drrobert

As a further adjunct note that we are now getting generic photos and unsourced stories! Before every story was sourced with name of the "author".

Spot on comment from Dinsdale. I check who "writes" the article. And look for "in related news" or similar that appears at the bottom of many articles. Even apparent native English-speaking writers have caught the bug of using "tautology" and other nonsense, so a news story of 25% news and 75% extraneous nonsense. I edit some academic journals and would reject articles outright that included such an approach. They have forgotten the old adage, "Keep in simple stupid". There appears to be no fact checking such as Duriant travelling across Thailand, Laos and China by rail - an impossibility. I just checked the article appeared in the China Daily Global on 1 April 2024 and it makes it quite clear that the train trip occurred "in April last year". Oor the photos yesterday of Thai Airways retiring its 747 with a photo of a two engine plane. The quality has certainly dropped off over the last few years.

Same same with the German President recently. Except for New Zealanders all visitors to Australia must have a visa or travel authority to enter Australia. Australia even requires a transit visa even if you are flying out of Australia on the same plane! It is free and most applications are completed within 19 days!!!!!!!

I have been returning to my home country annually for a new spouse visa - not an extension. All I produce at consulate- general is application, proof of marriage, letter from the wife, passport and pay the fee. No bank account details required. The Embassy in each country must abide by the basic rules and may apply additional rules - this even applies now that you can get an electronic visa. In my home country the Embassy applies the basic rules only.

As an aside. Why do the "reporters" keep on saying that the Prime Minister is 62! Is it AI running amoke?

Traffic, including drop-off, has been chaotic since my first trip to Thailand in 1991. You would have thought that they would be able to get it working efficiently over that time. The other day, a taxi had to drop off at the lower level to use the "new" entry. Trolleys are not allowed on the ramp, and you get them at the bottom. What if you do not have bags with wheels?

I came in around 6pm Monday. everything was smooth except for pushing and shoving from Thailand's favourite tourists at luggage belt.

Not sure why we need to know the age of the police officers but this now seems to be a trend of the reporters.

The quality of reporting on ASEANNOW is really dropping off a cliff. It's as if the reporters have swallowed a dictionary and need to use as many words as possible. A lot of the reporting, in my opinion, is over the top, making news reports essentially out of thin air.

I have recently researched the legal framework with colleagues, and regardless of what Anutin says he did legalise recreational cannabis use. (See Clause 1(3) in the attached Notification) He had a policy without a plan. Our recommendation is that if they want to recriminalize possession adopt the Netherlands model. You cannot put the genie back into the bottle! 20220208 Notifcation Nac 5 2565.pdf

I would have thought that Ramadan is not the time for Muslims to travel, particularly with eating and drinking restrictions. Compound this with the hot Thai climate.

In Australia, Thais are part of the select nationalities that enter via the automatic gate as the visa are all electonic. On departure everyone goes through the automatic gate. Why not reciprocal rights in Thailand?

I agree. A ridiculous article. People are not happy but they cannot say anything or they too go to gaol. It is hard to know who to trust, if you are a Thai and would like to discuss this topic! There are still a lot of people who strongly support the views of the Court.

Not sure but some of the reports become very embellished with words and over the top in their content..

My goodness. Puntid must have swollowed a dictionary. Air Arabia is obviously the best airline in the world. Or not.

Do we really need to know in many of Mitch Connor's posts that the Prime Mnister is 61 years old? Just asking