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Maybe some parts of Thailand. Did they forget to take into account the massive air pollution? PM10 levels in large parts of the north are over 100 already, and the burning season hasn’t even started yet. Bangkok is even worse. So if you want to retire to Thailand, be careful where you retire to, otherwise it will certainly not be healthy and you will be in for a nasty shock.

Just look at the good ole US of A, where Republicans are fighting tooth and nail to prevent ordinary people having a decent income, affordable health care and day care for their children, things like that, while at the same time they (this includes quite a few Democrates, by the way) have no qualms whatsoever to hand over about 800 billion dollars a year to the military, without much in the way of accountability what they spend that ridiculous amount of money on.

The military dictatorship at the time was responsible for thousands of people disappearing, and being put in jail and tortured, all so a small elite could retain their wealth and power. There were plenty of reasons for (young) people to rebel or even take up arms.

Given the abysmal track record of the Thailand police, especially those on Koh Tao, I doubt they would tell you the truth if you asked them what time it was.

My thoughts exactly, spot on!

Yeah, somehow I don’t think the deputy chief of the CIA is going to share anything even remotely worthwhile or sensitive with anyone in this Thai cabinet.

Apparently the camera not only adds 10 pounds, but it also gives viewers hallucinations, like visions of cops torturing someone. It’s all on camera for everyone to see, and still these morons maintain they did nothing wrong.

I’m more inclined to think that the big shots haven’t yet finished their negotiations with Joe and his accomplices as to what it will take (in terms of $$$) to keep their traps shut and not implicate those higher up the food chain.

Maybe Dear Leader and his cabinet could do a wee bit more to actually make the general public happy and healthy. Just a thought……

What a bunch of absolute hypocrites in their ivory tower! What culture? You mean the massive sex industry culture? Combined with the rip-off-tourists/farangs-as-much-as-you-can culture?

Why do so many autocratic leaders have such a huge ego, and such a pathological need for praise, even if it comes from themselves? I really don’t understand how the minds of these people works, they seem to live in a ‘reality’ that is completely detached from the real world. And yet countless brainless fools believe every word they say and follow them like lemmings off a cliff.

Does he speak two languages, besides Thai? Call me a cynic, but somehow I doubt that very much….

Jeez, what a shocker. Wouldn’t be surprised if China told Prayuth how to ties his shoes.

The only ‘quality’ Thailand are looking for in visitors is money. Doesn’t matter if they’re loud, obnoxious, boorish or knuckle-dragging Neanderthals; they are more than welcome as long as they have very deep pockets and spend all their money here.

Yet another law/regulation that will, in all probability, hardly be enforced……

I’m hopping on the first plane to Thailand to become a motorcycle bounty hunter and get rich!! Or would I need a work permit?

And yet their uniforms are sagging with the weight of all the medals and commendations they received….

Didn’t Prayut, or some other clowns from his cabinet, say there would be no floods in Bangkok? I for one am shocked!!

Why not concentrate on ‘the average’ expat? I think that is the biggest group by far, and if you make it easier for them to come and live in Thailand, that would probably attract the most money. Start by getting rid of all the (or most of the) ridiculous hoops that expats have to jump through in order to be able to live here. Other countries can do it, so why not Thailand? Then get rid of the dual pricing system. Also maybe educate Thai people that expats/farangs are not just walking wallets or ATM’s, we are not all infinitely rich. And then maybe actually start doing something about the increasing air pollution, because Bangkok is getting to be very unhealthy to live in for at least six months a year, and northern Thailand is mostly just a blanket of haze and smog for 4-5 months every year. All this ain’t never going to happen, of course. The powers that be have their own ‘sources of income’, regardless of how many expats come to Thailand, so they don’t give even the tiniest little sh*t. And it shows, because these ideas to attract more expats have been floated for as long as I can remember, and nothing ever came of it.

Not enough punishment. Fleeing the scene of an accident, especially when someone is obviously seriously injured, is beyond despicable.

Thailand really is a very sick country, Buddhist only in name. Money, and only money, is the real name of the game. With money comes power, and those who have it will do anything to a) hang on to the money and power they have, and b) acquire more of it. Unfortunately, the powers that be belong to the wealthy class, they call the shots, so this is going to last into perpetuity.

Maybe the PM should put his money where his mouth is and not just express his admiration, but also spring into action. Like signing the treaty to stop deforestation by 2030, for starters. And do something about the growing air pollution. Stop the enormous use of pesticides. Start pushing energy transition. And about a million more things, but please no more cheap talk and do something!!

Always with these stupid crackdowns!!!! What do these people do the rest of the time? Just sit at their desk and do nothing? Go on day trips to go fishing? Or hang at a bar and drink beer and Thai whisky all hours of the day and night? Why not just do the job you’re supposed to be doing the whole time? It just boggles the mind.

You can warn all you want, but if you’re not going to address the root cause(s) of these high levels of PM2.5, what’s the point? Same goes for the burning season in the north. Every year we have the PM or the governor of Chiang Mai or some such brainless VIP promising to crack down on the burning, but nothing ever happens. I wanted to retire there, because the winters in the north are (or used to be, at least) so incredibly beautiful, but that plan was axed many years ago already, just because the air pollution there gets worse and worse every year.

Oh dear, not another crackdown? The previous crackdowns (there have been so many, many, many) have all been an utter failure. They keep doing the same old thing over and over again and keep expecting a different result. I think that was Einstein’s definition of insanity.