ironbark

There wont be many tourists from Australia where you have to get permission from the govt to leave the country then spend more than $3000 on hotel quarantine when you get back ....

Australia which has one of the strictest quarantine regimes has found how difficult it is to contain outbreaks via hotel workers. For months now there have been no locally acquired cases. The only positive cases have been with people in quarantine or a small number of hotel workers that caught the virus despite incredibly strict non contact rules. 

I cannot see how a "sandbox" would be able to contain the virus with the constant movement in and out of workers.

And which govt minister has the franchise to import these digital monitors?

4 hours ago, cmarshall said:

Musk is a psychopath, not the kind of person I would want to have as a friend.

Careful who you call a psychopath. You might end up with a defamation claim against you.

1 minute ago, hobz said:

They said a few days ago that there is 200000 overstayers. 7000 Will get arrested soon. 

That sounds more like it. I did not see that report.

Only 7000 overstayers in a country that has 30M visitors a year. Who makes these numbers up.?
  The exact number of unlawful workers in Australia is unknown. But in May this year at Senate Estimates, it was estimated that there were 64,600 non-citizens who had overstayed their visa. This is in a country with a quarter the population of Thailand and no land borders with another country.

People who make critical and offensive comments about Thais based on the incomplete information in a newspaper article are only displaying their own moronic nature. They are an embarrassment to all foreigners in the country.

They should wait to pass judgement until all the information is available after a proper investigation.

No. The aussies have been coming to Thailand for years.

Why are the shirts only in English. I thought it was mostly Chinese that get into trouble in the water.
The shirts should be tri-lingual, Chinese, Thai and English or use international symbol.

The last time I went to Pattaya and jomtien about 5 years ago the water was so filthy I decided not to waste my time going there again. There are other nicer places in Thailand to visit.. It seems nothing has changed.

The best way to stop a child having a tantrum is to walk away. There is no point if the target of the tantrum is not watching.  The worst thing to do is hang around and try to placate the child.

Clearly this child / adult had been manipulating the parent for years. The parent needs counselling as much as the child.

Pattaya is a seaside resort where you would never think of going into the sea. I won't even eat locally caught seafood, especially shellfish which are filter feeders.

8 hours ago, pentap said:

What a fxxking disgrace!

I'm sorry but this is not a civilised country.

Mind-less, sick bastards! Fxxking low life animals! No they are worse than animals.

Sicking.

My young daughter keeps me hanging on here, but I can't wait for the day when she a little older and can finally leave this place!
 

I'm sorry but similar things happen all over the world. If you try, you can find "uncivilized" behaviour in any country. I am sure the majority of Thai people condemn this behaviour as much as you do. 

18 hours ago, Fookhaht said:

Only took 2 posts for the anti-religious bigots to show up.  Other Muslim countries allow such.  It's the country's aberrant/medieval culture, with religion as a convenient excuse.   Put the blame where it belongs. 

The poster did .... an aberrant medieval culture based on religion. I do agree with you, the culture is aberrant and medieval.

3 hours ago, stander said:

Transgenderism is a mental disorder like paranoid schizophrenia and multiple personality disorder with a 40% suicide rate (4% is average). People inflicted with these terrible disorders deserve compassion and kindness, but to encourage this behavior is psychotic

 

Transgenderism has many causes, sex chromosome abnormalities, hormone insensitivity, epigenetic methylation, interuterine environment just to mention a few. NONE of them are due to any sort of mental disorder. I repeat NONE.

People who fail to recognize this do not deserve any sort acknowledgement but should be recognised as ignorant transphobics

44 minutes ago, cyberfarang said:

Thailand is in desperate need of a Thai version of Donald Trump. Someone in power that really means business and clamps down on illegal immigrants, illegal workers and all the corruption that comes as part of the deal. 

Thailand already has a leader like Trump. He is cracking down on the poor Thai and illegal immigrants while encouraging their exploitation by the rich.

At around 18AUD for entry to a cave or a small beach makes it expensive even by Australian standards. I have twice now got to a NP and turned around because I thought it was too much.

When you say "operate" do you mean own the business or just work in one.

Most replies seem to assume you mean to work or manage the business.

Does any prohibition also mean you cannot "invest" in a business owned and operated by a Thai. E.g. you lend money to a partner that then has to repay you with interest.

Nothing simple about this case. Lots of questions remain unanswered.

Why was the boy dressed like a girl?

Was "she" soliciting as a prostitute.

Did the guy ask the boys age first, if so what did she say.

Was there an attempt at blackmail.

Of course this does not absolve the Dane of any crime but it may explain why the Thai is in handcuffs.

People need to know all the information before passing judgement.

4 hours ago, dazzz said:

About 7 yrs ago my wifes son applied to join the police . H went for the exam and passed but said the police examiner wanted 30,000 baht to pass him . He did not have the money and i was not sure it was true so refused to give it to him .
 He then applied to join the army border control near nong khai to stop smuggling across the mekong . He again passed the exam but when he got back my wife got a call from the examiner which i listened to . He wanted 40,000 baht to pass him  or he would put the next candidate through. This time fed up of him lounging around the house i paid and a week later he was in.
 He said there were about 40 people taking the test so about 1.6 million baht for a couple of hours . I think the test was in Loei so a small place. multiply this for the army and police across thailand and it is a massive amount of money .
 My wife a teacher had to pay 200,000baht for promotion , 7/11 wanted 20,000baht for  her daughter to be promoted to assistant manager , neice had to pay 30,000baht for nurse promotion , her nephew paid 100,000baht to have a job of 7000 baht a month in the village gov office . Want a job in tesco , have to pay . Job in immigration , have to pay . iT is in all walks of thai life so this report about one instance seems a bit silly

And I thought they only did that in Laos. I have two personal friends that tell me they had to pay money to get recruited in a bank and the govt immigration.

It seems like it is a widespread practise throughout the region.

A year in the army might be an interesting "gap year" experience for him and a useful skill in his cv.

I want to see the police lineup photo where the accused is surrounded by a dozen police while he points at the knife used in  the assault.