webfact Posted August 19, 2015 Share Posted August 19, 2015 No long-term threat seen in Bangkok blasts: expertsBY ATSUSHI KODERATOKYO: -- Crisis management experts say Bangkok’s recent bombings do not pose a long-term threat in an otherwise relatively safe country. But they are nonetheless advising Japanese staying in the Southeast Asian city to exercise caution.“Basically I don’t think Thailand right now is too dangerous,” said Tetsuo Masuda, who heads Japan I-Sis Consulting Co., a Tokyo-based crisis management consultancy. “But I always say this: There is no zero-risk place in the world.”Thailand started experiencing political turmoil in the second half of 2013. But the country has remained politically stable, with no major risks for violence, since the military regime took over the country in a May 2014 coup.But Masuda warns it’s hard to tell whether there are clashes of interests and opinions within the military regime, saying “there’s no place in the world as safe as Japan.”“I think Japanese companies (in Bangkok) were shocked by the bombing,” he said.The explosion on Monday night struck a commercial center near the Erawan Shrine, an area filled with tourists. It killed at least 20 people and injured 125, including Japanese company employee Kota Ando.There was a second blast nearby on Tuesday but nobody was injured, according to media reports. No one has claimed responsibility for either blast, but police have been searching for a suspect seen on security camera wearing a yellow shirt.Full story: http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/08/19/national/no-long-term-threat-seen-bangkok-blasts-experts/-- The Japan Times 2015-08-20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thai at Heart Posted August 19, 2015 Share Posted August 19, 2015 Based on what? The average of big unexplained bombs in Bangkok in the last 30 years? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Usernames Posted August 19, 2015 Share Posted August 19, 2015 No place safer than Japan? Is this guy from the Fukushima Tourist Authority? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Somtamnication Posted August 19, 2015 Share Posted August 19, 2015 I love their theories as to why it won't affect tourism. Wish they gave me a lottery number! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thai at Heart Posted August 19, 2015 Share Posted August 19, 2015 What does long term mean, and based on what? Thai security services competence? Phew.. That's fine then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PM1 Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 Who is going to listen to a Asian now please Give it a rest son..... Are yoiu some type of prophit and how much baht did they pay you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToddinChonburi Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 They have already stated the tourism in Chang Mai has not been affected. Good job boy's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
razer Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 Great! Hope the perps don't get any IRA advisors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
little mary sunshine Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 Just keep the Tourists coming at any cost to then !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
little mary sunshine Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 Oops. ".....To them !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BSJ Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 (edited) WTH! Has the guy in Japan been living in a monastery for the last 10 years??? Edited August 20, 2015 by BSJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rimmer Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 A post with deliberate miss spelling of a politicians name has been removed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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