Today we’ll be talking about visa crackdowns and QR-code rules causing concern in the Pattaya expat community, a deadly landslide hitting rain-soaked Chiang Mai, and a little later some Thai Hi-So drama among the family behind one of Thailand’s most recognizable hotel brands.
00:00 | Intro
02:39 | Visa Crackdowns and QR-Code Rules Fuel Worry Among Pattaya Expats
04:56 | Landslide in Rain-Soaked Chiang Mai Claims Two Lives
06:39 | Landmine Blast in Surin Leaves Sixth Thai Soldier Gravely Hurt
08:40 | Dusit Thani Scion Vows to Resist a Family Coup in Hotel Firm
10:55 | Don Mueang Airport to Double Long-Stay Parking Fees
13:49 | Myanmar Refugees in Thailand Gain Legal Right to Work
15:34 | Naked Dash for Love: Phatthalung Man Blames Spirit Vow, Not Mischief
17:09 | Bianca Launches Thailand’s Biggest Italian Eatery at ICONSIAM
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Thailand soon Will be like China with digital score
what happend to the old thaiger news ? this is so shit who cares about a comedy show people watch this for news info
Thumbs up 👍 Alex
No problems with foreigners applying for Thai driver's licenses.
So hard to watch, painful watching Alex shit the bed every time, total amateur
Wondering why people avoid Thailand?
Consider this:
I know that there are many people like me that always come back to thailand over and over again exactly same as me.
i opened a bank account many years back just so that i should not take cash with me and so that i not have to pay taxes every time i use ATMs.
I am not young anymore and probably still old school because my thai ATM card is in one place, my booklet is in another, my backup cars is somewhere else again just to be sure about things.
Now, apart the fact that I tend to leave my phone alone when i am in holiday (to the point that i not even open my foreigner number when i am in holiday), i am forced to use my phone anyway?
What if my battery dies? This is BS already but it gets worse when you consider the combination of new "rules" and BS they are imposing. Why you ask?
I should make the arrival BS online this week but the problem is that i don't know if my bank account is still open or not.
If it is still open and usable, i will probably go straight to Pattaya from the airport but if it is closed, I need to go where i opened the account and try to get my money back.
That implies a view things:
1) i need to have enough cash on the plane to change at the airport (with the worse exchange rate) to go to the bank where i opened the account is.
2) probably spend the day there because it seems that when the account is closed, it is not a thing of a view minutes to get your money
3) I have to find alternatives on how to manage my money on my holiday and try to open one of those cashless apps in one day and hope that the transfer of founds is quickly as well. Note that i need the money to buy the new sim as well so back to point 1).
4) Like i said, i am old school so maybe this time i am forced to do this BS and go along with it but there will probably not be a next time for me in thailand. I always said that going to thailand for me is easy because I was organized for it, i had a bank account for my financial needs, the TM6 didn't really bothered me because anyway you are in a plane doing nothing so compiling it, wasn't a big deal. Now i have to remember to make that BS online exactly in the 4 days (to my knowledge) timeframe you have to do it and use up time i could be making other things. Last but not least, i left always some money in my bank account for the next time so if something should happen to me, somebody could get that money for free.
5) The cherry on top of all of this is that a) i actually can not book an hotel because i don't know if my first day will be in Pattaya or Bangkok b) I will probably make the wrong choice when compiling the visa thing because i know my luck. If i put Pattaya, my bank account will be blocked and i have to stay in Bangkok or opposite. Wondering why? When will i know if my bank account is closed? When exiting the plane in BKK and putting my card in the first ATM of my bank that i can find.
Way to go Thailand…you really make me feel relaxed and happy to go there…..
6) I can very well forsee problems at immigration if I try to explain this story to them because i had already had bad experience with them. Once (last year when there was no TM6 or anything else) they asked me where i will stay and i answered honestly that i will go look for an hotel when i know where i will go. They almost did't want me to let me in even if my passport has amost every page with thai stamps and i am fluent in thai.
Same they don't want to resolve the taxi problem at the airport and the feeling "not welcome to Thailand", they are adding other hurdles before even getting to the taxi that say you are not welcome!
Thailand was always the land of freedom and i understand that many people misused that but then you fine/punish those people and not all people going to thailand that didn't do anything wrong!
Will the smearing money for the police be paid by scan app as well??!!!
Every day a new bloody awful change, tdac allowing I should be there next week for last time after 50yrs, I've found pastures new so won't be returning
Hi Alex information about attacking lifeguard in phuket Island by Iranian yesterday was not correct,.he attacked by kuwaitis and they end up paying 200000 bt as fine to him please correct your report. Cheers
Three minutes of self promotion. Classy.
its very sad to hear they go to this cashless society… total control its a bad way.. very bad.. how many stories, movies, books got written about that… and ppl still did not listen.
Going to Don Muang by car is a huge waste of time. My time is worth much more than money. Going by blue line to red line is long and a bit hard during rush hour, but still preferable to using the evil, polluting, congesting automobile…
Digital cash means they hit a button and you are shutdown! This means zero privacy. Use cash!
Heyyyy Alex
Alex, as someone who co-hosted English language tv shows in korea from 2006-2008, this particular show flows more smoothly with you as a single host.
Hopefully grandma grabed him by the ear …
It's a shame the presenter has to sniff and slurr his words throughout the piece………. Perhaps testing is in order?
Impossible to open a bank account to qualify for a retirement visa rn…the banks are literally sabotaging Thailand’s expat community and onboarding more retirees whom have long been a source for reliable income for Thailand’s economy without all the headaches from the tourist community,
Let’s all go to Vietnam
Streaker story… Sadly(?) hilarious… 🙏
If not working, get an ED visa from a reputable language school and actually learn Thai. Go to the classes and try your best. I am, and after a few months of solid effort I can read pretty well and speak fairly conversationally. It makes every day in Thailand better and better.
Thanks god Alex is alone. Please avoid that playboy. He's sickening while trying do his job while entertaining sad guys with a vaseline jar.
Alex, please tell me, where is the letter 'O' in the name Bianca???
ONLY Thai Citizens can use PAYPAL, foreigners banned for about 5 years now.
enough about comedy promotions…
Try resistance instead of widespread adoption.
First! Shout out from Pattaya 🎉