A rescue team freed on Friday one of seven men trapped inside a semi-submerged cave in Laos for more than a week, the group working at the site said.

Five of the seven villagers trapped for a week in a flooded cave in Laos have been found alive, rescuers said on Wednesday.

Laotian and Thai rescuers have found five out of seven people trapped in a flooded cave in Laos.

Even before the men went into the Laos cave to fossick for gold, the rain has started. Their families told this masthead that they had been warned not to go, “but they didn’t…

The cave is located in a rugged, remote area in Xaisomboun province’s Longcheng district, about 120 kilometres north of the capital, Vientiane.

An international operation to rescue a group of villagers from a cave has found five alive but organizers warned the real work had only just begun.

The moment that rescuers discovered five of the seven villagers trapped in a flooded Laos cave for a week has been captured on video. Footage shared on social media by Thai rescue…

Seven Lao nationals entered the cave in Xaisomboun province last week before a landslide blocked their exit.

Five of the seven men have been found alive after a week trapped in the cave. But their ordeal is not over yet.

Five of the seven divers have been found alive so far, but none have been rescued yet.

Five villagers trapped inside a flooded cave in Laos for more than a week have been found alive, while two are still missing.

Footage shows rescuers squeezing themselves through tiny gaps to reach five out of seven villagers that had been trapped in a flooded Laos cave for a week. Video shared on social…

Rescuers rushed on Thursday to pump water from a flooded cave in Laos, where seven Laotians have been trapped for more than a week.

Rescuers rejoiced as they found five of the seven men trapped in a Laos cave. But they caution a high-stakes extraction lies ahead, "and it ain't going to be easy".

Rescuers confirmed that four men remained trapped inside the cave and were “awaiting further assessment.”

Man is ‘safe and sound’ after perilous operation, leaving four inside a small chamber and two still to be located

The seven men had been trapped in the cavern in a remote mountainous area of central Xaysomboun province since May 20, when flash floods stranded them.

The seven men had been trapped in the cavern in a remote mountainous area of central Xaysomboun province since May 20, when flash floods stranded them.

The seven men have been trapped in a cavern in a remote mountainous area for more than a week, after flash floods stranded them as they searched for gold.

Seven people who entered the cave last week were trapped inside by flash flooding that blocked their way. Five of them found some days ago have reached the service after rescuers…

A specialist diving crew from around the world have arrived in Laos to help retrieve the other trapped men.