JMonroe

The gems coming from Pailin aren't that valuable anymore. The valuable rubies and sapphires have been mined out for many years now. There are other lesser precious gems, but there are far better sources of corrupt money than from that. Also, you don't need to build better roads and checkpoints to move gems.

I know everyone hates Prayut, but from this article, I don't see actual evidence of corruption. Just suspicions. Improving border checkpoints and roads has been part of almost every administration's policies to increase border trade and investment. There is a lot of border trade between Thailand and its neighbors. It has been growing, and the policies have been to do whatever is needed to increase it. You would have to show me that Prayut and Anupong personally benefited financially through payoffs or gifts from casino owners. Color me skeptical. Let's wait and see what more comes out about this.

Kannavee Suebsang recently appeared at the Foreign Correspondents Club of Thailand on a panel calling for "justice" for Gazans and the prosecution of Israel. He never called for justice for the 40-plus Thais murdered by Palestinians or the 30-plus Thais Palestinians took hostage and tortured. Virtually all of those Thais were poor farmers from Isan. Kannavee Suebsang is a rich Bangkok elitist who doesn't give a damn about the poor Isan farmers murdered by Palestinians. He is the only representative of the FAIR Party in parliament. Hopefully, after the next election, the FAIR Party will have no representatives in parliament.

Whoever has the money to pay him. That's the way it works.

I thought he was close to death? It would be great if he' s not.

While all this is probably true, I'm sure in a few years we will hear similar complaints about Vietnam, after the thrill of hosting expats wears off.

They can allow and promote casinos despite the well documented gambling addiction problems in this country. They can allow and promote a pornography convention, despite the well documented online addiction to pornography in this country. But no cannabis !!!! It is addictive and will harm our people !!!!!!

Thaksin is a pathological liar and devious on top of it. Don't believe a thing he says. He believes the country belongs to him. If he makes to 105, he will still want power.

Let foreigners buy plots of land so we can own houses. You can have some restrictions on the amount they can buy to prevent big foreign businesses from gobbling up a lot of land. But this change from Srettha only relates to condominiums. Oh, wait. Wasn't he the CEO of a property company that specializes in building and selling condominiums?

Posting one response on X is not a big deal. The whole thing will still be forgotten soon enough.

This is why the WHO says Thai women are the second most obese in Asia. When I first came to live here more than 20 years ago, most Thai women were very slim. Very attractive. Now, the average Thai woman on Thai dating websites is about 157 centimeters and 65-70 kilos. And more than a few of these fat pigs say they are looking for a "sugar daddy."

Wow. Talk about overpriced. I recognize two of the women on their website and had them for half the price this 'agency' charges by just chatting them up on a Thai dating website. Glad they've been busted, seeing as the prices they're charging are a ripoff.