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I think I would pass seeing this doctor. He seems to lack some common sense. After-all he could have deposited in a bank in Udon Thani before departing for Bkk.

Many people here have expressed their concerns about Iran acquiring nuclear weapons despite repeated claims by Iran that they were not building the weapons. The agreement with the UN worked well until trump and his fascists decided to tear up the contract. What I find strange though is why no on ever mentions the number of nuclear weapons Israel has - 80 -90 warheads all undeclared. Some estimates state Israel has close to 400 nuclear warheads. Israel refuses to sign the non-proliferation agreement and refuses to allow UN inspectors in to verify. I'd say we have more to worry about Israel which is being led by Nethyahu and his radical regime than Iran.

In addition to the 65000THB going into a Thai bank you'll need to show the source of the funds. In my case I bank with Kasikorn bank and the email me a compete detailed statement showing the complete transfer including the source of the funds exchange rate etc etc (I use direct deposit). I then get a 1 year bank statement and certified letter from the Bank and include that with the rest of the required docs to my local immigration office here in Udon Thani to get my annual visa extension.

Totally agree with you Jai Yen. Things will not change until the fascists are out of power.

Doesn't the speedometer freeze upon impact?

The "We" refers to the volunteers who taught under the umbrella of the Udon Education Foundation (UEF) which was a certified Thai charitable organization. The "we" refers to the Director (now deceased) of UEF, his Administrative Assistant (bilingual Thai lady), myself, and several other foreigners who chose to help us along the way some of whom have already passed away.

I've been a volunteer (unpaid) English teacher here in Udon Thani for close to 20 years. I along with several others attempted to help Thai teachers with teaching English, many of whom thought we were there to teach their students when in fact we were there to help the Thai teachers teach their students. We encountered many Thai teachers who resented our presence thinking we were a threat to their job. The problems of teaching English here in Thailand are quite complex and include poorly educated/trained Thai teachers, poorly trained school directors who show less than real interest in managing their teachers, parents who know little about what is going on in their schools, an antiquated curriculum, run down schools many with totally inadequate IT capabilities and the lack of interest/motivation in learning English by the grand majority of students. I believe the biggest challenges for the students other than a lack of motivation is the enormous differences between the Thai & English languages in both speaking and writing. We participated in numerous English Camps throughout the years which produced little additional learning for most of the students. We quickly learned that we would be lucky if we helped 30% of the students attain a better ability in their English language studies. We were involved with numerous rural/city primary, secondary and university level schools here in the province.

Total waste of money. There's absolutely no need for a second runway. The USAF operated out of U-tapao during the Vietnam War very easily flying B-52s, KC-135 tankers and U-2s on just the 1 runway without the need for a second runway.

This is the result of little to no law enforcement by the police.

Welcome to the Nazi fascist Amerika created by trump and the rest of his lunatics!

When is the world community going to step in to end the genocide. Israel should be isolated from the rest of the world and embargo everything going to to or coming from israel the pariah state.

In Udon Thani the Traffic police are like little ghosts who are never seen. Traffic rules are hardly ever obeyed. red light runners, U turns on a red light driving on the wrong side of the road are seen every day here. It's like a 3 ring circus without a director. I like to refer to it as "disorganized chaos" !

The entire Trump Administration are nothing more than a bunch of morons and those who believe them are just as bad.

The US government has become a fascist state led by a degenerative megalomaniac.

Federal District judges are tasked with interpreting the law as it applies to the particular case they're hearing. If the losing party doesn't agree with the ruling then they can appeal to the appropriate appellate court to review the ruling. The appellate court may overturn the district court or send it back down to the district court for further review. That's the way the US judicial system works and it's been doing so successfully for a couple of centuries. Chief Justice Roberts was absolutely correct in rebuking Trump in explaining just how the US justice system functions.

Why don't you tell us just what the American people want since you know so much thesetat

Non-reactive police the norm.

THC content probably 10 times stronger today and who knows what was mixed with it.

I join Tug regarding Trump and his band of lunatics.

Thai people typically do not understand what the word "borrow" means. One reason why the debt to GNP is so high. They don't understand that there's a big difference between borrow and give as in gift. Rule of thumb for me is to NEVER loan money to a Thai person unless you never expect to have it returned..

Traffic laws as well as most other laws here in Thailand are a joke as there's very little enforcement.

Hard to believe people could be so cruel to the gentle giants. I suspect no one will be held accountable 😔

I first went to Pattaya in 1970 and again in 1971 & 1972. There were 2 hotels at that time. The Pattaya Palace and the Nipa lodge. A third hotel opened not far from the Pattaya Palace but I don't recall the name. There was also an R & R Center which rented bungalows to American GI's on R & R from the Vietnam war. There was one very good restaurant on the beach called I believe Dolf's. i don't recall any bars at that time but there may have been a couple. Prostitution didn't appear until much later. The water was clean and fishing boats were available to take you to Koh Larn where they would clean and cook what you caught along the way with drop lines. Pattaya was a nice place at that time. Prostitution was centered in Bangkok especially around Patpong .

Very sad but could have easily been prevented had the parents taught the children about the dangers of riding ma motorcycle. I live in Udon Thani and this is nothing new. To make matters worse there are no traffic police on the streets to "enforce" the laws. The parents should be arrested and prosecuted.

Plenty of similar cases in many other parts of the world to include the "lily white" USA with no Chinese involved.