negligible difference: one could still take the same flight to BKK and then a low cost short flight at about 50USD to Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia,...
Quite a few people I knew in Bangkok now live in Siem Reap surviving on their pension there.
in another news report (khaosod english) it is stated that he "jumped".
(also great picture of I guess 'Toronto in the rain' to illustrate 'Japanese in Bangkok falls on car')