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  "path": "/2026/05/26/lao-official-apologizes-after-remarks-on-thai-rescue-team-spark-backlash/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-05-26T10:07:24.000Z",
  "site": "https://laotiantimes.com",
  "tags": [
    "Accident",
    "All News",
    "Disaster",
    "Social",
    "apology",
    "cave rescue",
    "Cross-Border Cooperation",
    "deputy village chief",
    "flooding",
    "Lao rescue",
    "Laos news",
    "Long Chaeng district",
    "social media backlash",
    "Southeast Asia emergencies",
    "Thai rescue team",
    "trapped villagers",
    "volunteer rescue",
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  "textContent": "A deputy village chief in Xaysomboun, Somchay Vilayvong, has issued a public apology after making remarks perceived as insulting toward a Thai rescue team assisting in the effort to save seven villagers trapped in a flooded cave in Long Chaeng district. Somchay faced criticism after posting that the Thai rescuers “showed up on their own […]",
  "title": "Lao Official Apologizes After Remarks on Thai Rescue Team Spark Backlash"
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