whitfield

This will disappear into the long grass in the same way that taxing foreigners on their overseas income has been quietly dropped. There is no possible scenario where someone having his lunch at 14.05 with a drop beer in his glass will be fined 10,000 baht.

Instead of buying submarines they could buy tractors. For the price of 3 submarines they could have 30,000 tractors. 3 for every Tambon. Rent them to the farmers for a small fee and the problem is solved, plus they get a return on investment. Most of the Gulf of Thailand is too shallow to submerge a submarine.

When I first came here in 1992 there would be 4 girls on a motorbike.

I think this article was written by his wife's family.

I'm fine Buddha looks after me. It'll never change.

The thing that isn't mentioned, and is the most important for prospective retirees, is the threat to tax income.

Please note that this only applies to foreign earnings brought into Thailand. It doesn't include capital transfers. So if you need money here sell some investments and bring in the proceeds. Buy back the investments with your earnings.

Oh Officer what do I have to do so you won't charge me?

Medical certificate for sale 500 baht, one off payment for life. Time to think again. Either it's legal or it isn't.

Talk about coal to Newcastle.

Darwin was correct.

Try cleaning up the air. That does far more damage to tourism than the value of the baht. The air is filthy and there are loads of countries where the air is clean.

This is not news. It was a poorly kept secret from Day 1.

That's the point. He wasn't acquitted as promised. Drinking alone is the key, getting out of it makes you vulnerable.

Something similar happened to a friend of mine. He went to the toilet in a bar in Khao San Road, when he came out the bar was locked and he was accused of stealing a phone. He was wearing swim shorts and a tee shirt. There was no phone on him apart from his own. He was taken to the police station. We got him out in 100,000 baht bail. It was suggested that he pay 50,000 for the phone and the case would be dismissed. When he went to court the judge asked him what happened and he said he didn't know. The judge said that's not what you said in your confession, written in Thai by a Tourist Police officer, you're lying so 1 year in prison. We got him out on appeal and another 100,000 bail, and that night they closed the borders for Covid. Eventually he bought a sailing yacht in Phuket for $15,000 and sailed to the Maldives and freedom. An extraordinary story that could happen to anyone if you get stoned or drunk.