer in a kitchen area

40 dead tigers found at Thai Tiger temple

Thai wildlife authorities have found 40 tiger cub carcasses in a freezer in Thailand's infamous Tiger Temple as they removed live animals in response to international pressure over suspected trafficking and abuse.

World • 01 Jun 16

Two of the injured were in a critical condition

Fire at Thai schools kills at least 17 girls

At least 17 schoolgirls have died after a fire swept through a dormitory at a school for girls from poor hill-tribe families in Thailand.

News • 23 May 16

The dolls were first made popular by celebrities who claimed dressing up and feeding their dolls brought them success

Thai dolls 'non-human' says aviation authority

Thailand's air-safety body has warned passengers that lucky 'child angel' dolls cannot be considered real people and must be properly stowed before take-off and landing.

News • 27 Jan 16

Police say the suspect fits the description of a man identified on CCTV footage

Thai police arrest suspect in Bangkok bombing

Police hunting for the perpetrators of Thailand's deadliest bombing have arrested a suspect they said fits the description of a man identified on security cameras as leaving a rucksack at the site of the 17 August blast in Bangkok.

News • 29 Aug 15

Around 2,600 migrants from Burma and Bangladesh are still stranded in the Andaman sea

US demands rescue of Asian migrants adrift at sea

The United States has said thousands of vulnerable migrants adrift in southeast Asian seas needed urgent rescue, as Burma told a regional meeting on the crisis that it was not to blame.

World • 29 May 15

Rescue workers at a site where shallow graves containing 26 bodies were found near Padang Besar in the southern Thai province of Songkhla

Mass graves discovered in Malaysia

Mass graves and suspected human trafficking detention camps have been discovered by Malaysian police in towns and villages bordering Thailand.

News • 24 May 15