https://aseannow.com/rss/44-thailand-news.xml/National and regional news from all around Thailanden38 baht a beer in an air conditioned bar. Cheaper in a little hole in the wall bar. Tourism up 14.9% in the first six months of 2026, compared to the same time in 2025. https://en.vietnamplus.vn/international-tourist-arrivals-to-vietnam-rise-nearly-15-in-first-half-of-2026-post347706.vnp What's Thailand do to compete? "Money go down, put price up." 😂Mon, 06 Jul 2026 03:53:27 +0000I'm with him. I married two of 'em. More the fool, me! Once I married an Asian woman, life became so much simpler. And no... there is NOTHING 'submissive' about Asian women. They just don't wallow in the bullcr@p that Western women bring to a relationship.Mon, 06 Jul 2026 03:51:55 +0000"You handsome man" "I have some rai land, you can build home and live there free" "My dad buffalos sick" "My mom rice cooker broke"Mon, 06 Jul 2026 03:51:47 +0000Aside from this grim crime, I wonder how it is that Thai media will publish the photo of the woman suspect, but still won't name or publish a photo of the THAI airways drug mule in Australia. It's like everyone in government and media want to exonerate her and keep her identlty secret. If the suspect in this case was a Thai wife stabbing her foreign husband, would they publish a photo of her? I doubt it.Mon, 06 Jul 2026 03:51:26 +0000You didn't read the article it seems, that helps, the murderer was due to meet his friend Edited 5 hours ago5 hr by scubascuba3 You didn't read the article, it seems. The article referenced the accused's friends and the prostitute's friends. Why should his friends be investigated...investigated for what? Why are you not calling for her friends to be investigated also?Mon, 06 Jul 2026 03:51:03 +0000I guess they replaced the white sheets and hoods with those ball caps and face shields. I bet they bought them at Trump's White House Grift Shop. As many know, Trump's own father was arrested at a KKK meeting a long time ago. "Dad" wasn't protesting the Klan, by the way. Later, both dad and Donald were charged with discriminatory practices, after refusing to rent their apartments to people of color. Someone above says the US is descending into an s-hole country. I think it's more, "Houston, the s-hole has landed." Trump has given the all clear for racists to climb out from under their rocks and be as racist as can be. Not so surprising that exercising free speech comes with certain caveats under Trump. Racists are free to exercise as they wish, such as the Tikitorch march in Charlottesville in Trump 1.0 ("Jews will not replace us!") and this group of likely Incels now. Others, however are not given that right, such as (in Trump 1.0) when peaceful protesters in Lafayette Park across from the WH were beaten and tear gassed by Trump's goons, just so Trump could stand in front of a church holding a Bible upside down in a photo op. In Trump 2.0, protest---even bending over to aid a woman beaten by Trump's ICE stormtroopers---can get you 10 bullets in your back.Mon, 06 Jul 2026 03:50:09 +0000ConsequencesMon, 06 Jul 2026 03:50:02 +0000To supplement @PakWhan post on "involution" below is a good (and short read) article on China Involution. https://viewpoint.bnpparibas-am.com/china-involution-deflation-and-structural-reform/Mon, 06 Jul 2026 03:48:24 +0000This is pure nonsense. Good people can associate with anyone, by virtue of their good nature. If she killed anyone for a mere disagreement, she's not a good person.Mon, 06 Jul 2026 03:47:39 +0000My thought as well- I suspect in another 3 or 4 years Vietnam will have more tourists annually than ThailandMon, 06 Jul 2026 03:45:39 +0000And if you earn your living from that teen? What then? Everyone in the country knows the game. Surely you're not that much of a rube.Mon, 06 Jul 2026 03:44:41 +0000Every day I encounter something that makes me say 'Wow! or TIT!' Every single day. Some are positive, some negative. Some are visual, and some experiential. But every day there is something new to find in Thailand. Even a trip to the fresh market often becomes an adventure. I'm not Indiana Jones. I get enough close calls when I ride my motorcycle. But every day is an adventure for me!Mon, 06 Jul 2026 03:44:34 +0000A tragic early death- and a horrible mess so far as the surviving lady is concerned RIP and condolences to his friends and familyMon, 06 Jul 2026 03:40:53 +0000These little, alarmingly cheap and tinny, portable stoves are terrifying! I would not use one anywhere, let alone in a condo where they shouldn't be used anyway. I cringe when I see restaurants with these things on the tables, usually hot pot places. When Mrs P yearns her moo- katah, we go to a place with charcoal burners. If you burn yourself it's your own stupid fault, not chance of a failing cheap-arse component. If you must have one, at least source a properly built one that meets some kind of safety standards, a la nanny-states Europe/USA. e.g. Gas One GS-3400P camping stove. N.B. these are intended for outside use!Mon, 06 Jul 2026 03:39:10 +0000It was a big story in The Sydney Morning Herald in Australia just yesterday. People take an interest in the macabre. Example, people slowing down to look at a road accident as they pass by, something I am sure you have done.Mon, 06 Jul 2026 03:38:41 +0000Does that mean, by the time the Mexicans have finished with them, England will have joined the 2 mile high club?Mon, 06 Jul 2026 03:38:29 +0000Carman was well-known in the neighborhood and maybe her friend already knew.Mon, 06 Jul 2026 03:38:25 +0000Double post, sorry.Mon, 06 Jul 2026 03:37:42 +0000Mon, 06 Jul 2026 03:37:32 +0000Mon, 06 Jul 2026 03:37:24 +0000Mon, 06 Jul 2026 03:36:57 +0000A lot of speculation in the peanut gallery as usual. I just want to see if his face looks mildly burned or if the guy looks like Freddy Kruger fresh out of the furnace. He could travel around the country scaring school children like Fire Marshall Bill from 'In Living Color'. You need a spark or open flame to ignite gas. We were misled as children.Mon, 06 Jul 2026 03:36:47 +0000Mon, 06 Jul 2026 03:36:25 +0000Location, plus the Miami is considered "cool" these days by young Thais because of its retro interior.Mon, 06 Jul 2026 03:35:31 +0000I like individuals who can speak for themselves. This is my opinion cause of A and B. The problem is Fred never admits to being wrong even when science says so. Science evolves every 5 years and people should evolve with it. If you cannot learn from new science then you cannot improve your mind.Mon, 06 Jul 2026 03:34:43 +0000