Thai police investigate extortion & VVIP escort stories, weed facing uncertain future : Tim Newton Today - Jan 30

As Thailand's experiment with weed decriminalisations faces an uncertain future, police are investigating two big stories from last week. Hope they better luck than a failed rain where they found absolutely nothing. A Swede dies only 5 days after meeting his new Thai GF, 5 Russians stuck at South Korean airport for 5 months. Thailand's high speed rail update. Chat GPT's fast rise and new popularity.

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TIMESTAMPS
18:30 - Thailand's 'weed' challenges, a US perspective
0:40 - Russian men stuck in South Korean airport
3:30 - Police investigate 'extortion' and Very VIP stories
7:26 - Police raid FAIL in Bangkok
8:44 - Thai-Laos-China high speed rail update
11:40 - Motorbike sales in Thailand
13:26 - Swedish man dies in motorbike incident
14:55 - Chat GPT, the rise and rise of AI