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A very brave 13 year old girl. Sadly she lost her life trying to save another.

Nothing alarming. Happens every year now.

Victim blaming already? In theory, bank accounts are the safest place for one's money. Foreign retirees need that much in their bank account for a couple's retirement visas. I guess that you would put it under your mattress for safety.

Parliament has passed a law to allow smaller breweries but it needs to appear in the Royal gazette for it to be finalised. https://tpnnational.com/2025/03/12/thai-senate-approves-law-allowing-small-producers-to-make-all-alcohol-types/

Very sad that all of us in Thailand have to put up with this and no one does a thing.

Translates as 'the local ladies and katoeys do not like competition' perhaps?

So, they did not even know why they were beating two bales of schittt out of the guy. Pack mentality at its worst.

In defence of dogs...... I have seen the way that some kids 'play' with, and around dogs. My wife was a teacher and she took our well-trained German shepherd to school one day for a class. After she caught one kid trying to stick a pencil up his bum, and another kid trying to ride him, she realised the stupidity of that project. I am not suggesting that this is what the kid in the article was doing, but some dogs are nervous around kids for a good reason.

Do the parents even know how to use a motorbike safely? No is the likely answer, so what was the point?

Quite a nice, polite way of saying 'did eff all'.

Lots of victim/parent blaming here again. Do AN readers live in a parallel universe? It's not as if this poor lad's parents are ultra rich and the bike was a Christmas present (eg 'Boss' of Red Bull fame). Motorbikes are a vital necessity for many here in Thailand. It is often the only was for the ultra poor to get around, make a living and so on. A motorbike is the only transport that the majority of the population can afford. That is the real world.

Sadly, Thailand/China do not care about that. It is all about the money and big project back-handers.

And possibly salt. I am on a 'salt free' diet and get cramp regularly. Luckily, not that frequently. An electrolyte drink puts it right - until the next attack.

It is not only Thais who fight over estates at funerals, although it seems that Thais tend to go for the 'killing' option. I have not been to a funeral yet in the UK where the family did not argue about what was left to whom. Families in the UK argue, but they tend not to kill. My mother, my grandmother, my wife's grandmother, my father-in-law, my son, even my wife - there were arguments about who gets what after they died. Funerals and 'who gets what' brings out the worst in people.

Oh dear Mrs PM. It appears that the vultures are circling.

Be careful what you wish for you anti-Semitic 'concerned netizens'. The media should bear some responsibility here as well.

Very well done Ms Patchani, and very brave as well. I never let the hospital give me drugs. I always ask the doctors to write down the 'prescription' and then I buy them at the local pharmacy. The pharmacist usually asks 'copy or original'?

The legality of abortions is not clear. Even if one decides to have an abortion, it is difficult - From the Bangkok Post https://www.bangkokpost.com/life/social-and-lifestyle/2982166/thai-women-still-left-holding-the-baby

The poor kids would still be dead had they not been on the scooter. ie just walking along the road. That's the same as Thais saying that any accident involving a foreigner is the foreigners fault. The accident would not have happened if the foreigner was not here. Lots of victim blaming here. The person at fault is the driver of the car. End of.

Why on earth would terrorists from the far south want AK47'S in Phuket? Unless........ Quite worrying if they are seeking publicity there.

I would think that a foot away is a more accurate description. Landing almost on top of a cobra would freak most people out.

And another five people arrested on 17th March trying to smuggle cannabis, but this time they were caught at Chiang Mai airport. Three Brits and a couple of American lasses. A very busy few days for the customs people and the police. https://www.khaosodenglish.com/news/2025/03/19/three-brits-two-americans-caught-at-chiang-mai-airport-cannabis-bust/

Rubbish. If people are going to work illegally, they will not care how long the visa lasts. They will just overstay - as usual. No mention of those that do come to Thailand for 60 - 90 days every year. I have friends who come every year to get away from the cold weather.

If he was unaware of what was happening, how does he know that he did not steal the car??? None of this story makes any sense.

What a sad little sycophant Piripan is. There may be a lot of influential people to choose to suck up to, but Prayut is not on that list. He's just a jumped up, out of work general who put Thailand into the hole that it is now in.