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From Thai PBS World
Rebel forces have captured seven army camps and a government command centre in Myawaddy province of Myanmar, after about four days of fierce fighting, according to rebel sources.
Myanmar jet fighters carried out bombing raids against the rebels of the Karen National Union (KNU) and People’s Defence Force (PDF), but failed to stop their advance, said the sources, adding that the rebels had seized large cache of weapons, including howitzers, mortars, machine guns, rocket-propelled grenade launchers, hundreds of assault rifles and ammunition left behind by the retreating government troops.
Rebel sources claim hundreds of Myanmar troops of the 275th battalion, from the main barracks in Myawaddy province, surrendered to the rebel forces yesterday, giving rebel forces full control of Myawaddy township, an important border town across the border from Mae Sot district of Thailand’s Tak province.
Leaders of the rebel forces will meet to discuss the administration of the township and the possibility of replacing the Myanmar flag with that of the KNU, which has been fighting the government for several decades.
Thai security forces along the border have been put on alert as a precaution against a possible influx of civilians from Myanmar.
Gunfire and the sound of shells exploding fell silent today, said the sources.
The PDF is the armed wing of the opposition National Unity Government (NUG) of Myanmar. It was formed by the NUG from youths and pro-democracy activists in May 2021, in response to the coup d’état by the military junta and their armed wing, the Tatmadaw.

We first tried to see the BoyzBoyzBoyz show at 10:30 but all tables reserved except for the horrible ones to the side of stage. They said they had to hold the others so we left without a show or drinks.
Toy Boys was second stop and boy Tawan boy and I both found boys we liked and had them over for drinks. Mine was from Laos and cute and on a normal night, I would have taken him but I can to celebrate the beloved's BD so I let him pick someone. Needless to say it was a fem boy.    But, very sweet and good English. We brought him back to the hotel and the BF had about 2 hours of fun with him. When I asked why I only get 45 seconds of fun every time, he said, "that is you and not me."  Oh well, age has both advantages and disadvantages.
We had stopped here after a trip to Sunnee. It was good to see that NiceBoys still has that photo of Charlie. Wow. He was such a fun guy and good to that bar.
As for ToyBoys, honestly, there were at least 4 or 6 guys I would have taken on my own. Some cute and well defined bodies. I did get my drink boys LINE as he said he comes to Bangkok some and wants to spend Songkran there.

From MSN
Russians Arrested For Illegal Crypto Trading In Thailand Cannabis Dispensary
The serene beaches of Koh Phangan, Thailand, recently became the center of an unexpected clash between cryptocurrency trading and cannabis retail.
Owned by Russian citizens Maksim Variukhin and Ibragim Gaitukiev, the Plantasia Cannabis Collective was investigated by Thailand's Technology Crime Suppression Division (TCSD) for operating as an unlicensed digital asset business, reported Khaosod English.

that mechanism works everywhere and without exception.
If somebody with name Zhou En Lai wins Nobel Price in chemistry  or Olympic gold in marathon for country like say ,Mexico, Ireland or Belgium will be feted as country's  most treasured  asset and pride.
But if guy with the same name , being  5th generation resident turns mass murderer he will be still classified as immigrant and poster child in arguments  why immigration should be curbed 

Moses is not a Russian name and you still use it as your nick and no, there's absolutely nothing wrong with it,   although Kostik's nick sounds more patriotic, specially coupled with his "Ivan the Terrible" avatar. 

I cannot clearly see how Vegman would be a german name and I cannot clearly see what the origin of a name has to do with nationality.

