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There are a large number of Korean factories and businesses around Angeles, which is why there are so many Koreans there. Huge factories.

I guess “falling asleep” makes a change from “brake failure” RIP to the deceased, how awful.

I am mystified by all the comments saying how stupid he is to get a face tattoo. he didn’t Henna is widely used as a temporary drawing on skin that wears off after a few days. That’s wildly different from choosing to have a face tattoo. I have never heard of black henna rather than just “henna” - so yes, it’s clearly a dangerous substance that the vendor should not be painting directly on someone’s skin. i feel for the guy.

Thanks - very helpful

I have been a little out of touch with this story, is he back in Thailand and going to jail, or is he still in Dubai at the doctors?

Ooooo this is going to be expensive. I wonder if he has started the “go fund me” yet?

Again, totally missing the issue. Why is the traffic so bad ? Because there is no viable public transport. To solve the problem they need to introduce an integrated public transport network (like the one in Hong Kong for example) of minibus and buses: cheap, reliable and safe. if it’s faster and easier to get public transport then people have an alternative to sitting for hours in their cars every day. Especially for tourists to get them off dangerous scooters and dangerous rip off “taxis” But it’s unlikely to ever happen due to: Lack of planning Too much cash being paid by the taxi “clubs” I can’t see anything “digital” solving the problem !

please don’t ever sell me a car you have driven 🤣

Phuket taxi drivers are horrific, and are one of the worst aspects of visiting Phuket. Put meters in them all, with card and/or QR code payments and remove them all from the streets of Patong - and the problem will be solved. they can wait at a central holding pen (behind jungceylon) and can come to designated ranks when a customer wants one. and take half of them off the road employing the drivers in a proper minibus service such as the one in Hong Kong ….. Safe, fair and cheaper transport for all.

not sure that’s the reason as I never saw it before Covid. That may be a good reasons for westerners to wear one, but for Thais?

If you watch the video it explains why they never made an insurance claim, but in essence because they were a new business, it would have cost them more in increased premiums than to make a claim, so no claim was ever made.

Sadly you are completely correct, I have been in Shoreditch for a while working and the east end is pretty much as you described. the people commenting that this is not true are incorrect. It is absolutely true - I see it with my own eyes every day. This is the result of Tony Blair’s “integrated society” and opening of the borders, and successive governments doing nothing about it as they don’t want to be branded “racist” as people are doing here to the OP. If people don’t understand that this is not “racist”, it is the truth. Many of the immigrant communities, such as Pakistan and Bangladesh, have a different style of living. It’s not “racist” to realise this. The UK as I remember it from ghe 90s is gone.

I doubt anything will happen to the taxi drivers as they seem immune to any prosecution. The taxi “club” will probably bung a few baht to the family and their behaviour will continue as ever. Sadly it’s still very much a third world mentality.

UK is about to introduce a 25% tariff for US visitors based on their body weight. £25 for every 100lb of weight. It’s going to fill the £22 billion black hole in the chancellors budget in a matter of weeks.

The article says 4.3 M for the new IM6 SUV, not a pickup, however press releases say IM6 will be 1.2 to 1.8M so it’s just a typo.

Xenophobia - clearly all foreigners are akin to the devil ! 🤣

Absolutely ! I just wonder what would happen if they tried this in the UK, asking the UK public to grass up anyone they suspected of being there illegally. The Border Force guys would have to round up millions !!

absolutely agree with you. The only thing I can’t figure out is why on earth they are doing this.

Articles like this always make me feel so welcome

See plenty of stories of monks and priests abusing children - nothing “unbelievable” here, just something utterly disgusting.

Should either be left to rot in jail or deported. UK has gone mad.

I think it’s supposed to read “as the end of the high….”

Just copying the local lads

I have no evidence of this particular incident, but having experienced Patong TukTuk drivers i would say that story is highly unlikely. A driver asking the guy to politely move his bike and then returning to the drivers seat to wait seems highly unusual. Every similar exchange I have had with them involves being berated and surrounded by a large number of drivers within seconds. i remember a couple of years ago, stopping on the beach road for two minutes to drop off my elderly, disabled mother, and a group of them surrounded the car shouting at both of us to move the car. A group ot aggressive men shouting at an elderly lady in a wheelchair sums up their behaviour beautifully. This has been going on for years, and is a reason that our family will never visit Patong again. Ever. Covid was the perfect time to introduce a proper public transport system, removing the current fiefdoms and “taxi clubs”, but it will never happen. Too much money flowing to powerful people under the current arrangement. B0ll0cks to tourists and their safety, let’s fleece them at every opportunity.

Singapore has plenty of public toilets so I can’t see this happening. hardly a day goes by without us seeing a thai fella at the side of the road having a wee. its hardly the crime of the century. But the article is right - Phuket needs far more public toilets.