https://aseannow.com/rss/44-thailand-news.xml/National and regional news from all around ThailandenOut of curiosity I checked the Thai - German DTA, and it has a roughly similar non-discrimination clause (article-23 in that DTA). Less relevant to me but I note the Australian DTA with Thailand also has such a clause (article-25). It doesn't help Canadian's as Canada retains exclusive rights to tax all Canadian pensions (and similar remunerations) and typically applies a 25% withholding tax. ... But for the OP from the UK, this could indeed be relevant.Wed, 24 Jun 2026 04:50:03 +0000An interesting case has arisen in the UK where a 14 yr old boy has been arrested for the Murder of a 14 yr old girl. There names have been witheld due to there age. If he murder'd this girl he will likely be sent to a young offenders institute because he cannot be sent to an open prison. No deterent to stop these happening. How do you punish a boy this age ? He will likely be free before he hits 30. Meanwhile the parents of this young girl will now go through there life not seeing there girl married , watching there girl become an adult or having Children etc.Wed, 24 Jun 2026 04:49:36 +0000I don't think it's sunk in to Little Marco's brain - the US has NO say to influence anything Iran wishes to do. Someone please get the memo to him that the US lost.Wed, 24 Jun 2026 04:49:26 +0000An accountant or a lawyer's office can often provide help with that kind of service in cooperation with the company, you need to work for.Wed, 24 Jun 2026 04:48:36 +0000"10% for the big guy" was a bad thing during the prior regime.Wed, 24 Jun 2026 04:48:04 +0000Show me any similarity at all between what "we do" and what the PRC does. Point out for example the three private Thai universities that were purchased by PRC investors and used to funnel in Chinese workers on ED visas, while running fake classes run by Chinese teachers and Chinese ghostwriters who wrote the students' papers while the "students" were out working on jobs on Chinese construction projects. https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/3015155/peoples-party-calls-out-visa-scam-for-chinese-illegals And you can even add to that with the number of private Thai universities who have management/ED visa deals in place that mix legit Chinese students in grad programs with fraudulent ones coming to work.Wed, 24 Jun 2026 04:47:59 +0000This is perhaps the weakest apologist logic of the day. He is supposed to be a public servant, and having US citizens pay $1 billion to spruce up a jet he knows he's keeping does nothing to serve taxpayers, many of whom are struggling just to make it from paycheck to paycheck. EPIC fail frog!Wed, 24 Jun 2026 04:47:30 +0000Sorry not to post for a week or so :) I had some 'issues' with the Burmese authorities over my educational charity work, which helps both young students and local teachers. Many of the local teachers resigned from their government school posts when the coup happened, and took to teaching online privately. Some have been arrested and jailed for doing this online teaching. My charity resources are mainly aimed at helping local teachers 'teach' English in an effective manner, and I think the Burmese authorities suddenly realised that! In any case, they declined to extend my business visa for teaching at the school in Myanmar.. So I had to leave. Unlike Laos, I wasn't deported :) (Laos is a completely different matter and concerns a local 'idiot' police chief not liking my legal ham radio activities...). I can visit Myanmar at any time on a tourist visa, and I haven't been banned in any way from visiting the orphanages etc. So right now, I'm back living on Koh Phangan, where I previously lived and taught Thai and English as a volunteer to the 70 or so young Burmese kids in the local community. Those kids are undocumented in Thailand, and were allowed to accompany their parents to Phangan when the latter moved here to work (building houses etc for the Israelis and Russians etc!). The kids are granted 'safe harbour' status by the local Thai authorities, meaning that they can stay but must not leave the locality where their parents live. The number of such kids has now increased to about 280(!), and very few of them are able to attend any kind of school. Previously the Thai authorities turned a blind eye to unregistered schools for the Burmese community, but now they raid these, and arrest and jail/fine the teachers.... So now it's very difficult for me to do any volunteer teaching in a classroom because I don't want to endnger my visa etc to remain in Thailand. I've had meetings with the previous teachers, and they are going to promote the mobile app that I created yonks ago for Burmese students. That means I need to create another 350 short lesson videos that align with each lesson in the NUG government English school text books from grades 2 to 8!! I had already completed videos for grade 1. So, making videos and putting them onto my