From Pattaya News
A British businessman and ex-pat died after falling on a glass door at his home near Pattaya on Wednesday morning. The door broke and impaled him in the chest area, relevant rescue teams told The Pattaya News.
The tragic accident took place at a luxury one-story house located in a village in Moo 2, Huai Yai sub-district, Banglamung district, Chonburi province. Sawang Boriboon rescue workers and Huay Yai police rushed to the scene at 7:10 AM yesterday, April 3rd, 2024, to find the victim, Mr. Gareth John Wilson, deceased in his bedroom.
Mr. Gareth, 54, had suffered a large laceration to his chest, and was pronounced dead at the scene. He was discovered face-up in only black underwear. Police found at the scene a broken sliding glass door to the bathroom with bloodstains nearby. No signs of a struggle were found. Police believed that Mr. Gareth may have fallen on the glass door by accident, which subsequently broke and impaled him in the chest.
Mr. Gareth’s wife, whose name has been withheld by police in light of the ongoing investigation, told police that the deceased had been out drinking with friends last night. He returned home in the early hours of Wednesday morning.
The wife said her husband was about to enter the bathroom when he appeared to have experienced dizziness and fell on the glass door. The door the broke and impaled Mr. Gareth. However, Gareth was still alive and managed to walk to the bed only to pass away shortly later.
Mr. Gareth’s body has been taken to the Police General Hospital for an autopsy. Police are awaiting the results of the autopsy before they can determine the exact cause of death.

new, improved formula gallows urgently needed in Phuket. What if that lurch and collision resulted in fatality ? 

From Thai News Agency

An Australian tourist, seemingly intoxicated, attacked a taxi driver, who told him not to smoke in the vehicle.
The incident occurred on Wednesday about 30 meters away from Thalang Police Station in Phuket province.
According to the taxi driver, he had picked up the tourist from Phuket International Airport and was en route to a hotel. When the tourist started smoking, he informed the tourist that smoking was not allowed in the vehicle.
Then, the tourist crossed over from the back seat and grabbed him by the neck. He lost control of the vehicle, causing it to lurch forward and collide with a car in the front.
The tourist has agreed to compensate for damages to both vehicles and has apologized. The taxi driver has also been taken to the hospital for a medical examination as part of the legal process.
Police have filed charges against the tourist for “using violence against others” and have noted signs of alcohol intoxication during their investigation.

From Pattaya Mail
By Barry Kenyon
More than three months after “assessable” foreign income became taxable, many of Thailand’s expats are still swimming in a sea of uncertainty. Lots of advice online, but few definite answers. Senior officers from the Revenue have said little of late, although there has been a half-promise to the Swiss ambassador in a televised interview to print the tax identification forms in English as well as in Thai.
There is a view amongst some Thai lawyers that we must wait until July for clarification on nitty-gritty issues such as double taxation treaties and the tax status of pensions. By that time, some expats will have passed 180 days of minimum residence necessary for tax liability in this category. However, other specialists argue that the Revenue needs not to clarify anything. After all, formal tax law did not change on January 1 2024. There was simply the closing of a tax loophole which had enabled Thais or foreigners to delay transferring income here until a subsequent year.
Will all foreigners who spend half a year or more in Thailand be required to register with the Revenue by obtaining a tin (tax identification number) and submitting the required forms? The submission deadline for the calendar year 2024 will be in the January-March quarter of 2025. Revenue spokespersons have hinted at the all-inclusive scenario, but there has not been a formal declaration. Could the tax offices cope with the rush?
There are some categories of foreign tax residents who will not be liable at all this year, for example those who do not transfer ANY foreign income to Thailand in 2024 as well as holders of the 10 year Longterm Residence Visa who are exempt from declaring any foreign income in any case. The fact that you may be required to submit forms does not mean that you are, in fact, liable to pay any Thai tax. But expats won’t welcome the envisaged bureaucracy and likely registration with two tax authorities: the home country and Thailand.

