Everything posted by Dibbler
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Miss Mexico Wins Dramatic Miss Universe 2025 in Bangkok
How absurd that contestants were expected to promote Thailand during the pageant. Even more troubling is that the chief financial beneficiaries of MU2025, Mexico and Thailand, where winner and runner-up, respectively. Two judges that resigned claiming the results were fixed confirm this pageant was an utter disgrace all around. Hats off to Miss Cambodia Neary Socheata (Fiyata), who stole the show with her 10kg gown and other outfits, and copped flak and scathing comments throughout the event.
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Direct Flights from Thailand to US Return After 10 Years
United Airlines is a full 3-Star airline, not even a top 50 airline globally. Not a great choice to recommence flights on such an important route for Thailand! Give me Cathay via HKG, Japan Airlines via NRT or Korean via ICN any day over United direct from BKK.
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Thaksin Travels to Singapore for Medical Check-Up, Vows Return
Half way to Singapore he thought the medical care might be better somewhere else! Apparently awaiting clearance to proceed somewhere in the Andaman Sea then continued on to Dubai !!!
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Thailand Shuts 1,000 Cannabis Shops in Sweeping Crackdown
If 180 traffic related deaths on Thai roads led to reform in alcohol and motorcycle helmet laws we'd be winning! Instead this....
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Thailand Condemns Cambodia (Video)
Great speech but the reality is Cambodia has been preparing for this for months with infrastructure and military assets, including mines being moved into place on the border. HS double crossed the Shinawatras causing a power shift on the Thai side and massive loss of face. Now in the short term HS will pay dearly with lost revenue from scam centres, casinos, human trafficking, timber, wildlife, drugs, and other illegal cross border business run from the Cambodia side, and lost military positions and lives of many RCAF on the border. In the long term HS wins more loyalty for his son shoring up the family position as Cambodia rulers.
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Chiang Mai Crowned Asia's Best City, Bangkok Shines in Third
Presumably TAT sponsored this competition and self nominated?? Burning during the summer, and flooding during the winter. Crowded at best, polluted and smelly for most of the year. Chiang Mai is paradise lost and no longer gets my tourist $$.
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Hun Sen Threatens to Reveal Thaksin's Secret Betrayals
This is what happens when business deals between Thailand and Cambodia's mighty ruling families go sour!
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Thai Troops on High Alert Amidst Rising Tensions at Cambodian Border
No need for military intervention. Just close the border for a week and Cambodia will feel the (economic) pain. Keep it closed for a month, border markets will shutter, the supply of fresh produce, electronics and household goods will stop from Thailand and they'll be on their knees pleading for reconciliation..
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America's Astonishing Act of Self-Harm
This needs to be qualified. Its not self harm as Trump and cronies will stand to benefit from back door deals with unscrupulous leaders of the countries worst hit with tariffs (Cambodia, Lao, Vietnam). The real loser is the American consumer. But just wait til the penguins take reciprocal revenge. Then Americans will really know they backed the wrong horse in their election.
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Trump Starts Global Tariff Wall, Thailand Hit with 36% Tax
They range from computer hard drives, machinery, rubber, pickup vehicles, plastics, optical equipment, seafood and agricultural produce. https://tradingeconomics.com/united-states/imports/thailand
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Trump Starts Global Tariff Wall, Thailand Hit with 36% Tax
Do you understand what a tariff is? Its a tax paid by the buyer of a product coming from the exporting country. In this case its US consumers who will be paying this additional tax on Thailand products. Thailand is free to redirect its US exports to other countries that honour free trade. Only the US consumer loses in a trade war!
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Trump Starts Global Tariff Wall, Thailand Hit with 36% Tax
America being great again imposing 10% tariffs on islands in the Antarctic where only penguins live! Absurd! https://www.wired.com/story/trump-tariffs-antarctic-islands-heard-mcdonald/?utm_brand=wired&utm_campaign=aud-dev&utm_medium=social&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR2ytF0nO7cxkbgKo_rKOc3UPaM2Ldecsmm2qzPAMgPA6ghW0twwAzzDqyg_aem_-maNL86LCZ3NmdDZ8r4L_Q
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Trump Starts Global Tariff Wall, Thailand Hit with 36% Tax
The only certain result of this is hurting the American consumer, and driving Thai exports to other trading partners. Making Americas Gullible Again!
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Thailand Urged to Embrace Nuclear Power to Meet Carbon-Zero Goals
The day Thailand breaks ground on its first nuclear plant is the day all subcontractors scheme how they can build a thinner concrete wall around it and pocket the change. All sensible citizens should be moving to the next country when that happens!
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Thai wildfires rage across 10 provinces in northern Thailand
These are human lit fires and the objective is to expand cornfields and pasture for cattle which farmers will raise and sell to China. Unless enforcement is implemented and big agro companies reigned in there will be no forest left in a few years thus affecting water supplies across the entire north, and in the meantime people are suffering from unhealthy levels of PM 2.5.
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Thai-US mission launched to find remains of missing HTMS Sukhothai crew
The ship sunk in December 2022. Surely the wreck has already been dived on? It would make an excellent deep recreational dive but who else might already have been down there to take a look at equipment lying around on the sea floor? What might be left to salvage now?
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New Govt Tourist Insurance to Cover Deaths and Accidents
“The government was thinking about charging tourists a special fee to help pay for this insurance, but they've decided to wait a while. For now, they will usegovernment money to help tourists in need.” Wow, so people who pay tax in Thailand are to foot the medical bills for random tourists who hurt themselves. Knowing this hospitals are free to charge what they want for the misadventures of a few who should have taken out travel insurance. Amazing Thailand indeed!
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Doubts over Thai target of 8.2 million Chinese visitors in 2024
8.2 million woken up to scams, cheating and rip offs in Phuket, Chiang Mai and Bangkok have decided instead to take their vacations in Sihanoukville, Luang Prabang and Vientiane. Chinese tour companies already scheming with local governments there how to take advantage of the coming tourist wave. Good riddance, lets have more quality tourists in Thailand!!