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I thought they shut down 300 BIB road blocks. 

19 hours ago, webfact said:

Photographers must be at least five metres from the prime minister ...

... while standing on one leg and juggling 3 bowling pins while singing "John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt" when taking photos.

Good for the students attempting to promote positive change in this sometimes backward country. 

It seems murderers in Thai head straight to Cambodia after committing a murder.  No extradition treaty? 

11 hours ago, webfact said:

“there will be no repeat this year of the great floods of 2011”.

There isn't until there is.  Then it's, "We never saw that coming!" 

Yawn....

7 hours ago, balo said:

Teaching classes up in rural villages are available for foreigners.

And without a work permit the volunteer is breaking Thai labor laws, and if caught, the consequences can set the kindly volunteer back a considerable chuck of money, possible jail time, and deportation.

 

Great article showing how 'volunteer friendly' Thailand can be.  It isn't.  So, again, suggest to your daughter that she finds a country that graciously accepts volunteers and where her time and skills would be appreciated by both the host government and those benefiting from her volunteer work. 
 

Let's go to a cashless society where your funds are subject to hacking, fraud, and power-grid failures. 
Cash is king. 

10 hours ago, OzMan said:

Many advertised volunteer positions I would have to pay a lot of money for her to participate.

Imho if you are paying someone to volunteer it's a scam, albeit a legal scam.  When you see these types of organizations, run the other way.  Thailand is not 'volunteer friendly' at all.  Tell your daughter to research countries which actually appreciate foreigners who willingly and freely give their time and skills to make the less fortunate in their respective countries better off.  Thailand is not on the list.

Cha Am, Phetchaburi.

Must be "Happiest To the People" reporting.  Veracity matters not as long as the Thai populace is happy, happy, happy! 

Low hanging fruit.  They'll be back today as long as both Chinese tourists and pigeons flock to Thapae Gate.

18 hours ago, Raymonddiaz said:

UK will never extradite her because they don't believe in thai justice system. The so called justice by the people who did a bigger crime: Coup d'état. 

The fault is great in man or woman
Who steals a goose from off the common
But what can plead that man's excuse
Who steals the common from the goose

--17th century British Union song - and oh so appropriate in this instance

18 hours ago, webfact said:

BBC says Thailand asks UK to extradite Yingluck

Nice to see that Thailand has a sense of humor. 

18 hours ago, Namplik said:

15 is the minimum age, and they are only aloud to drive a motorcycle up to 110 cc. 

 

Car license is 18 years.

That's in the city.  In rural area, i.e., most of the country, the minimum age is when the tyke can reach the accelerator, the brake, and the foot pedals.  Motorcycle engine size is whatever mummy and daddy are driving which is generally between 110 and 125 cc.  Regardless of what is 'legal', that is the reality. 

Isaan and water: feast or famine.

1 hour ago, Chomper Higgot said:

’m not at all sure on what basis people believe they have a right to ‘freedom of speech’ when ‘speaking’ on a privately owned platform.

I may actually agree with you on that point if major tech companies, such as Facebook, weren't overt monopolies.  Perhaps it's time to break-up monopolies such a Facebook and Twitter.  These 'private' companies hold wayyyyy to much sway over the overall social dialogue and commonly accepted narratives.