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You'll get more flies with honey than with vinegar; I won't say too much, but I wouldn't give up on the banks, MisterStretch, just try a different approach.

Allow myself to congratulate..... myself

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Thailand has the worst taxi drivers in the world. I'm sure there are a few honest ones mixed in there, but yeah the vast majority are crooks at best.

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You gotta admit, this shit is pretty entertaining.

Beer Chang would be brilliant if they bought ads on the original article page, as well as in the Bangkok Post pages with this government decree.

It would probably be a non-issue to the govt. if it'd been Singha instead, knowing how powerful that family is in Thailand.

Regardless, Beer Chang tastes like piss and gives a damn bad hangover.

Beer Leo FTW!

Great news that this seems to be going forward despite the questions about immigration raised by the bombing.

Question: will visitors be able to apply for the multi entry visa upon arrival as well? The original release about the changes to immigration policy mentioned that I believe, but this letter seems to communicate that these visas need to be applied for prior to embarking to Thailand.

Soon these monkeys will be covered by Obamacare

Wow, I nearly invested in some property in Thailand, and at the last minute had a gut instinct not to. After reading this nightmare of a story I'm glad I didn't, and absolutely never, ever will invest a dime in LoS. I'll happily keep spending a few bucks here and there for fun, temporary experiences though.

Love how the authorities leave this guy high and dry while they focus their efforts and collaborate with Thai Immigration on solving a 2 year old 1500bht restaurant bill. What a joke of a criminal justice system!

Are they going to do a photo op standing next to the goods captured in this huge bust?

When is the reenactment, and where were the local Burmese migrant workers when this meal occurred? These are the questions burning in my mind.

Spit on the cops and got let go free of charges and after a nice night sleeping off the booze?

Does all these issues with immigration lately change the recently announced new policy on multi month multiple entry visas on arrival?

Love the reenactments.

I wonder if one of the results of the erawan bombing will be a second look at what they want to accomplish with immigration policy.

Long term expats are a drop in the ocean, both in numbers and economically, so I would not expect anything this government to do would benefit us. This is all about increasing tourist dollars, regardless of who benefits from those dollars.

Really?

I spent 15 million baht in this country over the last 15 years, how many tourists does it take to spend that amount of money?

That's about $28,500 per year, or $78 per day, otherwise known to some of us as "chump change". I can't even find a nice hotel to stay in in BKK that after taxes is less than that. So yea, tourists do bring in significant amounts of money compared to what you spend to live in LoS

As someone under 50 who could have retired in Thailand, and had no desire to work there, only spending $ brought in from my country- I eventually left due in large part to the hassles with visas.

Retirement is a state of life, not solely determined by reaching a certain age. Though the two are often correlated they are not always proportionally related.

I miss some things about Thailand, and the proposed changes to the visa program (if they carry through) do make me more likely to come back for a visit.

I didn't realize you Brits had your own Ann Coulter. You have my pity, and unfortunately, my empathy.

"Allow myself to poll.... myself" /austinpowers

The Mainland Chinese almost make me miss the Russians, and the Russians certainly make me miss the Germans. I can't remember what came before that.

Now all they need is an airport that's 90% duty free shops! oh wait....

There is some strange thing about life insurance in Thailand. Even banks bundle it with account features that seem totally unrelated, like sms notifications and such.

I can empathize with Mr. P

His reactions to people who don't immediately believe in/agree with him are nearly identical to how mine were..... when I was about 6 years old.

Isn't this just in line with the Thai way? Say and do things to great public fanfare, gaining face, posting to Instagram, etc. - then do the complete opposite later, when you can't be held accountable. Par for the course.

True is one of the worst companies I've ever dealt with. Makes Comcast seem like a company focused on customer service.