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She actually is an actress. Why don't you help her with that? You seem to know how to do it. I certainly don't know. That's what you say (and the RTP looking for an excuse) Not many places in the world with less KMT than Pingtung. Yes Did you know that he is from Pingtung? Did you know that he is from KMT? Taiwan, like the small countries of Europe (eg the Netherlands, one of Taiwan's oldest friends in Europe), is very open to the world. It's nothing like the US where I was asked whether Germany is in Africa and where highly educated people don't know the difference between Iraq and Iran. I can trust friends from Taiwan with 100,000 USD. I wouldn't try this with Thais. The rest of your post is off topic and insulting.

Typical ChatGPT. Generalizing, noncommittal blabla. Like a politician. Copy and paste from the internet (which is what it is). Yawn.

Quite the opposite. They have learned a very valuable lesson. They extorted them with the quarantine during the Phuket sandbox, you forgot? And the tourists came back, even more than expected. The lesson they learned: we can squeeze as much money as we want out of the tourists. "Tourists will always come back" (B. Trink)

https://news.tvbs.com.tw/entertainment/2026364 https://today.line.me/tw/v2/article/XYr8nmw https://www.cna.com.tw/news/aopl/202301260151.aspx https://tw.news.yahoo.com/女星安于晴控-遭曼谷警勒索2萬7泰銖-泰警出手立案調查-042037160.html It was in the news. Not in the English language news, though, and certainly not the biggest story of the day. If she wanted 15 minutes of fame, she should have chosen a better time. At Chinese New Year, people don't care much about the news (remember the Tet-Offensive?). And she will never be able to visit Thailand again, did she really think it's worth it, for 15 minutes of fame?

Being accused of a crime is enough. No need for proof. Many countries use interpol this way to arrest dissidents abroad. Remember Assange? Fortunately, the current president of interpol is an integer general from a squeaky-clean democracy, the UAE.

(from Art L 113-8) Does the fact he didn't mention BPH diminish the insurer's opinion of the risk? Simon thinks no. He thinks "BPH is not an illness". I think he is wrong. But I also know of insurance companies that would not follow April's logic. But I know nothing about French insurance law. This is generally true. But, at least in continental Europe, there are exceptions. They are usually not practical for old people. It may also be necessary to have residence or nationality in a certain country.

You really need legal advice. You might get your premiums back, like scuba wrote. You might even get coverage, but it will probably too slow, because it doesn't seem you know lots of French lawyers (I don't even know whether French law applies). So for treatment proceed like Sheryl said. As for self- insurance: 160,000 seems to be a lot for you. If so, don't even dream of self- insurance. Read in various threads what Sheryl says: you need several million readily accessible to be self-insured.

All people in Taiwan learn English in school (not necessarily successfully). In class, they chose an English name. They will use this English name when they communicate with foreigners because foreigners would not be able to pronounce or to remember Chinese names. Their clerical staff cannot even correctly spell them. Taiwan's economy is built on trade, mostly with America, Americans are not known for their proficiency in foreign languages. You want to trade with them, you better learn English and have a name Americans are able to handle. Thais, in interactions with Westerners, use their nicknames which are easy enough. BTW foreigners living in Taiwan sometimes need a (self-chosen) Chinese name

Can you recommend a doctor or a team in Bangkok for this?

None. But you have to go in person. The first 90days report with your new passport cannot be done online.

https://www.trustpilot.com/review/april-international.com You can try and post here

Find out the path that your requests follow. Etaoin seems to imply it goes like this: you contact AA, they contact April Assistance in Thailand, they ask April in France. Ask AA whether they really contact April Assistance in Thailand. If yes, April Assistance is most probably the bottleneck. Based on experience, I recommend to call them every 3 hours. If no, ie if AA contacts April in France directly, call them in France and speak to a superior of the person(s) in charge. Follow up with an email to this person. Find a French person knowledgeable about how to handle French insurances. Is it advisable to use a lawyer? Do they have an ombudsman? Is it advisable to pay yourself and claim later? Questions like this differ from country to country.

You should never compare US prices for health care with the rest of the world. US prices are obscenely expensive, and the rest of the world knows it. Your gallery is very instructive!

Alternatives would been: a place with a bad reputation, on the other side of the road; a place closed down before covid - maybe they are open again?; a plastic surgery place, not sure whether they are still in business after covid; the public hospital, 1 hour away - should have gone there

Not avalable in Thailand. No need to ask private hospitals, they only have what the government imports. No plans to import them, either.

Death of a zebra For the last decades, there has been a zebra crossing in my neighborhood, across a deadly road. Nobody ever cared. Then they put some police there. They would stop the motorists from time to time, so that pedestrians could cross the road. After the poor doctors death, all af a sudden motorists would stop for pedestrians, no police required. Very nice. Pedestrians took notice, and turned out in large numbers. Most people can walk, not everybody has an engine. After a year, there was a continuous stream of pedestrians crossing. No fun for the motorists. Now they brought back the police, so the road belongs to the motorists again. Pedestrians are forbidden to cross the zebra crossing if not explicitly allowed.

Yes, bank book required for transfer of stamps at CW. At least sometimes. A friend of mine had his stamps for retirement extension transferred to his new passport today at CW. They required his bank book (preferably an updated one). He had it (because I told him), otherwise they would have sent him home. (As posted above, I had the same experience last year. I was sent home because I didn't bring my bank book.)

I very much doubt whether this would work. He is in Bangkok, not in Pattaya. During the last 10 years, pharmacies in Bangkok have started to follow regulations rather strictly.

Certainly not the amount that OP requires

I agree that masks are the most important thing when planning a holiday, OP has already scanned the whole planet. I suggest Myanmar. It's in the region, and it's not a small island. It's not boring like Laos, for sure. They are not as cruel to their citizens as Australia. And people have other worries than wearing a mask. Maybe you will like it and stay there forever?

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/27/us/corporal-punishment-schools.html Paddling Makes a Comeback in a Missouri School District Corporal punishment had been in a slow decline before the pandemic, but remains legal in 19 states, mostly in the South. The practice makes children more aggressive and disruptive, researchers say. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/School_corporal_punishment_in_the_United_States

Correct. No. By far the best answer... but personally, maybe I would rather take the travel document, even if it's very inconvenient. Kind of scary to be an undocumented alien in overstay if you don't even know when you will get a passport.

You can (maybe even should) use Pulmicort spray instead of Symbicort. Pulmicort is easily available in Thailand. 650 Baht. Pulmicort is inhaled steroids. Several studies show they are useful. https://www.cochrane.org/CD015125/AIRWAYS_are-inhaled-corticosteroids-effective-treatment-people-mild-covid-19 Symbicort contains additional Formoterol. I have never heard that this has any effect on covid. If you are in a risk group, molnupiravir is available in Thai hospitals.

I sounded like a rhetorical question to me.

Yes, many do. Actually, I don't know about USA and UK. But I know several European and Asian countries where they do it.