#foreigners in thailand

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Tropical Malady (2005) dir. Apichatpong Weerasethakul

[namtanlovesfilm]

off jumpol looked straight into my eyes twice and said "hello" in english especially for me when I went to do the group picture... I died 😭💚🫶

update: I made a mini heart & said "rak na" (I love you) while looking directly in off's eyes jdhsjjdho 😆

[theactioneer]

Commander Thai poster (Ignazio Dolce, 1988)

[htyfnetwork]

IS IT WISE FOR THE UNITED STATES TO HELP REARM JAPAN?

from Senior Scholastic, February 17, 1954. The forum discussion features Chin-Tai Kim (Korea), Dwarika Ram Bhagat (Nepal), Satoshi Kawamitzu (Ryukyu Islands), Johnny Antillon (Philippines), Kimiko Fujii (Japan), Richard W. Jahn (Australia), Mattanee Mojdara (Thailand), and Vangala Jaya Ram (India).

a picture on the second page features Philippe De Vargas (Switzerland), Gerhard Casper (Germany), Maria Pia Guasti (Italy), Chin-Tai Kim (Korea), and Dwarika Ram Bhagat (Nepal).

[sunshineandlyrics]

🇹🇭 Harry spoke Thai at the beginning of his speech:

“สวัสดีครับ / Sawasdee* khrap** ส่งเสียงหน่อย / Soung sueang noi" meaning "Hello, make some noise".

*Sawasdee can also be used to say goodbye. **Khrap is used by males (ka by females), and is added to the end of a sentence to make it more polite and to show respect to the listener.

Also when Harry said Hello he gave a 'wai' (a wai is a traditional Thai greeting gesture -> 🙏🏼) and bowed his head slightly.

❤️🤍💙🤍❤️Love on Tour Bangkok, x x x

[c-rowlesdraws]

⭐️New Patreon Post!⭐️ Several of them, with all the sketches I found time to do on my trip with family to Singapore and Thailand over these past couple of weeks! My cousin got married in Singapore to his very nice Malaysian fiancee, and last year when the date was announced, a small group of us planned to extend our stay in SEAsia so that we wouldn't have traveled halfway around the world for basically a long weekend. I would never have been able to do such an amazing trip on my own and I'm very fortunate and grateful that I was invited to tag along.

I took lots of pictures-- and in between sightseeing and family time and travel and devouring fresh ripe mango like some kind of frugivorous mammal, I had time to do some drawing, from life and from my photos. I hope to do more drawings from my trip now that I'm back home!

[southeastasianists]

On May 14, 2023, a political earthquake shook the Thai body politic. Move Forward, the successor party to the disbanded Future Forward Party, unofficially won 151 of 500 House seats on the back of nearly 14.5 million popular votes, positioning Pita Limchareonlat to be Thailand’s 30th Prime Minister and the Move Forward Party (MFP), with its ideologically based reform agenda, in the driver’s seat of Thai policy. However, Pita and the MFP have failed to secure a coalition and now Thailand is in a political deadlock.  Broadly speaking, Thai society is divided.  Those on the right favor a conservative social agenda with the King as the head of state.  Those on the left of the Thai political spectrum are progressive, young, eager for social change and largely favor Western values such as freedom of speech, social equality and democracy.  Given the socio-political uncertainty, it is important to ask will Thailand rebalance its foreign policy towards the West, reversing the last decade of foreign policy direction? Or will Bangkok continue moving towards the embrace of the region’s burgeoning hegemon, China?

Dating back to the reign of King Rama IV, Thailand’s foreign policy has been one of ‘Bending with the Wind’. Bamboo diplomacy served Thailand well during the colonial period allowing Siam to be the only Southeast Asian country to resist formal colonization from Western powers. During the exceedingly dangerous Cold War, Thailand’s leadership positioned Thailand to move and negotiate, choosing sides. By having a legitimate foot in the Non-Aligned movement via Bandung, whilst being a major non-NATO security treaty partner with the United States, whilst opening relations with the PRC in advance of America’s withdrawal from the region in 1975, Thailand was able to survive, thrive and emerge from the Cold War in a position of regional leadership. By turning ‘Battlefields into Markets’ and embracing globalization, Thailand has done well for itself in the post-Cold War world, notwithstanding the previous 17 years of internal political instability. However, after the 2014 coup, Thailand’s military leadership and its 2019 quasi-military government have steered Thailand evermore towards Chinese markets, security cooperation and social intertwinement. It is the view of the authors that Thailand has largely abandoned ‘Bamboo Diplomacy’ and become dangerously dependent on China for its economic well-being. Thai security relationships have become unmoored from its traditional foundations, and this risks placing Thailand in a structurally disadvantageous position to its national security, sovereignty and independence. The authors will consider military ties, transnational criminal networks, and the economic and trade relations in agriculture and natural resources to advance the notion that a rebalancing towards ‘Western’ power centres is required to restore Thailand’s regional leadership and national security position.

[ujunxverse]

my red flag is traveling and telling myself "this place is nice, i think i should move here" instead of making amends and maturely talking to my peers about why their presence is making me hate where i currently live in

[news-buzz]

Official US Trailer for 'Bangkok Dog' Martial Arts Film from Thailand News Buzz

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[ginocox]

Dating in Thailand

[creativemedianews]

Workers trapped for days in a Thai tunnel were found dead

[samuilawfirm]

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[ericmahinay]

Thai Scout Camp

[7-starboi]

Hey hey! I'm going to Thailand later this year and I need friends there and people to talk about Thailand with! Go add my line!

I also need to meet all the gays and find the best LGBT friendly places and clubs that I can