Netflix shines new light on Thai boys cave rescue with Thai series

BANGKOK – It is the rescue retold around the world: 12 boys, their coach, and impossible odds.

Now, a new series which premiered on Thursday (Sept 22) promises an intimate Thai perspective on the extraordinary effort to save 13 lives from a flooded cave back in 2018.

The world was captivated by the young “Wild Boars” football team trapped inside a cave complex in northern Thailand, as an international diving team scrabbled to extract them.

Netflix’s six-episode Thai drama Thai Cave Rescue is the latest screen interpretation of the event, and comes only a month after Amazon released its feature-length film Thirteen Lives.

That production, directed by Oscar winner Ron Howard, focuses on the life or death efforts by the divers – played by Hollywood stars Colin Farrell and Viggo Mortensen – to reach and rescue the boys.

The latest retelling seeks to take a closer look at the…