Tham Luang Caves

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According to reports, the head coach of the Wild Boars soccer team, said, they received their official Thai ID cards along with another team member, who had also applied for citizenship but was not in the cave. (Photo: Facebook / Love Mae Sai)

Stateless boys, coach rescued from Thai cave granted citizenship

Three boys from the football team, were granted Thai citizenship along with their 25-year-old coach on Wednesday.

09 Aug 2018 11:57 AM

A Thai well wisher puts a poster to pray for boys and their soccer coach who had been trapped since June 23, in Mae Sai, Chiang Rai province, northern Thailand. (Photo: AP)

Race against time: Timeline of Thai's soccer team search-rescue ops

The team included 12 young soccer players and their coach who were stranded in the Tham Luang cave.

12 Jul 2018 3:15 PM

The four boys rescued Sunday can eat normal food and walk around, and the four pulled out Monday were eating soft food. (Photo: AP)

Boys lost weight but 'took care of themselves' while trapped in Thai cave

They were able to obtain water dripping inside the cave and average weight loss was 2 kilograms (4.4 pounds).

11 Jul 2018 12:21 PM

Thailand's Navy SEALs, who were central to the rescue effort, celebrated the feat with a post that read: "All the thirteen Wild Boars are now out of the cave," - a reference to the boys' soccer team. "We are not sure if this is a miracle, a science, or what." (Photo: AP)

A Thai cave, an extraordinary tale and a captivated world

In the darkness, down the twisting stone tunnels and through the murky water, they - 12 boys and their coach - awaited an uncertain future.

11 Jul 2018 10:19 AM

After pondering for days how to get the 13 out, a rescue operation was launched on Sunday when four of the boys were brought out, tethered to rescue divers. (Photo:AP)

All 12 boys, coach evacuated from Thailand cave on Day 3 of rescue ops

'The 12 Wild Boars and coach have emerged from the cave and they are safe,' the Thai navy SEAL unit said on its official Facebook page.

10 Jul 2018 3:15 PM

Four boys among the group of 13 trapped in a flooded Thai cave for more than a fortnight were rescued on July 8 after surviving a treacherous escape, raising hopes elite divers would also save the others soon. (Photo: AFP)

Rescuers gear up for final push to save remaining five from Thai cave

The head of operation, Narongsak Osottanakorn, said rescuers had learned from experience and faster in bringing 2nd batch of survivors out.

10 Jul 2018 9:53 AM

Two ambulances arrive near the cave to wait for evacuations of the boys and their soccer coach on the first day of the extraction mission. (Photo: AP)

Thai cave rescue: 8th boy brought out, say reports

Medical personnel were seen carrying a person, wrapped in green sheets and lying flat, into an ambulance close to the cave.

09 Jul 2018 4:16 PM

The boys were guided by expert divers who plotted the hours-long escape through more than four kilometres of twisting passageways and flooded chambers. (Photo: AP)

Day 2 of Thai boys' rescue, experts warn of panic while swimming in dark

On Sunday, four members of the 'Wild Boar' team were successfully brought out from the cave.

09 Jul 2018 10:41 AM

Authorities in northern Chiang Rai province began the dangerous mission to bring out the 12 boys and their coach earlier on Sunday. (Photo: File)

4 Thai boys rescued from cave, next phase of ops after 10 hrs

As night fell, the operation to rescue the remaining 8 boys and their coach was called off until Monday morning.

08 Jul 2018 6:01 PM

The Wild Boars team will have to squeeze through an extremely narrow tunnel in pitch blackness -- the main "crisis" point that looms near the end of their treacherous escape bid. (Photo: AFP)

'Biggest crisis spot' looms near end of Thai cave as rescue operation begins

Rescue effort is likely to take two to three days to complete, Major General Chalongchai Chaiyakorn, an army commander, told reporters.

08 Jul 2018 4:04 PM

Between the operating base manned by Thai Navy Seals inside the cave and the trapped boys are twisting, turning cave passageways with torrents of water gushing through. (Photo: AP)

'Today is D-Day': Thai boys ready to see daylight after more than 2 weeks

Rescue chief said first boy was expected to be brought out of cave by around 9:00 pm (1400 GMT), meaning trip would take around 11 hours.

08 Jul 2018 11:27 AM

Experts say that they could be trapped in for more than 45 days considering the extent of the rainfall during the monsoon season in Thailand. (Photo: AP)

'Be firm': Chilean miner as world anticipates rescue of trapped Thai boys

It has been 12 days since football team consisting of 11 to 16-year-old Thai boys, assistant coach have been trapped in Tham Luang caves.

07 Jul 2018 4:22 PM

'To all the parents, all the kids are still fine. I promise to take the very best care of the kids,’ read the note written by Ekkapol Chantawong, the sole adult trapped in the cave. (Photo: @ThaiSEAL/Facebook)

Thai coach apologises to families of trapped children in handwritten note from cave

It is the first message from the coach, whose role in the team's predicament has received flak on social media.

07 Jul 2018 9:22 AM

The players remain trapped despite being reached this week by cave-diving rescuers, who released footage of them looking emaciated but calm, some wearing football shirts. (Photo: AP)

FIFA president invites Thai boys stuck in cave to World Cup final

Their harrowing ordeal coincides with World Cup in Russia, it has not escaped attention of players who sent their wishes through media.

06 Jul 2018 6:48 PM

His death raises serious doubts over the safety of attempting to bring the group out the same way, through cramped passageways deep inside the waterlogged cave. (Photo: AFP)

Thai diver on cave rescue mission dies due to lack of oxygen

The diver, whose mission was to bring oxygen tanks and carry lines along the passageways, lost consciousness on his way back.

06 Jul 2018 10:52 AM

Water is pumped from Tham Luang cave during rescue operations for the trapped 12 boys and their coach, at Khun Nam Nang Non Forest Park in the Mae Sai district of Chiang Rai province. (Photo: AFP)

‘Race against water’ as rain threatens Thai boys in the cave

Several Thai Navy divers and medics are staying with them and the video footage showed the group in seemingly good spirits.

06 Jul 2018 12:24 AM

Several of the boys in the frame are wearing protective foil blankets and are accompanied by a smiling diver in a wetsuit. (Photo: AFP)

Watch: Fresh navy video shows Thai cave boys in 'good health'

The boys appear relaxed and much more alert than when they were when discovered late Monday by British divers.

04 Jul 2018 10:15 AM

They appeared exhausted, rake thin, sensitive to the light but lucid, with some speaking faltering English to try to communicate with the unidentified diver. (Photo: Screengrab/AFP)

Could take weeks or even months to get boys out of Thai cave, say experts

Food and medical supply has been sent to the boys and divers are now preparing to lay phone lines through the cave to set up phone calls.

03 Jul 2018 12:55 PM

Thai boys trapped in cave found safe after 9 days, rescue operations underway

The military has said that the boys trapped in the cave would get four months' food and learn to dive, as they wait for rescue.

03 Jul 2018 8:47 AM

A team of American military personnel from the US Pacific Command, including pararescue and survival specialists, arrived at the site overnight to help rescue operations. (Photo: AP)

Foreign divers, soldiers join in rescue of Thai children trapped in cave

Around 1,000 Navy SEAL divers, police, soldiers, border guards, officials have been mobilised for around-the-clock rescue.

28 Jun 2018 1:07 PM

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