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DId you consider the time to unload the ship and to load a ship on the other side, not to mention downtime if other ships are occupying available berths?

Could this save any cost or time compared to sailing through the Straits of Malacca? Is the issue piracy or collision danger?

Not sensible at all. The same kind of thinking ended up with the border moved to accommodate Cambodia, to possess a temple located on the top of an escarpment which is otherwise Thai territory. But that was 1962 - the Cold War, and Cambodia's lawyer was a former American foreign minister. Greece is not asking Italy back for art discovered in Greek sites in Sicily (a part of Italy). The Elgin Marbles at the British Museum is another kind of problem.

A usufruct isn't for a fixed number of years but rather for the life of the holder.

In Chiang Mai utilities put my name in Western script but the address in Thai, so I asked the French consul to make a letter (in French) to explain that it was a phone bill and to give the address in Western script. That was for a French bank. As for my HSBC account, I changed from former US address to Thai address by going to the branch in London.

Interesting. So Article VI (3) reads: "3. Companies of either Party shall not be subject within the territories of the other Party, to the payment of taxes upon income not attributable to sources within such territories, or upon transactions or capital not attributable to the operations and investments thereof within such territories." But Article VI (1) reads, in part: "1. Nationals and companies of either Party shall not be subject to the payment of taxes, fees or charges within the territories of the other Party, or to requirements with respect to the levy and collection thereof, more burdensome than those borne by nationals of all third countries." So as an individual, this treaty does not help. You should read the Thai-US treaty on double taxation. You can probably get a credit on your US taxes for income taxes paid to Thailand.

That's confusing. The treaty with the US doesn't say that. It allows a credit for tax paid to Thailand. In some US treaties with other countries it's possible to consider US-sourced income as foreign income to the extent that one doesn't have income in the other country but tax is imposed anyway. In that way the credit calculation will probably allow full credit for tax imposed by that other country. Assuming that the Thai-US treaty in its murky language allows this, tax imposed on funds brought into Thailand would not be a problem (except for finding help to fill out the extra IRS form involved).

It sounds as though some people claiming that they were transferring savings earned in a previous year will be out of luck if they have income in the current year.

I've been there. It's a beautiful and interesting structure.

The vector in both cases is mosquitoes - different species, but the diseases are caused by a virus for Dengue and a parasite for Malaria.

Qdenga is discussed in this link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dengue_vaccine

It used to be that the first 90-day report after returning needed to be filed in person or by mail. Has that changed, or does it depend on the changwat where one lives?

Hollywood has a jaundiced view of Muslims & Arabs, and it sounds as though various commenters got their take on Islam from Hollywood. Muslims respect Christians & Jews as People of the Book, so they were not required to convert to Islam during the age of conquest, rather unlike the time when Catholics took over from Muslims in Spain. That's when Jews left for North Africa, etc, and are known as Sefardis.

Can we use our Thai drivers license? It works most places - boarding planes, post office, for example.

Before commenting it would be better to learn about politics in France. This is all about the threat from the far right, i.e. Marine Le Pen and even worse. She is currently leading to the polls.

Some Christian and Jewish children of North African roots should show up at school in abayas to express solidarity with the victims of racial discrimination.

Remember the hand cleaner gel that people used during Covid?

Before it was memorizing the Analects of Confucius. Maybe next it will be XJP's thought. Good luck - the Chinese economy is in sabotage mode due to such "thought".

How about Thai coins & bills? I always wash my hands after touching money.

Education was rote learning in those days.

Djibouti naval base. Djibouti is in Africa, on the Red Sea. Also they bought control of Piraeus port in Greece.

It will be interesting to see what garbage accumulates in Chinese journals as AI starts writing articles for their distinguished academics.

Kissinger has a long history enabling and promoting China, and Brzezinski is long dead. We can read plenty of China skeptics in Foreign Affairs these days.

The wines might be fakes.

The Xi Emperor will demand that all those annoying commenters on AseanNow who frustrate his troll army be extradited forthwith!