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Yes, I think that's probably true. However, it's one of those things that's not a problem until it is. I don't think it's as uncommon as you might think. I've seen it a few times with country folk, not necessarily for the money. A few years ago, the wife's 16-year old cousin had relations with a young guy a couple of years older. When this came out, it was everyone down to the police station, where his family signed an agreement that he would marry her. That was the only way her family would let it go. He was a nice young guy and later on he was devastated when she left him.

Basically, Yes. If the parents file a complaint, it's illegal. Even if their daughter/son was a willing participant.

It is illegal as she's under 18 and both the girl and the parents have filed a complaint I think. If she was a willing participant, the penalty is lower. This has been successfully fought in court in Thailand with the argument that the accused was not aware of the age (only works if the minor is aged over 15) or deliberately misled.

I think it can be 'cancelled' up to 21 days ahead while remaining valid until the expiry date. The work permit should still then be cancelled at the end of the working period. I don't know if he'll experience any problems after such a long period though.

Actually, the point here seems to be that he wasn't prepared to step on any toes. The DSI had been put on notice for a few weeks regarding this case and only managed to bring in a couple of minor players (who came in voluntarily) and made a few noises for public consumption.

Dr. Geoff Lindsey has a great YouTube channel on English accents, how they're different, how they're changing etc. https://www.youtube.com/@DrGeoffLindsey/videos He also wrote the book English After RP: Standard British Pronunciation Today on how British RP has now almost gone to be replaced by Standard Southern British. Quite detailed for anyone interested.

So where did all the wild populations come from?

I think early 2019, I went to make a police report at Phrakhanong and they told me it was no longer required. I had a similar experience to your wife at the same DLT office. My experience was that the replacement licence only goes until the original expiry date. You are simply getting a replacement and not doing all the tests required for a licence renewal/extension.

Pretty close to 100% of uni students use iPads or some form of tablet. Teachers upload materials onto a platform like Google Classroom or MS Teams and students can open it all up on their pads. It's a step up from pre-Covid days when most just brought a phone to class as it's much easier for them to take notes and access online resources.

The interesting thing about this is that I believe the commission works to a regulatory framework where they legally have to set a rate that takes all costs etc. into account? The government is not obliged to follow this though. So there's a suggestion that the government is happy for this news to be put out there and will eventually settle on a lower increase that will make them look like the good guys who stood up for the little guy.

It only went so low because they promised to reduce it for 3 months. Time's up so it will now be a little over the price when they reduced it.

Considering these rebel groups are receiving arms and support from the Chinese government in their current attacks, I wouldn't mind betting who they would align themselves with.

What evidence do you have for that rather odd claim?

Technical school shootings have been happening on here for decades.

Keep resubmitting if you have time before the due date. You can make minor tweaks or even submit the same one. I once had 3 rejections followed by an approval which was exactly the same as the first one. That was when CW were dealing with them promptly. They seem to have been getting better though - my last one was back down to 4 days.

It's for themselves, not for foreigners. I've never been able to stop them using it in the cooking at home. Every noodle restaurant has sugar on the table to add to the bowl. There's an interesting video here that starts with that very topic:

The current TM30 system only allows you to search back 7 days from the search date (so if you search today, you can only go back 7 days from today). You can no longer pull up the record of an entry made weeks, months or years ago.

I had a concert sweatshirt that was signed by both Aed Carabao and Steven Seagal, when Seagal played a concert with Carabao at Tawandang on Rama 3. It probably would have made a slightly unusual collector's item but the ex-wife threw it away at some point.

What was the reason given for the rejection?

I'd recommend going through the archives of the excellent ศิลปะวัฒนธรรม magazine at https://www.silpa-mag.com/ I was a subscriber for many years but just follow it online these days.

There are more recent updates in the long existing thread, including mine from yesterday. I could repost here but that one seems to be where a lot of people go for updates.

It's heading in the right direction for me with 4 days. As said, the previous one took 10 days. But the one before that was approved the day before the grace period was up and I'd have gone in person. Hope yours appears in the next day or two. It's probably irrelevant, but just for the record and maybe compare notes with others, I have updated my record in the new TM30 system.

Some more positivity from CW. Submitted on the 5th, approval received today, the 9th. Previous report was 10 days until approval.

Exactly. Very easy to build your own course these days from journals, videos, articles etc. and load it all to whatever platform the university is using. Students don't have pens and paper because they don't need them. They can write notes on their tablets (might surprise some here how much they do that), easily record themselves, log in for online knowledge checks or quizzes. Internet connections are pretty good here so not much excuse for teachers not to be making use of the technology. And from what I see of the new generation of Thai university teachers, their English to a classroom communication level is pretty much a given, and adoption of the technology is better than some of the older foreigners.

Most university classes use online platforms. Teachers post material online in pdf from. Easy to post a whole book or a whole course at once. All the students have tablets and can take notes if they want to. Also quite easy now to set class assignments that require students to submit during class via the online platform.