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Thai cave reopens for visitors after Wild Boars rescue
Guests are not allowed beyond the entrance for now, where they can peer into the cave opening
Netflix, makers of 'Crazy Rich Asians', team up for Thai cave rescue production
Netflix strikes a deal with the producers of 'Crazy Rich Asians' to tell the real-life story of 2018's gripping Thai cave rescue

Thai boys rescued from cave to be ordained in Buddhist ceremony
The boys will spend time living in a monastery before returning to normal life – a common practice in Buddhist-majority countries like Thailand

Rescued Thai cave boys to leave hospital July 19
'All 13 Wild Boars are in good physical health... all are in good spirits,' Thailand's public health minister tells reporters

Thai cave rescue site to become a museum
Rescue chief Narongsak Osottanakorn tells reporters the site will ultimately be converted into a museum showcasing the clothes and equipment used during the dramatic rescue

Thai boys were sedated, stretchered from cave in dramatic rescue
(UPDATED) Video of the rescue is released by authorities who had until late Wednesday closely guarded the details of the seemingly unprecedented operation

Pogba dedicates France win to Thai cave survivors
The French midfielder says the young Thai football players rescued from a flooded cave are the 'heroes of the day'

FIFA says rescued Thai boys won't attend World Cup final
'FIFA's priority remains the health of everyone involved in the operation and we will look into finding a new opportunity to invite the boys to a FIFA event to share with them a moment of communion and celebration,' a spokesman says

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All 12 boys and coach rescued from Thai cave
(7th UPDATE) The Thai SEALs and elite foreign divers extract the final batch of 4 boys, plus the 25-year-old coach, on Tuesday afternoon via a perilous escape route that required them to squeeze through narrow, water-filled tunnels
Final 5 trapped in Thai cave to be extracted on July 10 – rescue chief
(UPDATED) '(They) will be extracted today,' rescue chief Narongsak Osottanakorn tells reporters, adding the journey out should be faster than on previous days

8 rescued from Thai cave, but 5 remain trapped
(UPDATED) 'Hooyah,' the Thai Navy SEALs say in a Facebook post as they announce a total of 8 members of the 'Wild Boars' football team have been rescued on July 8 and 9

Treacherous Thai cave rescue bid enters second day
Looming rain is one of the main enemies of the operation, threatening to flood the cave complex in mountainous northern Thailand, although a bewildering array of other dangers could also doom their safe return

Letters of hope from boys trapped deep in a Thai cave
Players from the 'Wild Boar' football team write short notes in the gloom, reassuring parents and relatives and expressing hopes of being reunited in the near future

TIMELINE: Thai cave rescue
(UPDATED) Here is how the rescue attempt has unfolded so far

'Race against water' as rain threatens Thai boys in the cave
'Our biggest concern is the weather. We are calculating how much time we have if it rains, how many hours and days,' Narongsak Osottanakorn tells reporters, without providing further details

Rescuers vow to take 'no risks' in evacuation of Thai cave boys
Freeing the boys from the still-submerged cave complex is expected to be a protracted process, fraught with challenges for a group who are not divers and some of whom are believed to be unable to swim

Thai boys found alive after 9 days trapped in cave
(UPDATED) 'We found all 13 safe... we will take care of them until they can move,' Narongsak Osottanakorn tells reporters

Classmates yearn for safe return of Thai boys trapped in cave
There has been no contact with the boys, aged between 11 and 16, since they went missing with their football coach nine days ago

Thai divers advance as cave search for lost boys gains ground
(UPDATED) A break in the wet weather and the establishment of a forward operating base inside the twisting chambers has raised hopes that 12 boys and their assistant football coach could be located and tended to soon

Hope as divers find possible opening to rescue Thai children
The harrowing around-the-clock search is hampered by torrential rains and fast-flowing flood waters that have cut off rescuers from where the boys are believed to be stuck

Foreign divers, soldiers join rescue for Thai children trapped in cave
A team of American military personnel from the US Pacific Command, and 3 British cave diving experts join the over a thousand racing against time to rescue the 12 trapped children and their coach
Heavy rains hamper rescue for children stuck in Thai cave
(UPDATED) At least 1,000 people have been mobilized for the search, including air and ground teams and divers. The Army has also dispatched special operation troops to aid the rescue.

Desperate search for 12 children trapped in Thailand cave
Thai Interior Minister Anupong Paojinda says 'we're working against time, but we're not panicking'

12 children trapped in flooded Thailand cave
Divers found bicycles, shoes and footprints in the 5 kilometer-long Tham Luang cave, where the youngsters' football team and their coach have been trapped since Saturday
