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  • “Racial profiling and xenophobic” – a rant against Dual Pricing | Thaiger

    “Racial profiling and xenophobic” – a rant against Dual Pricing

    “Yet another example of Thailand’s racial profiling and xenophobia towards foreigners.” A post by ‘Despondant Foreigner’ on ThaiVisa has again brought up the ongoing saga of dual-pricing. Dual-pricing is the difference in entry fees, or even some restaurant prices, between ‘locals’ and expats, foreigners and ‘farang’. The rules are applied in a lumpy fashion at various tourist hot spots around…

  • Fox News fake news, Phuket gets a bullet | Thaiger

    Fox News fake news, Phuket gets a bullet

    by Bill Barnett, C9Hotelworks.com As Phuket moves slowly into low season, a story published in the international media by the US-based Fox News about how tourists could face the death penalty over taking photos at the island’s airport is a highly flaw piece of sensationalist fake news. Clearly there is no likelihood that the Thai authorities will apply a legal maximum…

  • Is Thanathorn the new Thaksin? Will the ‘establishment’ tolerate his new political vision? | Thaiger

    Is Thanathorn the new Thaksin? Will the ‘establishment’ tolerate his new political vision?

    Is Future Forward Party leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit a popular fad or does he, and his party, have the staying power to make him a sustainable threat to the entrenched Thai political elite? Many analysts are comparing Thanathorn to Thaksin in his early days. They say there are clear similarities. First off, Thanathorn is facing the kind of legal trouble that…