There is also ambiguity about the precise status double taxation treaties. A retiree, for example, might argue – and indeed prove – he or she has paid taxes on pensions in the home country. But the Revenue could argue that the retiree could use those payments as a tax credit in Thailand rather than conceding a total immunity. Everyone agrees that the revised rules about foreign income are designed to catch Thais (and foreigners) making profits from untaxed overseas businesses and foreign exchange and crypto currency trading. The problem, needless to say, could be small fish being caught in the net alongside big ones.
The optimistic view about the future is that tin registration will remain voluntary as, in fact, it always has been for Thai citizens. If you think you are liable for tax, then by all means register. If you try to cheat, the newish Common Reporting System – an automatic and international exchange of the financial information of individuals to combat tax evasion and ensure compliance – will expose your dealings. But if all expats living here for half a year or so are thrown into the same pit willy-nilly, then Thai authorities can expect non-working longstay expats to become an endangered species. Imagine the note on official publicity for one year extensions or for Elite visas: “You are reminded that you are required to register with the Thai Revenue’s tax identification system if staying in Thailand more than 180 days in a calendar year.” Not exactly marketing.
 

I tend to ignore completely aspiring hi-tech places  with menus only on QR code or accepting card payments only ( no cash)  and patronize them only if pressed by circumstances.
Nothing wrong with being progressive and up to date with technology but at end of day what it is is just limiting customer choice for business convenience.
Majority but not everybody when travelling purchases SIM with data plans ( even if I do)  and some people may be wary of using credit or debit in foreign locales (I'm)
 
It can be done and without compromising brotherly modesty if they wish, speaking from personal experience described in this forum few years ago.

For those reluctant for whatever reason to travel outside the Silom area, there are ample massage offerings in the Siom-Surawong rectangle.
Scattered along Silom road between the Saladeang BTS Station and Soi 6 you'll find a half dozen or so shops, not counting Adam Massage on Soi 4, perhaps the longest-running shop in the area.
Turn right onto Silom Soi 6 and you'll find 75+ guys working the shops on that short stretch of road.
Continue past the dogleg turn onto Soi Tarntawan and then turn right on Surawong where you'll pass by five  all-mixed shops.  There's a lone mixed shop on Patpong One and a few more small ones on Surawong before you get to Soi Thaniya.
 
 

don't give up, not every session must be sex date , what about some cuddling or hand holding. Take is easy and all of the sudden two or three become seven or nine

Two, maybe three, in a row would be all I could handle so probably not. A man has to know his limitations.
But you younger guys I'm sure could manage it.

Standard massage room (400 1 hour) are spacious with mattress pad on floor and showers down the hall.
VIP rooms (600 1 hour) come with large massage table and ample sized shower/toilet en suite.

I go out to Kman Massage frequently.   I have a regular I see.   We do 3 ways often.  I message him and he sends me 3 or 4 pictures of guys available for this kind of fun.     I have never been disappointed and most of the times these become no limits scenes.    It all comes down to communication and money.   Most of the minimum tips are 800 - 1000.    Easy to have 3ways for 1500.    Saphan Kwai area shops is the place to go for this kind of fun.   

One Spa appears to be in the process of updating its roster. Photos of staff no longer active have been deleted and some new arrivals have been assigned now available numbers. The highest number of 0300 was posted on line yesterday.
 

That's a fairly subjective question but I'll give it a try.
Based on 40+ visits to these shops post Covid, I can honestly say that the data about body size and preferences I found to be accurate. And for the most part, they all strive to satisfy the customer because that's how they make a living.
Do the guys look like the photos? Yes. But as I recently mentioned in another post, some of the veteran staff photos may be a few years old. And pics of a small number who have darker skin may have been edited to appear lighter. That to me, anyway, is no problem because I find those cooper toned guys attractive.
I think we all need to keep in mind that just as all of us are unique in outlook and desires, so are the guys who staff these shops. They have different personalities and backgrounds. For me, that's a plus because I want to meet a wide array of young men from different places.
To those who just want an a more generic--cookie cutter if you will--experience, I'm confident they'll still come away satisfied, also.
I think if we put ourselves in the place of the young men we encounter, we can appreciate what goes into their job. They agree to meet clients they've never seen before and have no idea how the next hour or so will unfold. I'm always amazed how often they pull it off with aplomb.
 
