John Drake

And today was the warmest I've experienced here in the Bangkok suburbs since the middle of October.

Never a dull day with this guy.

Looking at your link, it seems that Narai made himself extremely unpopular with his pro French attitude and it all resulted in his and his family's execution and the ousting of the French in 1688. Your article says they didn't return until 1856.

Whatever empties out the lines of people at Chaengwattana milling around for extensions. Maybe some immigration officers can be sent back from the extension desk to the 90 Day approval desk, where the last two times it has now taken me 14 days to get my receipt after I submitted the request online.

The grip gets tighter every day, especially since the Thai and Chinese media essentially merged back in 2019.

Huh?

Whoever controls the Mekong.

I thought the French were kicked out of Thailand in the late 17th century after they tried to conquer Siam and couldn't. Then, no more relations until the mid 19th century. So maybe not 333 years of diplomatic relations in total.

I can smell the wood fires burning already.

And if the Thai media refuses, then the Chinese police that Srettha is going to let operate in Thailand will arrest them.

I've said the same thing and would do the same thing. But his identity is wrapped up in being a big time businessman.

What happens when a Chinese policeman arrests/shakes down/assaults an American, British, Australian or other Western citizen? Wonder if the American embassy would even bother to protest.

It might be worth it to let the militias split from the legitimate government which is now under arrest. Let them form their own state. That would leave the rest of Myanmar independent. And the ethnic armies would soon get tired of China telling them what to do, so that would be a problem for Xi on his own doorstep.

I have a Thai friend who owns a US$2.5 billion company. He travels around in a bullet-proof van, because he had someone try and kill him over corporate competition. I would never change places with him.

Only in the filing of taxes.

China provides the military support for the government and controls the the ethnic militias fighting the government along the Chinese border. Where does this leave the ousted/arrested government, which is the only legitimate government there is?

By then CP and friends will have pocked the billions and it won't matter for the people who do matter.

Start stocking up on non-perishable items now. Get into long term loans and leases, now.

Who's he going to ask? Might try Jay Powell. He gives that out just about every week.

Your Thailand adventure awaits!

So hi-so Thais will get a 50,000 baht tax credit? Or will this be an outright cash payment? And before anyone says "read the story in the link" there is nothing else there. It's all slippery.

Welcome to Thailandzuela.

How is "misinformation" being judged now? Still getting suspensions and bans? A lot of things that were considered "misinformation" three or so years ago have turned out to be "informed" now.

JKN is overly ambitious. They not only undertook the CNBC studio work but also planned on their own extensive upgrade of studios for domestic production. Mainly, they had a profitable niche in importing Indian TV dramas as well as fare from elsewhere in SE Asia. Less productive was their attempt to export Thai programming. Anne is a formidable force, but sometimes dreams end up derailing good business decisions. It's all family owned and operated, and there apparently was nobody there able to say, "no."

So, the banks insist that nothing can wrong. But if it does, it's your fault.