JimHuaHin

Who is surprised? Almost 10 years of incompetent military dictatorship, which severely damaged the Thai economy. Followed by a government NOT elected by popular vote, supported by criminal billionaire who should be in a retirement village. Thai economy collapsing with more Thais falling into poverty; while the rich get richer. The Prime Minister's best plan - to make Thailand the hub of everything, including the hub of hubs of hubs - vision, what vision? And the youth of Thailand today are probably more disenchanted with the future than they have ever been.

So, 3,900 Thai community radio stations which serve the interests of Thai local communities will be closed - is it because they reflect the views of the Thai communities they serve, which may not align with the views and ideologies of the conservative Bangkok establishment? So unless one lives in a large city, with multiple radio stations, the Thai people will only have radio access to one of the 537 radio (or TV) stations owned (according to Wikipedia), run and controlled by the Thai military.

Although some suggest renewing the driver's licence after their birthday, what are the legal ramifications of being involved in a motor vehicle accident with an expired licence?

Did any Thais who saw this offer to help the turtles?

I have known of a couple people who have done this on "marriage"/"retirement" visas, without being "caught", but technically (I believe) it is illegal if ones does not have "work/volunteer visa" - thus potential arrest an deportation.

Exactly. This was the advice I received from a close Thai friend (who teaches law at Thammasat University) of my ex gf. The only difference being, my will stipulates a back-up, or secondary, administrator if my primary administrator predeceases me.

Taksin physically sick? Will be win a Thai acting award his year?

Thailand really does not care what the international community thinks, especially now that Thailand is in bed with pure clean ethical moral China. But, if the day ever comes when most foreign tourists stop coming to Thailand and there are effective international boycotts of Thai produce, then things may change.

This is happening globally to coral reefs.

What a relief.

I have only seen Ibuprofen 400mg in Thai pharmacies. However, Paracetamol 500 mg appears standard in Thailand. One can purchase a pill cutter at most pharmacies to cut a 400 mg pill in half.

Shortly after I retired here nearly 11 years ago, I was approached by 3 regional educational institutions (including 2 universities) offering me employment opportunities either teaching or doing research. I explained to the representatives that I was in Thailand on a "retirement" visa, and thus could not legally work in Thailand. However, if the institutions submitted the required documentation to "immigration" so that I could obtain a "work" visa, which I could later change back to a "retirement" visa, then I could be happy to work for them. In each case, after 4-6 weeks, I was advised that the "massive red tape" requirement was not worth the effort. If I was not in my very late 50s, it may have been a slightly different story, from the educational institutions' perspective.

No, Thai Ministers and officials are more powerful than Mother Nature.

Answer - yes. Chronically sick.

Maybe she should be Prime Minister.

As a long time (about 50 years) visitor to, and watcher of, both Thailand and Viet Nam, who would of thought 20-30 years ago that Viet Nam would be powering ahead of Thailand? Yes, Viet Nam has bad corruption, and yes the Vietnamese Communist Party has made some disastrous economic decisions in the past, but .... Viet Nam is advancing, while Thailand, ignoring the advice of "experts" is, at best, under the influence of powerful self-interested individuals, walking around in circles, or more accurately regressing back in time.

Spot on TroubleandGrumpy. For at least the past 50-odd years, whenever there have been changes to Australia's tax laws, policies, procedures, etc., the changes have been published in the media or in specialised tax publications (eg the annual Master Tax Guide, etc.), and for the last few decades on the ATO website. So the average tax payer in Australia can access information on what changes are happening and how the changes will impact them. And for some decades, tax information has been available in a number of "community" (read immigrant) languages. Meanwhile, in Thailand .... the hub of hubs of hubs ....

I used my OS-based MC at Pran Buri Honda last month, no problems.

I just read a similar article online about Recall. Very worrying. It is getting closer to the time when one will be forced to abandon Windows forever.

Dream baby dream. Maybe more airports would help, and what are the chances that Don Muang and Suvarnabhumi could be seasonally under water by 2037?

Beachfront + about 100 metres? I stand corrected.

I think you need to increase your budget by 50%, at least.

Many years ago, way back in Ozland, I took pool water samples to my local pool shop ever month for a comprehensive analysis - much better than the cheap home kits which generally only check a couple of variables. Maybe you could do the same.

The good olde (sic) conservative far right rant again. If great mother England (a phrase I was taught in school in Australia in the 1960s) did not decide centuries ago to colonise and exploit foreign lands centuries ago, to subjugate and exterminate the peoples of those lands, then England would not have his "issue". When the chickens come home to roost, karma can be a bitch.

"... around 9.25 million people, or 13.2% of the country’s total 70 million population, live unofficially in Thailand." No. They live officially in Thailand, they just do not reside at their registered address.