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<rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Thailand news</title><link>https://aseannow.com/rss/44-thailand-news.xml/</link><description>National and regional news from all around Thailand</description><language>en</language><item><title>Immigration Prevents Entry to 29,490 Foreigners in 2026</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1396075-immigration-prevents-entry-to-29490-foreigners-in-2026/?do=findComment&comment=20539740]]></link><description>Like you say, unfortunately!</description><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 04:54:26 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>UK Confirms Pension Freeze for Expats in Thailand</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1396163-uk-confirms-pension-freeze-for-expats-in-thailand/?do=findComment&comment=20539739]]></link><description>And why would you want to do that if you don't want to leave a trail.</description><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 04:53:53 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Pheu Thai Leaders Say Thaksin Exits Party Politics</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1396138-pheu-thai-leaders-say-thaksin-exits-party-politics/?do=findComment&comment=20539738]]></link><description>Fascinating to watch, as always.</description><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 04:53:30 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Wise transfers now taking 8 - 9 hours</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1394670-wise-transfers-now-taking-8-9-hours/?do=findComment&comment=20539737]]></link><description>So your opinion is REVOLUT is the best option from the UK to a Thai bank, not SWIFT or WISE. Correct?</description><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 04:53:18 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>UK Confirms Pension Freeze for Expats in Thailand</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1396163-uk-confirms-pension-freeze-for-expats-in-thailand/?do=findComment&comment=20539736]]></link><description>Then, if it is like you say, then Brits are very gullible. I saw it as a natural thing to look over everything, before moving from Sweden, so there would not be any surprises later in life. That&#xB4;s something I expect everyone to do, instead of just don&#xB4;t give a rat's ass and later complain. The only difference with you, is that there is no complaining from you. Otherwise, you were same foolish not to even think about checking how it works with your pension in the country you are moving to.  Besides that, you also talk about that it&#xB4;s not fair when quoting my post and replying to me. I never mentioned anything regarding that and only stated the facts. Was that your way of smoothly making it look like I am bad, nicely disguised. That doesn&#xB4;t work, as I don&#xB4;t think it&#xB4;s fair at all, but it&#xB4;s beside the point. The need to check, and the need to be aware!  At the end your reply, you are also making kind of a fool out of yourself. You thank goodness for mediums that have delivered this information to you during recent years. Are you for real? Why would you call people that only state there are available information open for all regarding the subject? In other words, you don&#xB4;t have to be a medium. You only have to be an enough clever person to find the information.  Also, there are not only Brits that are affected by different changes in their pension when they move abroad. Several countries have different clauses that in one way or another affects your pension. So, yeah! By replying like you just did, you made an even bigger fool out of yourself, by openly admitting that you didn&#xB4;t have a thought of checking up such important things. Have a nice weekend now.</description><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 04:53:15 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>UK Confirms Pension Freeze for Expats in Thailand</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1396163-uk-confirms-pension-freeze-for-expats-in-thailand/?do=findComment&comment=20539735]]></link><description>Wise has a sort code and account number...so yes it can</description><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 04:52:39 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>UK Confirms Pension Freeze for Expats in Thailand</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1396163-uk-confirms-pension-freeze-for-expats-in-thailand/?do=findComment&comment=20539734]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't follow you, I do direct bank to Thailand transfers using Barclays, Revolut (Now a full UK Bank) &amp; Wise with Revolut being the better option &amp; Wise probably the worse nowadays ... What's foolish about that?]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 04:52:22 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Swiss Man Reports 12.5m Music Collection Theft in Hua Hin</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1396141-swiss-man-reports-125m-music-collection-theft-in-hua-hin/?do=findComment&comment=20539733]]></link><description>I couldn't give my old CDs away, all boxed, nobody wanted them.  House music and dance music from the 80s and 90s</description><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 04:52:15 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Swiss Man Reports 12.5m Music Collection Theft in Hua Hin</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1396141-swiss-man-reports-125m-music-collection-theft-in-hua-hin/?do=findComment&comment=20539732]]></link><description>Or at the rear of someone's motorbike food truck instead of opening their rear lights!</description><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 04:50:43 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>UK Confirms Pension Freeze for Expats in Thailand</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1396163-uk-confirms-pension-freeze-for-expats-in-thailand/?do=findComment&comment=20539731]]></link><description>The pension can be paid directly to Wise?</description><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 04:50:39 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>UK Confirms Pension Freeze for Expats in Thailand</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1396163-uk-confirms-pension-freeze-for-expats-in-thailand/?do=findComment&comment=20539730]]></link><description>A wise card pound and baht account and a Mrs to funnel it through is a start.</description><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 04:49:18 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>UK Confirms Pension Freeze for Expats in Thailand</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1396163-uk-confirms-pension-freeze-for-expats-in-thailand/?do=findComment&comment=20539729]]></link><description>"Fundamentally wrong" please explain? Fundamentally the government has a limited pool of money, if they decide to spend it on supporting illegal migrants then anyone with half an ounce of economic knowledge will understand that another part of the community must have its benefits reduced...you are clearly  financialy illiterate ... typical woke commentary..</description><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 04:49:08 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>British MP Seeks Foreign Office Help for Injured Tourist in Thailand</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1396178-british-mp-seeks-foreign-office-help-for-injured-tourist-in-thailand/?do=findComment&comment=20539728]]></link><description>Google Angel Flights.  I think you'd be surprised.</description><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 04:47:15 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>UK Asylum System Near Collapse, MPs Warn</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1396148-uk-asylum-system-near-collapse-mps-warn/?do=findComment&comment=20539727]]></link><description>Easy to solve.Any bloke down the pub will tell you.