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Thailand Urged to Increase Economic Cooperation with India
Srikcir replied to snoop1130's topic in Thailand News
BRIC includes Russia, China and India. -
Thailand Urged to Increase Economic Cooperation with India
Srikcir replied to snoop1130's topic in Thailand News
"Thailand Seeks Closer Ties wuth BRIC and BRIC Plus," June 28, 2022 ref. NNT -
Muslim Thais busy doing grocery in anticipation of Eid al-Fitr feasts
Srikcir replied to snoop1130's topic in Thailand News
Just a technical note. Not all Muslims in Thailand are "Muslim Thais." There are about 2 million (est. 2020) in Thailand's three southern provinces formerly known collectively as the Kingdom of Patani who are "Malay Muslims". The Kingdom of Siam (now the Kingdom of Thailand) that forceably annexed the KOP refer to them as Muslim "Thais" as part of a denial and rechacterization of their indigenious ethnicity, traditions and culture. -
Thai man implants magnets into his fingers for 40 years to win at Hi-Lo
Srikcir replied to snoop1130's topic in Thailand News
Likely violate the Personal Data Act if published without permission. -
Climate change denier? "Thailand is expected to be severely affected by validate change, with its vulnerability shaped by geographical and socioeconomic features. The German Watch Global Climate Rusk Index 2021 ranked Thailand's long-term Climate risk index as 9th in the world." ref. www,fao.org "Thailand has seen a marked increase in temperatures and changes in rainfall patterns over the past thirty years." ref. climateknowledgeportal.workdbank.org "The impact of climate change to Thailand; such as higher surface temperatures, floods, droughts, severe storms and sea level rise, is more likely to put Thaikand's food production at risk, especially rice productions." ref. "Climate Change Impacts on Water Resources: Key challenges to Thailand CC* adaptation," by Sudtida Pliankarom Thanasupsin, Environment Project Group, Office of Project Management, RID * Climate Change (CC)
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The seemingly high number of Thai women involved in the sex industry in Thailand seems to dismiss any reluctantance of their independence from men other than as paying "partners." And as already noted, many more Thai women than than men, especially in the low income and educational brackets, appear to try to self-start their own, albeit barely capitalized small businesses, to survive without "sugar daddies."
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Multi-year overstay - Asylum Seekers
Srikcir replied to ChiangMaiThai's topic in Thai Visas, Residency, and Work Permits
Note: "Despite risk of death, Thailand sends Myanmar refugees back" April 8, 2022 https://apnews.com/article "Mostly" is not very satisfying regarding a refugee's safety. -
"Corruption Soars Under the Watchful Eye of Gen. Prayut Chan-o-cha" Dec. 19, 2020 chiangraitimes.com Prayut's position: Cannot reveal the names of the culprits who cheat the system Monitoring for government graft was the media's job Government officials preferred working behind closed doors Better to publicize the achievements of his government, look at cases already closed Yet now Prayut is running for re-election as PM promising in part to solve corruption?
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Bomb attack in southern Thailand injures 8 police officers
Srikcir replied to webfact's topic in Southern Thailand News
I suspect the Pattani Muslim community isn't very upset with this attack. -
How about starting with an error-free, always online 90-day reporting system and overstay identification system that identifies violators no later than two months vs. years+ ?
