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I can't think of any place that would not benefit from a 3 billion dollar injection. Of course, we must allow for the customary 1 billion for graft and bribes.

Sorry it's getting like a scratched record- tedious comments on tea money, graft and bribes- really not very amusing anymore. Things have changed a bit- if you hadn't noticed.

What an unusual comment!

I think the policeman is probably right!

A 10% mortality rate seems about what you would expect for migrants when kept locked up in bamboo cages in the middle of the thai jungle for weeks on end with little water or food.

Everyone relax, it has been adequately explained!

If it was not possible to live on the minimum wage, then why are there not millions of people starving and homeless in Thailand? If you were born in Thailand chances are you can easily make do on 300 baht per day, what you cannot do though is buy your kids ipads and iphones & pay the HP on your new pickup. This is what this is really about. it is not about surviving on 300 baht per day it is about aspiring to be something else on 300 baht per day.

How do you compare what 300 baht per day gets you when compared to living somewhere like London, where many workers see 60-75% of all their earnings go in rent, the same would not be anywhere near true in Thailand where the cost of renting for a thai in a property of similar size to one in London would be less than 30% of his monthly wages and maybe only 15%.

As many have pointed out the west relies on workers in other countries being paid what seems like very poor wages to them, if production costs rise in these countries then corresponding wage rises should also happen in the west to cover rising costs. Only it hasn't been that way for nearly twenty years now, wage rises in the west have stagnated at zero percent for as long as I can remember.

In the end it is the purchasing power of western economies that will determine what workers in other economies will be paid unless they disentangle themselves from the grasp of globalization.

Asean is a huge step forward in this, I only hope the Thais see it for what it really is.

Real democracy will come to Thailand, but the bitter aftertaste of the Shins will last for a long time.

Can someone please point me in the direction of the UK charter please? Or the German charter? The French one? Surely the American one?

Never ever forget the quality and reliability of your average Thai Journalist. I really think the general should insist on some sort of qualification for journo's in this country, as they really do seem to be a bunch of retards.

( sorry mentally challenged!)

Ok. let me get this straight.......... Jenner identifies as a woman, and feels that he was a woman all along. Fine. I get that. He or she is whatever his/her biological make up dictates. However, Jenner identifies as heterosexual and is not attracted to men but is attracted to women. This is where Jenner loses me. If Jenner is a female and heterosexual, then the attraction should be to men, not to women. If attracted to women, then Jenner is a lesbian because Jenner is a woman.

I would hazard a guess that Jenner requires additional counseling to sort out what Jenner is because Jenner is all over the place.

I have seen parts of that movie he was in with the Village People - the movie that spawned YMCA and the infamous horrific musical number "milkshake". Jenner can be whatever Jenner wants to be. I just hope he doesn't try to be an "actor" again.

Transgender people can be either straight or gay. Gender identity and sexual orientation are different.

It does get confusing, though and it might be interesting to hear how Jenner ends up after transitioning. The transgender lady that I know was absolutely straight as a man. Like Jenner, she was married with children and professed no sexual attraction to men. After transitioning, she has a boyfriend.

There is a very vocal section of society who would have you believe that sexual attraction/orientation is not a choice but is genetic. This is not true, at least it is not true for everyone, as you transgender friend must know quite well.

Can't we just build a big floating fence around North Africa?

Just another BS load of stats. 1.9 million Thais flew away over Songkran.. in what? There are not enough seats on all the planes in Thailand to move 1.9 million people in 10 days

She's a sociopath. Lock her up and throw away the key

What an insanely sad bunch the commenters on TV are. You cannot help but see the very worse in every situation, and every situation somehow reminds you of Nazi Germany 75 years ago.

Do you all think he has to wear the band 24/7 or just while he is at work in the market.

Does anyone know what the national speed record for a train in Thailand is?

Just another quality Pattaya resident, I thought most of Pattaya's expats had YouTube pages glorifying their careers.

The CIA and Wall St have turned meddling into an artform. The architects of globalization do not care about anything other than their own profit margins, they pay lip service to such things as slave labour as it is expedient to do so in a quasi-democracy. But in truth so long as they are making vast amounts of money they would not care if all Asia and all Africa were ruled by tyrants with armies of slaves to serve them. They are the most odious creatures the world has ever seen.

Well this is a Start, Instead of Focusing on The Mules, Start at The Source...

It's not a start at all, it's a complete waste of time, just like having a conference on flooding and the use of motor boats to push water downstream.

Doh! What a waste of money and time.

This is just about the most ridiculous thing any government can do, the list of possible precursors is vast and includes dozens of common chemicals needed for hundreds of industrial processes. There are at least ten ways to make crystal meth/ice or whatever it's called in Thailand, each one using a different source.

They might as well try and regulate the free movement of air.

In a post globalization world Thailand cannot compete when its currency is so overvalued. There is absolutely nothing Thailand has that cannot be bought elsewhere for much cheaper. It's as simple as that and no amount of trade visits will change that.

Amazing how all those posters jumping up and down about the use of Article 44 are all now just as amazingly quiet. Seems the general is using his power wisely and they are all a bit deflated.

If the aim of this is to emulate Germany's political system, then that has to be a better solution for Thailand than the prospect of billionaire charismatic characters running the country like they were playing monopoly.

Excuse me but it is a big deal. That's why it is just a big topic right now and you are saying this.

If it's such a big deal then why don't we have the same luxury in the UK? If a party has a change of leadership we don't get to vote on that it's all done internally. So whats the difference here?

Good at least he won't become a billionaire rapper now!