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In related news, the the forensic pathologist who performed the autopsy on Mr. Murphy has resigned his position and was last spotted on Highway 11 near Chiang Mai in a BMW.

"Most of the victims are believed to have died from smoke inhalation after becoming trapped inside the building" no they died because of a lack of enforced standards and corruption RIP

"In some cases, international banks froze their accounts after detecting suspicious activity, requiring customers to appear in person in their home countries before funds could be released." This is the really scary one. The banks are free to act as judge and jury with little or no regard to the owner of the account. Supposing a bank froze an account thus requiring the owner of the account to appear in person. Would the bank accept costs incurred in the event of said suspicions proving to be groundless? The answer to that is "of course they wouldn't" The wording "suspicious activity" is actually "unusual activity" which means unexpected withdrawals. So for example, if you have an expensive car repair bill to pay using your Thai bank account which you then need to top up from your home country bank, this could be deemed to be unusual activity. I don't have a high opinion of banks.

Thailand is known for its long queues and waiting time at the airport. But besides TDAC everybody must have fingerprint scan and facepic and boarding pass. I don't see that in other airports. With the coming 300 THB it will give much more irritation for travellers, as nobody will understand what the money is for. The first impression of Thailand is not a good one

I love passing through Singapore. It’s a model of efficiency.

Riding a motorcycle without medical insurance, in Thailand, is just plain dumb.

Is it just my age or are these influences a strange lot ?

According to Facebook, she was found.

This isn't a queue; it's a mandatory physical fitness test after a 12-hour flight. 🏋️‍

This question is straight out of a university’s brainwashed kids handbook. We have all been colonised somewhere along the line. Please leave the virtue signalling to the kids on Tik Tok.

This is another major problem being caused by all these pesky, dirty foreigners. Around 45 homeless foreign nationals over an eight-month period, which gives an annual total of around 68 people. Assuming that there are 31,000,000 visitors during the year, it gives an alarming rate of 0.000219354%. Absolutely disgusting! 😉

I was at the immigration office some time ago and there were a few foreigners and they were send back to Bangkok as their hotel did not report to the immigration of their stay. They should solve the problem with the hotel and than come back to the immigration, Bit strange situation as a lot of foreigners don't have anything to do with the administration of the immigration and the hotels. Besides that we spoke with a Thai woman who stayed with her foreign husband several months always in a hotel in Chonburi. But the hotel she said did not do the reporting to the immigration, as she was not registered because she did not wanted to pay tax. So in fact foreigners are being held responsible for something they don't have to deal with. It is a regulation between hotel and immigration, but it looks the same as the foreign tax that they want to introduce, were airlines should collect the taxes and Thailand only benefits, here the administration is a mess too.. The TDAC should be sufficient and problems should be solved by the immigration instead of by the tourists, who are not responsible for the actions of Thais.

They announced measures months ago after a cabinet meeting and nothing came to effect. So now another cabinet meeting, and the major change appears to be to allow Indians to enter without a visa. Indians entering without a visa makes a mockery of the whole 'pivoting to quality tourism'. No changes at all to toughen up the other visas that are being abused, which is the real problem.

Get real ... not everyone does.

No back up plan can be dangerous. If it looks to be to good to be true, it probably is. Poor planning. We have been living in Thailand for 15 years, retired from the US and living on our retirement income from the US. You must plan when you move to a foreign country.

All these fancy titles, but still gofundme.

If he had any real friends he wouldn't be an Influencer. 😀

Uhhh, the Strait of Hormuz was open before Trump screwed the pooch. And it didn't cost taxpayers a penny. Conclusion: Trump is 💯 Responsible for the Cost LET HIM PAY HE'S THE ONE WHO <deleted> EVERYTHING UP 😭

You don't travel much. Fingerprint scanning and facial photos are pretty much in every airport in the world now. Why don't they just use the automated machines for arrivals ?

