What should expats in Thailand do if there's a coup?

You seem to have a lot anxiety. Remind me how many foreigners were harmed during the last coup? Zero? Your life will be a lot more peaceful if you stop looking at the news.

Always good to remember your insurance may be void during these sort of events. It’s normally a clause.

Don’t worry, I’ve lived through 2 coup’s in Thailand as an Expat. Just obey the curfew rules and you will be fine

What is your business if happen or no

Nothing affects you ka . !!

So weird who think this...

Do you think yourself in African countries where all the country go up side down when something happen?

Educate yourself 1st before asking something like this ka

To all those people who are wanting anonymous posts banned . . . .

This is the very reason people feel the need to post anon 😁

Isnt it a regular thing here…

However, they have tended to make it part of the tourist attractions rather than target us.

I dont think thailand would be unsafe under any circumstances if anything like this happened .. i have been through an even worse coup back in egypt and everything was fine .. it is gonna be bad only if people carried weapons and started fighting which isnt gonna happen in thailand i believe .. then your country will evacuate you like during covid curfew

A lot of low information commenters here. When Prayuth took over from Yingluck, visa enforcement was tightened up in lots of little ways. Investment incentives through BOI were cut back and so on. The army governments generally lean more right wing and nationalistic and like blaming problems on foreigners.

The actual coup action was a non event for 99% of Bangkokians, no shots were fired, it just happened. But I'd totally expect another army government to reconsider the DTV. DTV is a Pheu Thai program, it's an easy visa, army doesn't like Pheu Thai, and tends to make visas harder.

The last coup they did martial law…

It was absolutely fabulous

The nightlife opened at 1400 and “officially” closed at 2100 but we still partied until 4am

Great times

I have lived through 2. Nothing changes

Nothing 😀

The way I heard it was the Army is like the big brother that steps in and takes over every time the little siblings squabble or get out of hand.

Thailand is normally under a coup , why worry

You can still cook. The army won't take away your LPG

Join in

It's quite safe here when there is a coup, the army takes charge and if you stay away from the protest areas in Bangkok, life is the same

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Continue on life as usual

I was here during the 2006 and 2014 coups and tbh you wouldn't have really known if you didn't keep up with the news.

Day to day life just carries on

The yellow and red shirts debate closed the airport for weeks and that had a much bigger effect as your travel was restricted

But the coups happen and life goes on

I was in Thailand when they had a coup in (I think it was) 2006. Just stay home and wait for it to blow over.

My plan is to ask stupid questions to strangers on Facebook.

There's been coups before and the visa rules weren't affected

Carry on as usual 🤷🏻‍♂️