 

From The Nation
Immigration police have warned the public not to believe internet posts that offer a fast track through immigration at Suvarnabhumi and Don Mueang airports in exchange for a fee.
Police spokesman Maj Gen Cherngron Rimpadee said on Thursday that officials are investigating the “richcarsbangkok” Facebook page, which promises access to Immigration fast-track lanes for both incoming and outgoing travellers.
Posted in English, the advert reads: “Fast Track Arrival - Departure 2,900 Baht/flight”. It also contains instructions on how to use the service to supposedly bypass immigration counters at Bangkok’s international airports.
Investigators found that the Facebook page’s main business is renting out luxury cars, Cherngron said. He insisted that there was no such thing as an “immigration fast track” for a fee.
There was no need for such a service since Immigration police have streamlined the process at airports and reduced waiting time to less than 15 minutes, even during rush hours, he said.He added that the fast track lanes at immigration booths are reserved for priority passengers, including the disabled, travellers with infants, pregnant women, seniors over 70, and holders of diplomatic visas, elite cards, Thai long-stay and APEC cards.
Officials are investigating other pages on social media that may be advertising similar services and would pursue appropriate legal action, the spokesman said.

 

Nice boys in pattaya might be a cheaper option? If they still do chuck wow for 300-500 per boy per chuckwow.

Or rent room at One Spa for 24 hours (1,000), avail yourself of "buffet" benefit (400) and have mamasan send you new boy every hour (24,000).
Another option would be to try a sauna. 39 Underground in Saphan Kwai might fill the bill nicely and it wouldn't cost you anything more than price of admission.

From Pattaya News
At 3:00 PM, on March 25th, 2024, Pol. Gen. Kittirat Phanphet, the deputy police commander, performed an inspection at Suvarnabhumi Airport regarding Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin’s orders to improve the service quality and time.
Upon the inspection, Suvarnabhumi immigration officers were found to have reduced average passport control time on arrival from 45 seconds to 30 seconds as the scan boarding pass processing was excluded.
Moreover, automatic channels on departure were updated with new versions and improved technology and performance, reducing average time of processing from 40 seconds to 20 seconds, according to Thai national media.
It was reported that Suvarnabhumi officers promised the biometric system would not crash like the previous time.
However, during rush hours, it could cause an overflowing number of passengers as more than 4,000 to 5,000 passengers landed at nearly the same time while the passenger terminal had a capacity for only 2,000 passengers.
The airport officers on break were ordered to support the checkpoints during rush hours in order to facilitate th processing, according to Thai national media.
Meanwhile, Suvarnabhumi Airport employed more than 200 officers and planned to increase its staff by 330 more positions which was believed to be sufficient for a large number of passengers, according to Thai national media.

Sure, walk into any bar. Take off 20 boys. Take then to a short stay hotel. Have them jerk off on you. Pay them, and full-fill your fantasy!

P.S. This review might be of particular interest:
 
 
  Sadly, the reviewer didn't expand on the matters of the palate.