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EC Clarifies Overseas Travel Ahead of Upcoming Election
Srikcir replied to snoop1130's topic in Thailand News
Large Thai communities are in the US, China, Laos, Taiwan, Malaysia, Singapore, Cambodia, South Korea, Australia, Canada, Sweden, Malaysia, Germany, Norway and UAE. In Africa it's Libya. But the EC travel seems focused on apparently on lesser Thai populations in three other African nations? Maybe because of historical low numbers of Thai voters in the three mentioned African nations, the Thai embassies there mught have been less organized regarding absentee voting? But from a cost effectiveness perspective, I'd think the nations with large Thai qualified voters would receive travel priority for the EC. Why wasn't Libya visited? Also what about Australia? In the last election the embassy reportedly could not deliver the absentee votes to the EC in time to be counted. -
Prime Minister faces questions about energy costs
Srikcir replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
Thailand had been importing crude petroleum (13th largest importer in the world-2021) & natural gas. Paradoxically it has been exporting crude (52nd largest exported in the world-2021). In 2021 Thailand sold surplus LNG to Japan and plans in the future to re-export fuel for power plants to "energy-hungry countries" such as South Korea, China and Taiwan. In summary I summarize with this link titled: "Opinion - Prayut's mismanagement of energy sector offers windfall for power generators but bodes ill for end users and businesses", December 23, 2022 https://www.thaienquirer.com/47020 -
Yingluck uses government budgeted rice subsidies to keep rice farmers financially sustainable and that's called corruption. Whereas: Prayut uses government budgeted funds to reduce the cost of rice that would allow a profit from market prices and that's not corruption? Prayut implemented a government budgeted rubber price guarantee scheme to keep farmers financially sustainable and that's not corruption? Prayut's government paid subsidies (close to 300 billion) through an income insurance scheme to farmers who plant cassava, palm, sugarcane and maize and that's not corruption?
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The Quran does not directly forbid cannabis and some Muslim scholar consider cannabis to be halal and permissible. Some Muslim scholars deem (without reference to the Quran) by analogy cannabis to be similar to khamr and therefore to be haraam (forbidden). A scientific survey of Muslims in the South (there are Muslins living throughout Thailand, what is their position?) is required for an accurate read of Muslims on cannabis use. Chuwit's anti-weed crusade is just his theory.
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Thai Private Sector Upbeat on China-Laos Railway Service
Srikcir replied to snoop1130's topic in Thailand News
High speed rail service in China with a vastly much larger ridership has generally failed financially. But Thailand will be different - how? -
Multi-year overstay - Asylum Seekers
Srikcir replied to ChiangMaiThai's topic in Thai Visas, Residency, and Work Permits
UHRC cannot bypass or overrule Thailand's sovereignty that has the final authority on treatment of alleged asylum and refugee seekers. Thailand makes no distinction between refugees or asylum seekers and other foreigners in the country illegally, facing arrest and/or deportation. Thailand has not ratified the UN's refugee convention.* There is the Thailand 2019 National Screening Mechanism with specific criteria for vetting applicants. But there are "unspecified Interior Ministry protocols" that would bar migrant workers from Cambodia, Laos or Myanmar from the program.* Also, anyone who makes it through the screening could still be rejected for unspecified "national security" reasons and will have no right to know exactly why. An example of national security might be one's political behavior. * Thus, Thailand's judgement might be influenced by its international political relationships, especially with authoritarian regimes (?). The screening process might be a disguised method to identify foreign political dissisents whose acceptance might damage Thailand's foreign trade and security. * ref. www.voanews.com for Oct. 23, 2022. -
Three arrested in Songkran action - Laotian woman on 3,440 day overstay
Srikcir replied to webfact's topic in Isaan News
Likely much more to this story. That might explain the odd charge of overstay. For example. If a person has political "conflicts" with say a Communist government, they would be denied a passport to leave the country. Thus to avoid possible detention by such government, they must flee the country illegally and thus enter another country illegally if that country does not respect political assylum, ie., without a passport in accordance with the UNHRC. -
Closing SCB account from US
Srikcir replied to thinkingman's topic in Jobs, Economy, Banking, Business, Investments
As you have "a material amount of money" in the account, enjoy your trip to Thailand. -
More Than 100,000 Thais Register for Overseas Voting
Srikcir replied to snoop1130's topic in Thailand News
Not really. PM's and their apppinted Cabinets change. My case on point occurred during PM Prayut's regime. -
Will Myanmar win the bombing event?