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"A recent study highlights that European tourists in Asia typically allocate about $250 (approximately 8,475 baht) per day for food and beverages." Wow! Maybe my friends and I have an unusual lifestyle in Bangkok, but I'm sure that we never spend 8475 THB per day, per person for food and drinks. If they're basing decisions on this number, I fear they will be disappointed by the reality.

This young lady deserves a medal for her strength and willingness to stand up to this guy. Bravo!

I'm sympathetic to your frustration, but just for info, I've sent numerous documents from France (Paris) to Thailand (Bangkok) over the past few years, and they've rarely ever taken more than 5 or 6 business days. Ca peut tomber en marche. 😌

I'd certainly vote for a massive culling, but I know that's just not gonna happen in Thailand. As a road cyclist that is chased by soi dogs too often, I'm seriously considering getting a rabies vaccination. Anyone else get vaccinated as a precaution?

I won’t take any government statements about cracking down seriously until I see several photos published in the press of arrested farmers in handcuffs for burning their fields. When we, and the farmers, see those photos we’ll know that there is serious control.

Not too bad an idea, but I’d suggest an easier transition solution : give a 10THB discount to customers that come with their own bag or container. Let the market influence the decision.

I thought that kratom was made legal a few years ago, like cannabis. Of course, they would still presumably be guilty if it isn’t registered and taxed.

This is a classic problem. They need to analyse the reason why domestic pork is more expensive, and find reasons to justify the extra cost to the consumer. Subsidizing by the gov’t is a bad idea.

The OP stated Michelin RECOMMENDED restaurant, not STARRED. A world of difference. In Paris, there are probably under 100 starred restaurants, but over a thousand recommended. But if the OP is really factual, then they deserve to lose the recommendation also.

Given the info from the Thai government that they now want to make my life as a retiree in Thailand much more complicated with a tax declaration, and possibly paying taxes here, I've decided to curtail my time in Thailand to under 180 days per year, so I'm clearly traveling less and spending less in Thailand than the prior years. I suspect that I'm not the only one. It's possible that they're desire to grab more money from the foreigners just might back fire on them.

Nice story. Good work by this lovely woman. One detail has me wondering. How does she have a great-grandchild when she never had a child?

I don't understand how you can say this after seeing the video. The bicyclist is clearly fully within the left-hand lane. The BUS is 90% in the next lane, but going between the lanes. It is unreasonable to expect that the bike rider is looking all the time BEHIND himself when he isn't in the process of changing lanes. What would you say if it was a car in that left lane that the bus just hit from behind? Would you say it was the car's fault?

I’d be very curious to know how the Senate defines « AI ». I was an I/T specialist for 45 years before retiring 5 years ago. Certainly the term AI existed long ago, and I have no doubt that the algorithmes have evolved, but I don’t know what the strict definition of AI is such that a legally binding rule could be defined as to what constitutes AI versus any other software that does analysis of data. And without such a definition, I find it hard to imagine how AI could be regulated. Unless they want to get strict and just say that computer software can’t be used… only an abacus.

Huh? Are Rh-negative donors more likely to have accidents? And whilst we're at it.... How is a stripped monk related to the need for blood donations? Aseannow, You really need to turn off this ChatGPT feature of finding "related news"....

How is .114 greater than .50 ? (ok, 114 is bigger than 50... but we're talking decimal points here). Doesn't anyone proof-read any longer?