</description><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 04:46:01 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Henry Nowak alleged murder or self defense,News</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1395152-henry-nowak-alleged-murder-or-self-defensenews/?do=findComment&comment=20539726]]></link><description>Another one who exposes their lack of knowledge of the UK justice system, their lack of understanding of the difference between pleading guilty or not guilty, their complete ignorance of........everything.  I'm not explaining this again, I must have done it 4-5 times.</description><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 04:45:21 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>June 4th 1989, Have we forgotten?</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1396108-june-4th-1989-have-we-forgotten/?do=findComment&comment=20539725]]></link><description>How interesting,  when we are talking about China.</description><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 04:45:18 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Eating sardines for 5 days test</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1391624-eating-sardines-for-5-days-test/?do=findComment&comment=20539724]]></link><description>They can be 10 years old and still ok. The cans are hermetically sealed.</description><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 04:44:50 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>British MP Seeks Foreign Office Help for Injured Tourist in Thailand</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1396178-british-mp-seeks-foreign-office-help-for-injured-tourist-in-thailand/?do=findComment&comment=20539723]]></link><description>The Australian govt used to loan money in such circumstances (probably no longer), but they would not issue a new passport until all debts were paid. Unless you are a Billionaire, a celebrity or heading to Epstein's Island it's not easy to hitch a ride on a private jet. Do you think they give a rats about the common man?</description><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 04:43:54 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Swiss Man Reports 12.5m Music Collection Theft in Hua Hin</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1396141-swiss-man-reports-125m-music-collection-theft-in-hua-hin/?do=findComment&comment=20539722]]></link><description>Realy comes down to what was in the collection though, some do command decent coin.</description><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 04:43:46 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>The Bluetooth Button.</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1395992-the-bluetooth-button/?do=findComment&comment=20539721]]></link><description>Even more ominously for you, the listing has disappeared from Lazada. Let's hope you can get your money back. https://www.lazada.co.th//products/pdp-i5344967002-s22715678531.html  Oops! Sorry this product is no longer available.</description><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 04:42:18 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Home is where the heart is</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1396115-home-is-where-the-heart-is/?do=findComment&comment=20539720]]></link><description>My home &#x2014; and my heart &#x2014; has been several place; today it is in 'paradise', which not so bad a place to have one's home...</description><enclosure url="https://assets.aseannow.com/forum/uploads/monthly_2026_06/Welcome_to_Paradise_IMG20201012144632-Cr.jpg.b4014f1f2ddb58083b88462cbae0d7fa.jpg" length="89515" type="image/jpeg"/><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 04:42:16 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Lows and highs of air travel</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1396065-lows-and-highs-of-air-travel/?do=findComment&comment=20539719]]></link><description>Isn't AI a clever system ?? I can't wait until AI controls everything we do in our lives  with no human guidance won't it be a lot of fun ?? I can't wait....Who needs humans anyway .??</description><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 04:42:15 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>UK Confirms Pension Freeze for Expats in Thailand</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1396163-uk-confirms-pension-freeze-for-expats-in-thailand/?do=findComment&comment=20539718]]></link><description>I don't follow you. GBP 12.500 is 0%, up to 50k it is 20%, so up to 37.5k @ 20% = 7.5k. So your 3k a year means your income is about 15k+12.5k = 27.5k, less the 3k tax = 24.5k = 90k Baht per month. Wish I had that much to live on.</description><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 04:42:14 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>UK Confirms Pension Freeze for Expats in Thailand</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1396163-uk-confirms-pension-freeze-for-expats-in-thailand/?do=findComment&comment=20539716]]></link><description>3 years ago, I was diagnosed by the best private hospital in Thailand that I had prostate cancer.  My French company private medical insurer refused to pay on a technicality for treatment (bastards..), and I therefore made the decision to return permanently to the UK and seek NHS treatment.  I arrived in the UK, rented a temporary room in a dingy hotel in Blackpool (a city with which I had no family ties etc), and went down to the local GP to register.  I explained that I was a returning expat from Thailand, with the intention of remaining in the UK, (which was true, because I had been told that I had prostate cancer, and being in my 60s, it seemed the best path to take). At no time was I asked to pay for treatment/investigations, nor was I made to wait.  I was fast-tracked....  I hid nothing from the GP. He registered me immediately and within 5 days I was at Blackpool NHS, where I was seen by a postate cancer doctor.  Again, I explained my background and was fast-tracked for further tests etc, especially because the experienced doctor looked at the MRI scans from the expensive Thai hospital and stated his doubts that I had cancer.  Subsequent to all this and 2 months of waiting for an extensive biopsy (they didn't want to do the biopsy immediately because I had bad UTIs etc), the 24-needle biopsy was performed, and not  a single cancer cell was found, only benign calcium nodules!!  With this shadow hanging over me removed, I then had second-thoughts about remaining in the UK, and I asked my GP if I returned to Thailand/overseas, would I need to pay for the NHS treatment that I had.  The answer was an emphatic 'no', because at the time of treatment etc, it WAS my honest intention to remain in the UK (because those wonderful Thai doctors said I had cancer).  The fact that I subsequently changed my mind over where to live was irrelevant (said my GP), because my original intent was clear (I had registered with a GP, registered on the electoral role etc).  If you return to the UK with the honest intention to remain there, then NHS treatment is free and not delayed, (apart from the typical delays incurred by everyone for having your gammy hip replaced etc).  Cancer diagnosis etc is fast-tracked.</description><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 04:42:01 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Italian Man Caught Smuggling Heroin into Koh Samui Cell</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1396086-italian-man-caught-smuggling-heroin-into-koh-samui-cell/?do=findComment&comment=20539717]]></link><description>Probably he did it for a friend , considering the small ammount , and now he's paying the consequences of the stupid act .</description><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 04:42:01 +0000</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
