https://aseannow.com/rss/44-thailand-news.xml/National and regional news from all around ThailandenBullseye! You are absolutely correct. "Cutting" the girls'compensation used to be more common than it is today, but it is still standard procedure for some Pattaya residents. Going back 25 years or so to the early days of the Thai sexpat boards, there were many posts about how to cheat the girls out of part or all of their fees. Most posters opposed such suggestions, but a sizeable minority enthusiastically endorsed them. Some continue to believe it's entirely OK to pay the girls less than agreed and anyone who doesn't is spoiling the girls. The "cheap Charlie" mindset took firm hold in Pattaya. The Canadian whose hair is black had a hungry little sidekick and the two of them functioned as the ideological inspiration for the cheap Charlie crowd. They once had a strong following on the punter boards. I could name the sidekick, but I don't want to gab or someone might flame me. In time, the influence of the most prolific cheap Charlie posters has waned, but unfortunately it lives on to some degree.Tue, 30 Jun 2026 12:41:45 +0000Sounds like the perfect defamation case right there.... I witnessed a similar shocking attitude first hand at an 'educational academy' my son was attending... this was all about exam prep and interview prep for overseas schools - very specialised, intensive lessons and preparation etc. We watched a boy on his phone, while tutors and family were discussing UK Universities, which focuses on what subject, what he'd need to get in - where to focus - they were giving him every opportunity - he didn't take his eyes of the phone. All I could think of was - if that was my child the phones going straight in the bin - but then again, if that was my child they'd have been listening attentively with focus and respect because thats how he's been taught to behave. In short - exactly as you highlighted - this attitude starts at home, weak guardianship - I won't say parenting because a lot of these exceptionally wealth kids are brought up by maids not their parents and thats part of the problem - its also where the entitlement slips in.Tue, 30 Jun 2026 12:41:15 +0000Joe Biden.Tue, 30 Jun 2026 12:40:28 +0000Yep and do not tell the second doctor what the first said, or they might just agree and do the operation/treatment a bit cheaper, never lose sight that it is only about the moneyTue, 30 Jun 2026 12:39:42 +0000So many uptight wannabes on here.Tue, 30 Jun 2026 12:39:00 +0000We bo. The stamp you get is Non immigrant. Live here for 30 years and your still a tourist, not an immigrant This isn't Europe.Tue, 30 Jun 2026 12:38:33 +0000Good luck with the roid look.Tue, 30 Jun 2026 12:37:15 +0000Tue, 30 Jun 2026 12:36:52 +0000Rupert Lowe want to go after the enablers, people in high positions in govt, who facilitated the rapes. That's good news. Fortunately, there are a few sane people in power.Tue, 30 Jun 2026 12:36:48 +0000Homemade chicken cordon bleu ( hence the anaemia as air fryer cooked rather than deep fried. Salad, couple of cornichons and shop bought hash browns.Tue, 30 Jun 2026 12:35:31 +0000How many of the hundreds and thousands are paying tax to support your lifestyle? How many are bleeding the system dry. Will you happily accept a reduction in your pension to balance the budget? I hope so. Go back home and enjoy.Tue, 30 Jun 2026 12:34:33 +0000Well, I am not rich and I received a signed portrait of President Trump in the mail. I proudly display it in my living room.Tue, 30 Jun 2026 12:34:26 +0000A few days ago I went to Yanhee hospital in Bangkok to see a specialist for varicose veins. When I walked into the hospital lobby I was inundated with the "Pride Rainbow" flag. Every computer terminal had a large rainbow flag flowing from its monitor. There were Pride symbols everywhere and a special large exhibit explaining Yanhee's endorsement of the homosexual movement. After checking in and riding up to an upper floor to see my specialist, I was again inundated with the Pride symbols as I opened the elevator door. At this point I was thinking about leaving but since it took me over an hour to get to this hospital, I suffered through the madness. After the visit my wife informed me that she advised against Yanhee and just pay a little more and go to Bumrungrad Hospital.Tue, 30 Jun 2026 12:30:44 +0000How are they paying your pension. What is the average tax payment they are paying to support you lifestyle?Tue, 30 Jun 2026 12:29:40 +0000liar. show us how got it. hey americans, keep those comments in mind lol.Tue, 30 Jun 2026 12:28:47 +0000This has been going on for over 30 years? That's what Rupert Lowe claims in his report. Sad scary stuff. Woke British leaders afraid of being called racist.Tue, 30 Jun 2026 12:27:59 +0000Lincoln was a Republican, the racist losing slave owners were the Democrats, including black slave owners who owned over 12k black slaves before the war. Everything is not just black and whiteTue, 30 Jun 2026 12:25:53 +0000Oh look, another AussieTue, 30 Jun 2026 12:25:41 +0000This forum is dedicated to popular media topics published and discussed from around the world, including Thai News You can discuss or post ANY news topic except those covered by other news sub-forums. If you are posting a news article for discussion, please check the following: Its within "fair use"; that is - the title and a paragraph about the story. Its not already posted in World News, Soap Box or other News areas on the forum; duplication will be removed. Please always provide a link to your original source As always, forum rules apply; discuss but be respectful. Post interesting stories you may have come across and want to share and discuss with others. Topic closed.Tue, 30 Jun 2026 12:25:40 +0000https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jun/30/thai-teen-girl-murder-australian-man-charged-police-investigate-other-unsolved-cases-ntwnfbTue, 30 Jun 2026 12:24:32 +0000It was Japan I believe.Tue, 30 Jun 2026 12:24:23 +0000Do you have any evidence to support your claims? 12 year olds being sent to prostitution? Didn't think so.Tue, 30 Jun 2026 12:21:22 +0000What is so fascinating about your presence on this forum is how effortlessly you compel others to despise you. But the real triumph here is the staggering depth of your own self loathing. No amount of vitriol that you provoke from this community could ever match the misery that greets you the moment you open your eyes each morning. You drag yourself out of your cheap bed after another poor night of sleep, consistently ignore the prospect of bathing, all while lacking the will to endure another day of your own existence. But then suddenly you grab your phone, immediately start lurking on AN, and before you know it, another twelve hours have slipped by. You have successfully survived another day inside your own miserable skin. For someone who clearly hates every minute of his own life, you sure have found a twisted way to use the abuse of others as the necessary fuel to keep yourself going for one more day.Tue, 30 Jun 2026 12:20:42 +0000Yes, of course you were. Sure you weren't be treating as a patient in the mental unit? That seems a far more likely scenario.Tue, 30 Jun 2026 12:18:50 +0000Arrested another foreign national who committed heinous acts while in a Sanctuary Colorado jurisdiction. "Arrested , a foreign national criminal illegal alien from Mexico, convicted for sexual assault of a child and witness/victim tampering in Adams County, Colorado". https://x.com/DHSgov/status/2071705516531646754?s=20Tue, 30 Jun 2026 12:18:22 +0000