Kengkard Bongkawong
- May 30
Laos cave rescue: Four trapped gold miners walk out on their own after 10 days underground
Four men trapped for 10 days in a flooded cave in central Laos stunned rescuers by emerging on their own Saturday, a day after the first survivor was pulled out. Two others remain missing deep inside the tunnel system.
- May 28
Race to Rescue Five Gold Miners Found Alive in Flooded Laos Cave as Two Still Missing
Rescuers have located five villagers alive in a flooded cave in Laos more than a week after they were trapped, but the operation to extract them is hampered by dangerously narrow passages and a critical shortage of oxygen.
- May 27
Five Gold Miners Found Alive After Week Trapped in Flooded Laos Cave; Search for Two Others Continues
Rescuers located five emaciated but smiling men huddled on a rock deep inside a flooded Laos cave on Wednesday, a week after they were trapped by a landslide while searching for gold. Two others remain missing as a multinational team battles rising water and collapsed passages.
