Lorry

So just look around Indonesia and look around Thailand - can't you see the difference? These statistics are not far off from what you can see in real life.

Hasn't Bali always been cheaper than Thailand? Oh, and Bali certainly cannot be called "peers" of Thailand. Thailand is an upper-middle income country, like China, South Africa, Mexico - poverty exists, but you wouldn't call them poor countries. And it's a whole country. Bali is just a touristy island in a lower-middle income country (that's countries like Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar - countries that you would call poor). https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/middle-income-countries

If you mean to say that doctors in private hospitals have no financial incentives to overtreat patients, then you are very wrong. Good doctors will forego the money and not overtreat. My surgeon worked hard in order NOT to operate on me. He was successful (no surgery) and lost a lot of money. But not all doctors are like this.

Those who make abortion illegal are the ones who want to make contraception illegal. That shows their true intentions. Coming soon to the backward states of America. Been like this for ages in Philippines, Poland, Ireland...

Bad luck. I have never encountered a doctor who couldn't communicate with me in English. That includes government hospitals, some of them very rural, and upcountry clinics. Many doctors are very reluctant to use English, though. YMMV

I agree. I have no idea why this happened? Do you? But in the end the reason doesn't really matter. The only livable places in Thailand will be (or are already) the South. If one doesn't want to live in a place of mass tourism, this leaves very few choices.

But they could have reached the egg... So it's a clear case of attempted murder, rightly punishable by death. May we suggest stoning?

Agreed. Even in the middle of Bangkok, there are shortcuts that go through very quiet and (at night) deserted areas, and if it's an area that I am not familiar with the feeling is bit ... uncomfortable? Just a bit.

Would you please be so kind and provide the source of this highly informative detailed statistics?

Well said.

Do you just guess this (you wouldn't be alone ) or is this verifiable?

Klang Plaza (for history buffs ???? ) Mall, with swimming pool Saveone Evening at YaMo Didn't you like Central in KK ?

Sorry, didn't know you impregnated Lek. Congratulations Hopefully, the kid will inherit his or her intelligence from the mother

Wrong question. Thais are not "polite" to friends, they are "polite" to strangers. Answer to the question: Yes. Thais use it with friends and family. It's not exactly very sweet and charming, but sweet and charming language is for strangers, not for friends and family. Thais don't end a phone call to a business, a grab driver or an office with this phrase. I hardly use it on the phone. I do use it when I order things (like Groongthep said).

Why for heavens sake should you have a say if Lek wants to kill her unborn baby??? There is no other body involved Most definitely not you and me

Marketing decision. Who is going to pay a lot to avoid shingles? If the producer figures the market is too small they won't bring it here. It's unavailable in much richer countries in Asia, and even in some rich countries in Western Europe you couldn't get it until fairly recently

Our whole soi was lit by candles. In front of every house, and in some yards. But their new neighborhood shop didn't close.

Here we go again: a bunch of old men discussing what young women should do with their bodies or are there any young women on TV?

Strange that the people like you, who use the word "execution" for the termination of not yet viable life, are exactly the same people who are in favor of execution of actually living people.

For Europeans who stil have access to the health care system of their country it's about the price of a flight home. The vaccination is free, then.

Ask Bangkok Hospital in Korat. Bangkok is usually more expensive, so you will have an idea

It wasn't foolishness. It was money before other people's health, as Mr J2U's links nicely explain.

Good to review all this. People forget to quickly

Why should it be smoother now?

Are you saying that you treated your sleep apnea by sealing your mouth with kinetic tape?