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Add phol ek before your name on your Google.

I recently went into Friendship and felt it had become identical to Foodland. I used to be a regular patron of Foodland for years in both Bangkok and Pattaya. However, now, the big players have got all the imported and specialty products so Big C or Tops it is.

Because the authorities will not act.

I hope the authorities look very carefully at this child's home background. To commit such heinous violence at the age of 12 is almost unheard of. I feel it is extremely likely appalling things are going on at the family home. This child needs to be removed from both society and whatever is happening at home until such time he is no longer a danger to others.

I believe it was Areeya Village, Soi Siam Country Club.

Experience has shown that embassies in Western countries* are willing to give you every chance to see if you can provide some documentation which will allow them to issue the visa. This includes highly specific requests telling you what is required, multiple opportunities to submit documents and a reluctance to take the 10,000 Baht ++ fee without issuing the visa. Remember these are all civil servants, usually in a career-long job. They need to remain within the stipulations laid out in the legislation and guidelines. I am sure that embassies and the work of consular officials will be audited by the MFA routinely. So, they need that documentation to support their decision to issue the visa. Once you grasp this, it is a case of making their life easy so they can make your life easy. *(Regional consulates and embassies may be under pressure to apply stricter criteria when considering visa applications.)

My understanding is that in Pattaya (Jomtien) and maybe other Immigration Offices, they want the paper TM30 issued by themselves rather than the pdf from the online TM30 notification site.

It is likely the UK has a reciprocal agreement with Sri Lanka regarding prisoners. She'll probably end up being convicted but serving the latter portion of her sentence in a UK prison. This usually means early release.

The journalist will stick carefully to what he has been told by the police. About 20 years ago, whenever the police came across a deceased person in their hotel room or apartment, they would always report if and how many empty bottles of alcohol there were and the contents of the ashtray. They would also draw some pretty remarkable conclusions based on that. As there were apparently no empty bottles of beer and ashtrays are out of vogue, an empty condom box will do. It's simple and easy and who is going to contradict them.

@makescents At the London embassy, any document that is not specifically as described is passed to "request for further documents" at the initial stage. I suspect this is done by a lower level MFA employee. After further documents have been submitted, there appears to be some scope for interpretation of the whole applicant's situation. I suspect this is done by a more senior MFA official So, what has happened in your case is absolutely normal. You initially did not provide what was required and a further request for documents was sent back. Many successful applicants have found it a good idea to include a short covering letter with the further documents explaining why they have not provided precisely what is required and why they feel they qualify.

Goodness me.

One pays for an extra 23 kg bag, an anathema to economy lite customers.

"Police in Nakhon Si Thammarat" === "Pattaya News" ???

I'll call @swissie's outdated approach and raise it! I bring in cash and change it at the money changers.

I wouldn't call it upmarket but that housing estate is nice enough to want a higher level of safety and also to have somebody on the estate with the town hall or police connections to get this sorted. If what was claimed, that these two pit bulls are roaming the estate then it is only a matter of time until they attack a person.

It is quite remarkable that he has not been identified. These guys always get caught. The odds are so heavily stacked against them getting away with it.

All data shared with China, who provided the technology?

The "Good Samaritan" may have known a lot more than he was letting on.

Overseas brands have been brewed under licence for decades in Thailand already. Overseas brands are taxed much more heavily than local brands. This is again a feature of protecting the oligopoly. The goal is to ensure any real competition is suppressed.

Mee Hoy? Moy Hee?

I knew it would be French Arabs as soon as I saw the headline.

This topic is dominated by a subject not mentioned in the article, namely the relationship between the legislative decision-makers and the oligopoly of 2, arguably 3, firms that have shut everybody else out of the brewing sector for decades. If these 2, arguably 3, firms are ever close to being remotely threatened commercially, there will be a swift response from the law-makers to suppress any challenge.

Fair point, the denial stats are not on the internet! I was comparing it to pre-Covid when they went nuts.

I calculate you may have spent 8 of the last 12 months in Thailand on tourist options. Given you are also flying into DMK (the worst) from a regional point of departure (they don't like that), you have a fair chance of "further scrutiny". On the other hand, the reports suggest they are not going ballistic with denials at the moment. Charge your phone and have a plan if they do deny you.

Stop using the telephone whilst driving, slow down and look what is ahead of you. This happens very often. The truck is parked at the side of the road and the motorcycle has impacted it at a ridiculously high speed.