app will keep me busy :) I would ,ove to find legal way to volunteer teach 'in the open', but this requires a Thai NGO to sponsor me, and for some reason Thai NGOs don't seem keen to sponsor a volunteer who helps the Burmese community.....Wed, 24 Jun 2026 04:46:08 +0000ICJ may have found Israel guilty at the trials but has not yet ruled. Semantics. The growing evidences may see the ICJ rule a guilty verdict.Wed, 24 Jun 2026 04:45:41 +0000Well played Japan. Too late now of course but if the UK had imported Cambodians,Thais,Burmese and Filipinos etc ( smiley people) instead of the dross that did come in,within a generation we would all have integrated ,producing beautiful polite coffee coloured kids and the country would be so different. Ahhhhhh.Wed, 24 Jun 2026 04:44:38 +0000Too expensive. Off with him. No return Drive more carefully, not speedingWed, 24 Jun 2026 04:44:25 +0000"I know there are, but there are no limits." Are these the words of a man who never uses his hummingbird brain before engaging his alligator mouth.Wed, 24 Jun 2026 04:43:23 +0000How dare they do what we do!Wed, 24 Jun 2026 04:42:34 +0000What an ordinary man doing with a quantity of deadly acid? this is not something you can buy willy nilly or keep at home, he probably had the acid ready to do harm to the person he was looking for, but now he will have plenty of time to regret his dirty deed form a stinky jail room.Wed, 24 Jun 2026 04:42:01 +0000Calling 200,000 signatures insignificant is not how I see it. Rarely do you see that many signatures gathered around one specific issue. A lot less is usually enough to get government attention. This campaign also involved doctors, academics, youth organisations, and public advocates. The concern was not standing alone either. In 2024, a government survey found that at least 80% of 111,201 respondents supported reclassifying cannabis as a narcotic to prohibit recreational use. https://time.com/6992859/thailand-cannabis-criminalization-public-survey/Wed, 24 Jun 2026 04:41:18 +0000.Wed, 24 Jun 2026 04:38:23 +0000Another Daily Mail propaganda piece.Wed, 24 Jun 2026 04:38:21 +0000Posts with derogatory nicknames, intentional misspellings, or personal remarks will be removed. Spell names correctly for all sides of the debate.Wed, 24 Jun 2026 04:36:39 +0000Thought the Amity Treat allowed Americans to own up to 100% of a business in Thailand, as long as its not in a restricted industry?Wed, 24 Jun 2026 04:36:26 +0000UPDATE Acid Attack Victim Transferred to Chonburi Hospital Picture courtesy of ฉลาม นิวส์ The Thai woman seriously injured in an acid attack by a foreign man in Pattaya has been transferred to Chonburi Hospital for specialist treatment as police continue efforts to identify and arrest the suspect. The victim, Ms Wirawan Aphimetheethamrong, 42, worked as an accountant and apartment caretaker at a rental property in Pattaya. She had reportedly been employed at the building for about one month and also lived on the premises. The attack occurred on 23 June 2026 at a rental apartment building in Pattaya. According to police, a foreign man wearing a hat, a grey shirt and shorts was seen knocking on multiple apartment doors, causing a disturbance for tenants. Residents reported the behaviour to building management, prompting Ms Wirawan to investigate and ask the man to leave the property. According to her employer, Mr Jom, who operates the rental business, the man became upset after being confronted. The suspect allegedly responded by throwing a corrosive chemical or acid-like substance at Ms Wirawan, striking her in the face and chest. He then fled the scene before authorities arrived. Emergency responders and medical personnel provided initial treatment before transporting the victim to Pattaya City Hospital. Due to the severity of her injuries, doctors later arranged her transfer to Chonburi Hospital for specialised care. Police have launched a manhunt and are reviewing CCTV footage from the apartment building and surrounding areas to trace the suspect’s movements. The attack has drawn significant attention in Pattaya, with authorities treating the case as a serious violent crime. Investigators say efforts to locate the suspect remain ongoing. Adapted by ASEAN Now ฉลาม นิวส์ 24 June 2026Wed, 24 Jun 2026 04:36:08 +0000You do not understand how MY profitable business worked, or why my wife and I sold it, so shut up please.Wed, 24 Jun 2026 04:35:05 +0000I would love to see a contest and Burham lose.Wed, 24 Jun 2026 04:34:56 +0000No need for insults thank you.Wed, 24 Jun 2026 04:33:05 +0000Burnham was not even in Politics he was a Mayor with Mayoral duties, the original Labour member in Ashton n Makerfield was Sacrificed to make way for Burnham.Wed, 24 Jun 2026 04:32:13 +0000I don’t want to sidetrack the main point of this thread too much, but thanks for sharing as it was my (mistaken) belief that mortgages, car loans etc. were only available to falangs on a work permit.Wed, 24 Jun 2026 04:32:00 +0000