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So they arrested and punished disfigured people who are victims of human trafficking gangs? I guess they want to get back on the Trafficking in Persons watchlist, as the last TIP Report noted specifically that "government officials did not identify the majority as trafficking victims, placed foreign victims in immigration detention centers, and arrested victims, including Thai citizens, for unlawful acts committed as a direct result of being trafficked in these illicit operations" - exactly what they're doing here, yet again.

Rangsit isn't a province - both Rangsit Station (Red Line) and Khu Khot (Green Line) are in Pathum Thani province.

Hong Kong as well.

I get free shipping on Shopee all the time, but you do have to know when codes will be distributed, and then use them before the allotment is exhausted. The rules for each code also differ, so I just keep stuff in my cart and then try the various codes until one works.

The police were taken from the Interior Ministry and placed directly under the Prime Minister about 25 years ago.

This can join the technology to inspect for black smoke emissions and excessively tinted windows, both of which have been introduced repeatedly over the last several decades with essentially zero result.

I like the flavor, but the mouthfeel and body are poor due to the use of rice in the mash.

It's a nice idea, and better than nothing, but ultimately of little value unless drivers are actually punished for ignoring the lights. I live close to a very busy zebra crossing with a pedestrian-operated light (not sure if it's penguin, puffin, kiwi, or emu), and some selfish idiot goes through the red light on virtually every change, even when people are actually crossing the street. (There's a countdown clock visible for at least 100m, so "I didn't see it" isn't an excuse.) I have never seen even a single driver or rider pulled over and fined for this, even on the rare occasions that a policeman is standing nearby, so the message is pretty clear that they authorities just don't care.

I quite liked those special hoppy brews in the aluminum bottles, and I can't stand regular Thai beer. Unfortunately, the advertising ban stopped them from getting into the public consciousness, and as you say the 79 baht price was likely too high for the folks looking for the cheapest possible buzz.

In Bangkok, I read that the zones are Patpong/Silom, Ratchada, and RCA, which I seem to recall were the same areas selected for special closing hours back during the Thaksin years. And no, it doesn't make sense that a policy intended to boost tourist spending is mostly focused on areas where most of the customers are local Thais (and often underage Thais at that).

They didn't "clarify" anything - just confirmed what everyone had already observed with their own eyes 👀

The "journalists" seem to have missed the fairly obvious clue of the BTS structure running alongside the road.

The Police have been directly under the PM for several decades already.

All well and good, but what exactly is this supposed to accomplish, other than lowering costs for the often exploitative Thai corporations that use these laborers? This has nothing to do with ASEAN per se. It's about unskilled migrant labor, which the Philippines does not supply to Thailand.

It may vary depending on the particular banks and which "reason for transfer" is checked, but my personal experience has been that the opening hours were irrelevant - I've had numerous transfers go through instantly at times when both the sending and receiving banks were closed. So who knows...

In other words, this group is definitely needed, but just give us a moment to figure out what it's needed for...

Over the last 30+ years, I can't remember the cool season ever starting in mid-October, at least in Bangkok.

How is the prime minister elected in Thailand? <snip> Seem that he was indeed elected in accordance to constitution. In this case, there's a very big difference between "elected by the people" and "elected in accordance [with the] constitution".

I think organizing the press conference to announce the donation already cost more than 3 million baht...

Plus you then have to haul them away in trucks, due to the weight and size of the bunches - and all for a few hundred baht each. I certainly believe that this theft is happening, but it's hard for me to see how it's worth the effort unless it's being done on a nearly industrial scale.

That hasn't been true since Big Joke got rid of the coupon system. Under the current system, if you show a business class boarding pass from any airline, you can use fast track. The last few times I passed through, hall 2 was being used for all fast track categories except first and business class pax (diplomats, Thai Elite, LTR, etc) - the premium class pax were sent to an area near the queue for Thais. I assume that's a temporary arrangement, but I don't know what the final plan is.

This was Ethiopian, which is consistently terrible about not expediting priority baggage, but I've had the same experience on many other airlines, including Thai. Only a few carriers really bother to segregate and expedite priority bags, and even those often have problems with luggage that transited en route to the final destination. As for advising me of fast track? Ever since they stopped handing out fast track coupons, I've never had any airline advise me that I was eligible for fast track, ever. I always have it through my visa anyway, so that isn't an issue for me.

The issue is that he says he doesn't like Thai coffee because the beans are too dark and oily, and people are correctly pointing out that his complaint is with the roast level, not the beans themselves. I've ordered beans on Shopee from a number of northern growers, and always ask for light or medium roast. They roast to order after receiving the order, and the beans have never been dark or oily.

I just got a VN e-visa last week (American, not Australian, but that shouldn't make any difference). The visa doesn't show an authorized length of stay, just "from" and "to" dates, which is normal (they just admit you to the "until" date, regardless of when you enter). With both this visa and the several I've had in the past, the dates on the visa have always been exactly what I entered onto the online form, so I'm not sure why you experienced a disconnect. Two possible issues: first, the form will often pre-populate the "until" date - be sure to change it to the date you want. The limit used to always be counted in months - e.g., one month was Nov 1 to Dec 1 - but now it's in days, so 90 days is Nov 1 to Jan 29. The system will tell you if you entered a date too far in the future, so you can just keep backing up a day at a time until it's happy. Second, the system always shows you a summary of what you entered so you can review it before going to the payment page. This time around, I noticed on the review page that the "until" date I had manually entered had changed back to the pre-populated default date. I backed out to the data entry page and re-entered the date 90 days in the future, and this time it stuck. Something to watch out for...

In the immigration queue, you're stuck standing in a crowd, shuffling along with no break until you finally get to the counter. Once you get to the baggage hall, you can sit down on a bench, go to the restroom, look at duty free, or whatever. I know where I would prefer to spend my 45 minutes. Totally depends on the airline. Some are very good about prioritizing business class bags, and some don't even try. I arrived on business class last month, and hundreds of economy bags came out before mine (but the airline employee bags somehow magically emerged first...).