JimHuaHin

First requirement - competent IT people with appropriate, yes appropriate, training and skills. Second requirement - competent IT people with appropriate, yes appropriate, training and skills. Third requirement - competent IT people with appropriate, yes appropriate, training and skills. Thailand does not have many of these people, because Thailand does not train enough people.

Thai military reform? It has to start at the top of the military. Many young Thais I know in the military are hoping for major reforms; others have given up waiting and have left the Thai military.

This should happen in Thailand.

Thailand - technology hub?

My Thai diary says both days are Government holidays, and the 10th is a Bank holiday.

My guess is that it will leave orange stains on skin and clothes.

As long as the super rich continue to get rich the system will not change. A few technological changes and innovations here are there maybe, but otherwise the olde corruption and patronage systems will stay in place to the benefit of the 0.1% and the detriment of the country and most Thai citizens. Why are the "big" boys and girls pushing AI? Less need for workers!!!

Again? Did Big Pharma ever stop pushing dangerous meds? Do you know the potential drug or food interactions of all the meds you are taking? Do you know the potential side-effects of the meds you are taking? Do your doctors inform you of these side-effects?

Delusional.

Looks good .... one hopes the Baht follows soon.

"Joe Ferrari" knew "too much" he was a danger to powerful people, and thus the threat had to be neutralised.

Time for another coup - the party of the Thai people is more popular than the corrupt establishment.

Prime Minister Paetongtarn now becomes minister of Thainess.

As is often the case, Trump does not understand what he is saying, ie he uses words he does not understand the meaning of. The recent Australian election was interesting - 6 months before the election, the conservatives looked like they would easily regain government. This did not change after Trump was re-elected. But, after he was sworn in and the leader of the Australian conservatives proposed to follow Trump, .... the conservatives popularity rapidly declined. End result a massive victory for the progressives. Which sane democracy wants to elect their version of Trump?

That opens a can of worms. How far back in history does one want to go? Back to Funan (about AD50-650), or the time when the Angkor Empire (about 800-1450) controlled most of modern Thailand, all the way down to about Nakhon Si Thammarat (which was essentially part of the Patani Sultanate (note spelling of "Patani"). We can also talk of Siam vs Thailand. Historically speaking, Thailand does not have enough feet to stand on. Let sleeping dogs rest.