Prachatai english: Opposition to APEC 2022! The police, sometimes using tear gas and rubber bullets, have to protect the participants of Apec (Asian-Pacific Economic Cooperation) from the angry crowd of Thai citizens. Thailand's Dictator and his advertising strategists present a completely false picture of today's Thailand to the congress participants. An estimated 25,000 police are in Bangkok for the event for security.

Bangkok Post: Govt to inject another B10bn into THAI! Finance Ministry expected to sell shares in other state enterprises to raise necessary funds. Same same as flushing money down a toilet?

South China Morning Post (SCMP): Forgotten Uygurs locked up in Thailand face ‘hell on earth’ and fear for future! A group of Uygurs, arrested in 2013-2014, have been shuffled around Thai immigration centres for eight years while authorities ponder their fate They fear deportation to China's 'vocational training centres' where UN found torture, forced labour and large-scale arbitrary detention

Government and bank employees in Bangkok, Samut Prakan and Nonthaburi can look forward to a long weekend in mid-November: Because of the APEC meeting of various heads of state or their deputies, which has been planned by the government for a long time, they do not have to go to work on November 16th, 17th and 18th and can therefore spend five days in Pattaya (or anywhere else).

Responding to a statement by a group of local gamblers who claimed that there are more than 100 gambling dens operating in secret under the jurisdiction of the Metropolitan Police Bureau (MPB) the head of the National Police, Police General Damrongsak Kittiprapas, stressed on Wednesday that there are no gambling dens in the capital.

General Surachate Hakpan, nicknamed Big Joke, the former head of the Thai Immigration Department who is now deputy commander of the entire Thai police force after a fall from grace, is cracking down on foreigners who overstay. By checking the passports or passport copies of tourists in the nightclubs of Walking Street and elsewhere, the men of Big Joke are once again ruining Thailand's image.

The United Kindom celebrated the National Cholesterol Month during October 2022. It was initiated by Heart UK and supported among others by Silence Therapeutics. Both organizations stir the fear of cholesterol. Since many people no longer believe in the "serious consequences" of LDL, Silence Therapeutics has discovered Lp(a) or Lipoprotein(a) for themselves and their supporters (or vice versa). Study the arguments of cholesterol proponents and opponents:

As someone who has suffered the pain of statins for 20 years, I can report today that my doctors have decided that I need to stop taking statins. In all these years, the drugs have not caused any significant change in my HDL/LDL levels. The body has always regulated itself and has always maintained "its optimal" levels.

According to my doctors, their therapy was unsuccessful. At least my liver hasn't been damaged - only my wallet.

Bangkok Post: No strict Covid controls from Oct 1

Bangkok Post: Masks rule to stay for public transport

Soi 7 connects Pattaya Second Road with Beach Road. Soi 7 is home to many popular open beer bars with lots of pretty entertainers.

In recent weeks, several new bars have opened in Soi Chaiyaphoon, also known as Soi Chalermphrakiat 25. Soi Chaiyaphoon connects Pattaya 3rd Road with Soi Buakhao and Soi Xzite.

Soi LK Metro is Soi Buakhao's A Go-Go Heaven. It connects Soi Diana with Soi Buakhao.

Soi Boomerang starts opposite Pattaya City Hospital and connects Soi 15 with Soi Buakhao.

Since the end of the pandemic, Tree Town has been the centre of Soi Buakhao's nightlife.