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Crime, Courts, Calamity

Bad things happen to good people; good things happen to bad people.

Rescue Diver Killed in Cave as Boys Running Out of Time

CHIANG RAI — Three nights after an unlikely miracle, a massive search-turned rescue effort in northern Thailand took a tragic turn when one of the rescue divers died early Friday morning.

49 Possibly Missing as Rough Seas Overturn Boats in South

PHUKET — Rough seas overturned two boats carrying more than 130 tourists in the Andaman Sea off southern Thailand on Thursday evening, and at least seven people were missing, police said.

Police, SWAT Team Surround Bangkok Home After Fatal Shooting

BANGKOK — Following hours of negotiations by police officers and a SWAT team, a man suspected of shooting a woman to death committed suicide Thursday afternoon inside a house in Bang Yi Khan area.

Cave Rescue Saves Governor’s Job – At Least For Now

CHIANG RAI — When the public face of the largest rescue operation in recent Thai history gave his morning briefing to reporters, he took a moment to address questions about his own future.
Dejdamrong Jomthank sits on the floor Tuesday during a police reenactment at Wat Nong Waeng in Khon Kaen.

Ex-Con Accused of Stealing Temple Donations

KHON KAEN — Police on Tuesday arrested a 21-year-old former convict accused of stealing donations from Buddhist temples after months on the run.
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Boys Greet World in New Clip From Inside Cave (Video)

CHIANG RAI — New footage of the boys trapped several kilometers inside a flooded cave was posted online Wednesday morning.

Media Warned Not to Repeatedly Interview Cave Survivors

BANGKOK — The director of a psychiatric hospital on Tuesday urged the media not to repeatedly interview 13 people stranded inside a northern cave lest they suffer from psychological stress.
Water pumped out from Tham Luang Nang Non. June 1

Payout Approved for Farmlands Flooded by Cave Rescue

BANGKOK — The military government said Tuesday it has greenlit compensation for farmers who lost their crops to the ongoing effort to pump water out of a northern cave in a bid to rescue 13 people trapped inside.

Tham Luang 13 to Get Months of Supplies, Scuba Training

CHIANG RAI — As the Navy SEALs say, the easy day was yesterday.

Coach Faces Charges for Leading Boys Into Cave

CHIANG RAI — Police said Tuesday they will look into whether a 25-year-old coach of a youth football team could face legal action for leading them into a cave complex where they were stranded 10 days.

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