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Just to be clear, this is a black leopard.

In Western diplomatic circles, the talk is of invasion and regime change in Phnom Penh. I think Thaksin is just siding with this very real possibility.

It's remarkable looking at the work of the Australian Strategic Policy Institute. They have gone back in time looking at the satellite maps and they can identify the exact moments of explosions and troop movements. Never has a conflict being so clearly the fault of one side: Cambodia. You can clearly see troop movements in mid-February, to fortify strategic hill stations, as well as strengthening military road networks within Cambodia. You can then see that the first shots were fired into Thailand. But it is equally shocking how bad Thailand has done on the communication front. The whole international media is alight with Cambodian representatives pleading their innocence. Whilst Thai diplomats sound aggressive and obstinant.

Wow. This isn't a mere border clash anymore. Military movements to breach lines is conflict in depth. Wtf. 100?? That's a company of soldiers. This is completely escalating out of control.

Ok. That YouTuber in Rayong makes it clear that they are cracking down on DTVs and other new visas which ambiguously sit between the old so-called residence visas (non-O, non-B etc) and the tourist visas. They clearly want extensions of 1 year. This suggests at worst there is some local change in Pattaya, and at best some great misunderstanding. Most of us understand the complexities of the visa system (most of us are here based on extensions to visas rather than a visa) so you can imagine how formidably confusing it is to some clerical staff at the DLT. Edit: Japan has recently very aggressively cracked down on tourists applying for Japanese licence. They had a major problem with enormous numbers of Chinese tourists seeking to obtain the licence because the Chinese licence has no IDP provision. I wonder if Thailand is facing a similar problem.

On Facebook. Why do the posters offer so few details when the devil is clearly in the details. Where did they go to get their renewal, what visa do they have, do they understand the differences in the terminology of visa or an extension etc?

I think this is great. All the regular lanes have had very short queues for the last few years. They have pushed the time-consuming and frustrating passengers into the Fast Track etc (e.g. oldies unable to fill in forms properly, unable to hear the IO etc.), keeping the normal track for those who are sharp enough to quickly and efficiently handle the immigration procedure. Now with pushing the remaining undesirables into the Fast Track (e.g. rowdy families, dodgy Chinese students) I really am rather happy. In my landing at Don Mueang, I found a line of zero people in front of me, as a crowd of Chinese were fed into the VIP Chinese lane. What would make sense, is to provide a special lane for anyone with a reentry permit. Many countries such as Japan permit such people to use the citizen lanes ("Japanese only" etc) since they pose no issues.

To secure the funds. They can't be scammed if it's 0. I found my money getting skimmed off to a Steam Account about 2 years ago. The simplest way to stop this is to drop the daily limit to 0, and then for a few minutes every month raise it to make large transfers for the month. I use another bank for my daily transactions. And this other account is locked into Lazada, Grab etc, as well as other sites that have the linked card details. This ensures the maximum I could be scammed is tiny.

Just like some of the other banks TTB has a requirement to go to the bank to provide biometric/facial verification. They provided very little notice of this. I did not see the notice until the day after it went into effect. What is shocking about the TTB situation is that they lock you into the limit that you set on the account and will not allow that to be changed until 9th of September. Since I had my daily limit set at zero baht I now have no way to transfer/use online a single baht until September. By providing my biometrics I can now, however, withdraw at the bank counter and via the card at an ATM. This is a fairly shockingly inept service by TTB. At least with the other banks once you did the biometrics everything went back to normal immediately.

Who could have resisted him? 1,600 are rookie numbers.

She was evil. Allowing people to suffer horrifying pain in dying so they would feel closer to God. And yet for her death she made sure to receive all the desirable painkillers.

In addition to the fine you'll also receive a giant red stamp in your passport indicating the crime of failing to notify. This might affect any possible future application for a Privilege visa, which requires a nice clean record with Thai immigration for past years. Although hopefully it wouldn't. The alternative is to simply leave the country and come back in and then you won't get a fine and you won't get a nasty stamp on your passport. I disagree with Issa Compass that they will fine you at the airport. They will not care at all about you failing to do the 90-day notification.

That's very helpful to know. They definitely confused themselves.

I know about the immense problems of changing the Google Play region. It is also impossible to fool Google Play by using VPN etc. Checking Google play on my phone and it is clear that the Shopee App is the Thai Shopee App. The App is restricted by region so there is no solution via Google Play. Instead you need to use an alternative to Google Play such as Aptoide, which will not prevent you from downloading the Thai version of the App. Obviously there are security issues when downloading Apps from non- Google Play sites. Only you can make the risk/benefit calculation.

Every year since Immigration started demanding proof of the TM30 for extensions, I've simply presented the e-mail of the landlords TM30 application. But this time, the landlord handed me this: Is this a new thing? Is this adequate for Immigration as the required extension document? The landlord told me it is only valid for 7 days.