What if you’re a tax-paying, law-abiding, foreign residence with a proper work permit? It doesn’t matter. What if you’re also married to a Thai citizen? It doesn’t matter either. Richard Burrow (@RichardBarrow) has for years delivered some of the best news updates on what’s happening in Thailand. Today, he tweetedContinue Reading
Remember the beginning of The Godfather Part 2 when Fredo’s trophy wife was drunk at the party and caused embarrassment all around? Fredo tried dragging her away and even threatened to hit her. She just laughed and mocked him. Michael gave a signal to his bodyguard, who came up toContinue Reading
When Thanathorn Juangrungruangkit cautioned that Thailand shouldn’t put all bets on one horse, the Astra-Zeneca vaccine, he received a storm of condemnations, including Section 112, lese majeste charges. With the record-breaking third outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in Thailand, General Prayut Chan-o-cha yesterday (16 April) announced that he’s looking intoContinue Reading
Last week, Chulalongkorn University’s Professor Doctor Thira Woratanarat slammed Thailand’s COVID-19 vaccine strategy, calling it “a Teletubby measure, ineffective, and the people cannot rely on it.” Specifically, he said China’s Sinovac vaccine is “only 2% effective.” Following the Saturday, 10 April meeting at the Center for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA),Continue Reading
General Prayut Chan-o-cha can no longer blame the people. The high and mighty of Bangkok society can no longer blame poor people. In Thailand, inequality is a disease that eats at your brain and swallows your conscience whole. At the beginning of Thailand’s COVID-19 outbreak in January of last year,Continue Reading
