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15 Billion Expressway Project to Connect Koh Chang Boosting Trat’s Economy and Tourism
Shoot koh mak doesn't even have a 7. I'm sure the 5 families will control that island for a while yet. Koh chang will get very small after this. -
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Drunken foreign trouble making thug gets bottle smashed over his head.
All I can tell from your comments is you can not understand Thai. Did you listen to the interview of the witness? Did you read the comments from the Thais in the Facebook post? You appear to be one of these foreigners who thinks they know everything despite not being able to understand the lingo. And you just imagine what you want to believe with your bias. How do you know he was there with his wife? Did anyone say that or did you imagine that also? -
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World is full of idiots
Looks like the Covid vaccines will see to that, especially the Sinovac in China. Have a read about everyone on YouTube talking about "Where has everyone gone" with cities deserted, CCP cover-up... hospitals swamped, white-lung, sudden deaths... young people getting cancer. Looks like they have found a way. -
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Drunken foreign trouble making thug gets bottle smashed over his head.
Yeah animal behavior while the thai sneaks up behind him and hit him with a bottle and thats acceptable? -
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Difficulties foreigners face entering Mae Sot and surrounding areas
Aside from exaggerated scare stories about being kidnapped if you venture to Mae Sot, the reality is quite different. Only individuals who actually apply for scam jobs (often without their knowledge of what they're getting themselves into) end up being trafficked across the border but the vast majority of such individuals first make their way to Bangkok or Chiang Mai and are then brought to Mae Sot without their knowledge. Sometimes, one hears of stories about trafficking victims being taken across the border to the Kings Roman casino in Laos or nearby Tachilek in Myanmar, but this is less common. There is precious little information online about the fact that foreigners heading to Mae Sot and surrounding areas may face questioning and in a small number of cases, are not permitted to enter the city unless they have a Thai guarantor who lives in the area and can vouch for them. I wonder why this information isn't made known by foreign embassies or the Thai authorities. I'd be angry if I was not allowed to enter the city, a place I've been to so many times, just because the Thai authorities believe that to "solve" this problem, they need to use a sledgehammer to Crack a nut. At least Myanmar is honest in publishing a list of "restricted areas" for foreigners, thus we know not to attempt to go there. Problem is, shutting down these scam centers could go on for years and thus any foreigner wanting to or currently doing business in the area will naturally flee (assuming this continues), hurting economic prospects in the area. Strangely, even the 3 southernmost provinces, which are violence plagued, do not prevent foreigners from visiting. Discourage, yes, but prevent? No. You might have to pass through some checkpoints but I've never heard of foreigners being required to know a local from the area (Pattani, Narathiwat or Yala) to visit those provinces. Mae Sot and surrounding areas are much safer (at least on the Thai side) thus these actions are clearly not rational. Focus on possible scam victims (use profiling tools if necessary) but don't inconvenience legitimate travelers, whether they be expats, tourists, business travelers or whoever. -
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Israel Hamas War the Widening Middle East Conflict
Israel's army has admitted its soldiers made mistakes over the killing of 15 emergency workers in southern Gaza on 23 March. Israel originally claimed troops opened fire because the convoy approached "suspiciously" in darkness without headlights or flashing lights - but mobile phone footage released on Saturday, filmed by one of the paramedics who was killed, showed the vehicles did have lights on as they answered a call to help wounded people.
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