Just returned home from visiting Bkk Hospital in one of the major city's in Thailand and must say I was rather surprised to learn from a nurse I know from previous visits, that they actually charge foreigners more than Thais for identical procedures. I knew and fully understand that public hospitals charges non-Thai citizens the actual cost of the health-care they receive, I agree that the government should not subsidize foreign citizens health-care. (Leave that to the western country's). But charging extra for already profitable healh-care just because they are foreigners makes me feel disgusted. Knowing that a lot of farangs dies not being able to afford needed health-care, I find it deeply immoral that this version of two-tier practice actually exists.

It's no problem at all, I don't report anything to anyone, and if they send me a bill I'll just leave. There's no significant money here for them to take.

Sadly her tattoos tell a story.

Clear mad as a hatter..........

1 - no-one has written that the wait is the biggest problem in their life. You made that up. 2 - I think you miss the point of the report, which highlights gross inefficiences. 3 - '90% of the people in the world can't afford to vacation in Thailand'. Something else you've made up, unless you have figures to support it.

It's the necessity for 90-day reporting when you have a 1-year visa that needs to be looked at

Did he tell her he is a business development consultant?

There you go. Above 80 is risky. Slow down.

Poor guy, what a thing to happen, it's the danger of riding a scooter/motorcycle though, and he was going a bit fast for Thai roads.

"A spokesman for the foxes said that they take henhouse security very seriously, and are determined to get to the bottom of the accusations made by the hens."

people with bad intentions, drugs, human trafficking, prostitution can do their crime in a few days or in 60 or via DTV (fake cooking, thai lesson, thai box) other countries like singapore giving 90 days on ARRIVAL for years still did not learn a lesson from them when changing rules I hope tourist numbers drop seriously and we will see the usual flip flop

Will Israel be dispatching a Mossad assassination squad to the USA soon, or is one already in place awaiting activation?

Jesus, not in every thread, please, can you just refrain from posting your paranoid racist nonsense for once.

I don't know whats really going on there. But if a culture is being "erased", then its not necessarily racism to be concerned about it.

I don't consider this a conspiracy theory. It's clearly being done by design.

False. Iran wasn't charging fees before Trump started the war. Liar. 😭 "There isn't a nation on Earth that supports having to pay money to go through the straits" --Marco Rubio EXCEPT ONE The Nation of Trump Morons 😂

It seems promotional for Pattaya. They have no clue how to behave and say thank you, it seems. Laying on the floor is questionable i think.

All my family and friends are dead, at age 70 I'm the last man standing.

Some old people smell really bad - you probably just need to shower with soap more often rather than relying on elaborate washing regimes once a month

Getting ripped off by a Chiang Mai karaoke must be why it qualifies as the 3rd best City worldwide!

Even if they overdid the bowing at least it is a positive story about some tourists at least trying to show appreciation and do something good rather than get drunk and get into fights. Good for them.

Why would one even think to do this? "Do you fancy going out for a Thai meal tonight? No, let's go and vandalise some school property instead...." I would not only fine them and get them to remove the graffiti, but jail them for 3 months and then deport them. Punishments are too soft nowadays....

It sounds like she was living from one paycheck to the next.

What do we think of when we think of land stolen from Indogenes. Not only Palestinians.

"... According to Somsak, Paphada later told him that her foreign husband had not provided the dowry he had promised, leaving her unable to pay the outstanding amount..." Looks like the honeymoon is well and truly over (for everyone in this story)!

I doubt the Iranians are going to do us any favors.I’m sure they are content to watch trump wreck the world order.Their vengeance will be wrought over decades one drop of blood at a time.thanks trump and you magas that elected this abomination.

Easy to fix these problems: scrap the DTV visa, and soon those losers will have to look for another place or stay home, looking for a proper job. But unfortunately it would affect their "Work-life -balance". So sad💔

If you had your pubes on your head, wouldn't you be a dickhead?

The art is to adjust to any environment wherever you go and still manage to live a productive and happy life

Can someone explain how a person can inject melted gold at 1064.18 degrees C .

But they keep telling us all this hi-tech Ai nonsense is going to speed things up...