From Thai PBS World
No less than four draft laws on alcohol control will soon go before Parliament, but none appear to contain a middle path that will satisfy everyone.
Two drafts, one proposed by the Public Health Ministry’s Disease Control Department (DCD) and the other by an anti-alcohol group, push for strict control – apparently out of concern about health and other impacts of drinking.
The two other drafts, one written by a pro-alcohol group and the other by Move Forward MP and craft-beer champion Taopiphop Limjittrakorn, seek to break monopoly-like conditions in the industry, which is dominated by just a handful of brewing giants.
Along with these, the government’s eight-point recommendation will also join the fray.
Strict rules
Since the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act was enacted in 2008, Thailand has ranked among countries with tight restrictions on the advertising, sale and consumption of booze.
This Act outlaws any form of advertising that displays, directly or indirectly, an alcoholic beverage’s brand or trademark.
Displaying even a picture of a glass of beer can result in a hefty fine.
“I’ve heard that one restaurant was fined close to 1 million baht once,” said Asst Prof Dr Charoen Charoenchai, a lecturer at Rajamangala University of Technology Thanyaburi’s Faculty of Agricultural Technology.
Charoen, who leads the group behind one of the draft laws to liberalize alcohol, believes authorities have tightened control until there is almost no room to breathe.
“I don’t think this Alcohol Beverage Control Law is normal since it authorizes the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board to add new stipulations.”
“Normally, legal changes should come from the legislature,” the lecturer said.
Rumors suggest the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board is planning to tag packaging with pictures depicting the dangers of alcohol consumption.
More power to control consumption?
Charoen said that if the DCD’s draft becomes law, authorities and officials will be handed inappropriate powers.
For instance, officials will have the power to search and inspect breweries or retailers selling alcohol without a search warrant.
There is concern that this will also open the door to corruption and harassment by unscrupulous officials.
“After looking through the drafts presented by the DCD and the anti-alcohol group, I can tell that their content is extreme. It’s as if they intend to ban any public mention of alcohol,” Charoen said.
The DCD draft would also raise the ceiling of penalties for an offending manufacturer or importer from Bt500,000 to Bt1 million and up to one year in jail, or both.
Too strict?
Charoen said such a strict approach would affect the freedom and rights to earn a livelihood of many.
Businesses that rely on tourists, for instance, were uncomfortable about scary pictures being attached to the packaging of alcoholic drinks, he explained.
He said the strict law even affects his own field of education; though he teaches about the manufacture of alcoholic beverages, the law stops him from openly sharing his knowledge with his students.
“I can’t talk about content that can be useful, even though as a lecturer, I should be serving the public with my academic knowledge,” he said.
“Similarly, manufacturers can’t communicate about their products with consumers either.”
Supapong Puenglampu, who represents small-scale liquor manufacturers, lamented that despite having the license to produce liquor and meeting all manufacturing standards and hygiene requirements, alcohol producers like him still face many problems under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act.
“If we try to present product information, our action is seen as encouraging drinking. How can we sell our product without explaining what makes it different from others?”
He said that though small and local producers need to display their local identity, displaying a trademark or an emblem can land them in trouble.
“Small manufacturers like us are summoned to court. If we can’t afford a court battle, we end up having to pay a fine at the Office of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board.”
Draft laws on liberalizing alcohol
The draft law pushed by the Charoen-led group hopes Thailand will allow alcoholic beverages to be sold from vending machines, in shops near universities and through round-the-clock promotional campaigns.
The draft proposed by the Move Forward MP is along the same lines.
For instance, it would lift the restriction on the sale of alcohol during certain hours and allow people to drink where they want, including public parks and educational institutions.
Government recommendations
Believing that all four drafts represent extreme ends of the debate, Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin tasked PM’s Secretary-General Prommin Lertsuridej to come up with recommendations for Parliament to consider alongside the quartet.
The eight-point recommendation, which has already won a Cabinet nod, seeks to ease tight controls on alcohol consumption in Thailand.
For instance, it advocates the sale of alcohol at hotels or venues located near schools, as well as at stadiums and concert halls.
It also suggests that the ban on selling alcohol through vending machines be lifted and promotions and discounts be allowed.
Too lenient?
Theera Watcharapranee, director of Stop-Drink Network Thailand, said the eight-point recommendation would weaken the country’s alcohol controls and favor alcohol-based businesses including pubs and bars.
“The people will pay the price if you only please investors and businesses,” he warned.
“If the consumption of alcohol rises, you will see more fatal road accidents from drunk driving.”
According to the National Statistical Office, the number of alcohol drinkers in Thailand has dropped by 2% since the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act took effect in 2008.
The percentage of total road-accident casualties hospitalized by drunk driving during Thailand’s infamous “7 dangerous days” over the Songkran and New Year holidays has also dropped, from 40% to 26%.
The Alcoholic Beverage Control Act won 13 million signatures of support, including Theera’s, before it was enforced.
Assoc Prof Dr Udomsak Saengow from Walailak University said the alcohol-control law was, in fact, beneficial, but the people in power are too preoccupied with the idea of liberalizing the industry to recognize the law’s benefits.