🇹🇭 Thai forces reclaim Ta Kwai Temple after close‑quarters combat
Thai army troops have regained control of the Ta Kwai Temple complex in Surin’s Phanom Dong Rak district, previously occupied by Cambodian soldiers.
Maj. Gen. Winthai Suvaree noted that while the area is now secured, the situation remains tense.
In Thailand, authorities arrested a Russian military intelligence officer and “world-class hacker” wanted by the FBI
Police seized laptops, mobile phones, and crypto wallets, freezing around $432,000. According to the FBI database, only one 35-year-old Russian, Alexey Lukashev, is listed for cybercrimes.
U.S. investigators say Lukashev is an officer of Russia’s military intelligence (GRU), assigned to Unit 26165, described as “one of the oldest and most notorious GRU-linked cyber groups.”
He is also charged in connection with the 2016 U.S. presidential election interference case.
The reason government programs are so inefficient is that, unlike a commercial company, the feedback loop for improvement is broken, because they have a state-mandated monopoly and can’t go out of business if customers are unhappy.
No matter how bad the service is at your DMV (sorry to pick on DMVs), you still have to use your DMV, because it’s a monopoly.