A few surprises for tourist arrivals into Thailand this year, the latest in the Great Cannabis Debacle… “buy it but don’t smoke it here”, Michelin stars doled out to BKK restaurants, Samui and Pattaya get new tourist arrivals, Thai car exports surge, police held to account for heavy-handed response to APEC protesters.

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TIMESTAMPS
0:42 – Malaysian King ‘appoints’ new PM
4:20 – Tourist arrivals to Thailand 2022
6:55 – Latest twist in the cannabis story for Thailand
9:55 – Michelin stars for BKK restaurants
11:55 – Thai car exports booming
12:40 – Tourism employment report
14:50 – Medical tourism recovers
17:56 – Cruise ship for Samui, Russian flights to U-Tapao
18:44 – Riot police response demanded from injured journalists

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