Purdey

All the focus is on tourism, not manufacturing or hi tech industries. With Thailand’s education system in 20th century mode (Thailand 0.4) with a cheap, low-educated workforce, not much will help. Change the way education works, get some decent teachers developed and wait. the problem is, Thailand can’t wait and no government will be able to implement policies in time to save it.

To raise money for others to pay his bill he has to write the most pitiful and horrifying description of his plight to gain sympathy. The oaf probably thought no toilet paper was a nightmare.

Good to see visa-free entry for Chinese is producing income for Thais also.

Real bullets shot into the air come back down to earth. I believe Kurt Vonnegut wrote a whole novel, Deadeye Dick, exploring the consequences.

The article doesn't specify alcoholic beverages. The photo does show soft drinks. Thus... I doubt stimulating people to consume more sugary drinks will lead to anything but increasing costs for treating diabetes.

Perhaps analyzing why people accept borrowing from loan sharks would help.

Thought the government wanted Chinese people here to spend money, now they arrest them? Illegal gambling had never been closed down because of the police. It just gets moved to another building.

International school kids here speak excellent English, even the Thai teachers in them speak good English. Now, if only someone could figure out why these people speak good English things might change.

Why is she called Madam Dear? Is she a right madam? Does she own a house of ill repute?

Funny that Thailand is pinning its economic hopes on tourism but comes last in English proficiency. Why bother going to America to ask for high tech investments when they're is only a small base of highly educated people to work in such industries?

Of course the film misrepresents the level of criminal activity in Thailand. There are no criminals in Thailand. It is the fault of all those foreigners. Oh, but not Chinese foreigners no sirree.

Creativity is good.

Frankly, the elite want their kids to take over key roles here and so send their kids to be educated abroad. In Thailand, they clearly don't want the hoi poloi to take jobs from their families, hence the terrible education system for ordinary folk.

As he is banned from politics it might be hard to prove he went for political reasons.

Good that Iran is acting as a humanitarian and peace loving country.

A friend's European mother died here a few years ago intestate. Her assets required a court to allow her son to inherit everything. Lots of documents needed to prove there was no other family that had a claim to the assets. Best bet is for a relative to hire a local lawyer to sort it out.

What happened to Thailand 4.0? Did they realize that they need Society 5.0 before they could achieve Thailand 4.0? What happened to Education 2.0? At least Military 7.0 is on track.

I suppose we could use the submarine to offer Chinese tourists tours of the Gulf.

Every Thai student I meet says Thai language is their most hated course after English. If they don't teach kids to enjoy reading then why expect a developed country one day?

Amazing Thailand.

Thailand may be going through the joys of EV early days but other countries are taking a good, hard look. A new study in the USA discovered that fueling electric vehicles costs roughly $17 per gallon (in the US only) with hidden costs from an increased burden on the energy grid exerted by charging stations, and an enormous amount of federal subsidies. I guess Thailand will find out more a few years down the road. https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/energy-environment/study-fueling-electric-vehicles-17-gallon I do wish there was more use of solar and wind energy here to replace coal and oil.

I guess there is good and bad everywhere and Nigeria is just one example. However, don't forget, the Mafia is Italian.

Didn't Steve Jobs die because he used herbal nonsense to cure his cancer?

Let's hope none of these companies does research into the educational level of Thais.

Not surprised the school threatened to expel him for revealing the truth. They only think of their "reputation". On the upside, the boy's member doubled in size to half an inch.