https://aseannow.com/rss/44-thailand-news.xml/National and regional news from all around ThailandenThe visa situation is must better there.Mon, 29 Jun 2026 15:34:55 +0000Why is this fundamental axiom so hard to understand? Most immigrants come from "failed states". Them not having been able to throw over their corrupt regimes that have been established after de-colonisation. With no hope of improving their personal fortune in this failed state. The solution: Leave for Europe. Another economic refugee has arrived, mostly with no marketable skills. Ending up on welfare, the promessed lavish money transfers from Europe to the family in the failed state do not come foreward. Solution: Join a criminal gang to improve your financial situation and become a hero in the eyes of the remainig family in some failed state far away. 2+2=4. Any questions left?Mon, 29 Jun 2026 15:33:25 +0000The 5-flags concept - I was doing this since my 30's. UK citizen, banking in Andorra, working in Belgium, ltd company in the Seychelles, having fun in ?? I no longer need to use this strategy, but being single at least helps me move around - Mandalay (Myanmar), Bangkok, Pattaya, Siem Reap, Koh Phangan in the past few months! Apart from paying for trash collection etc in my locality, I can say that I have legally not had to pay any tax in the past 25 years... (I have a deep personal hatred of paying tax to useless, overpaid, corrupt, moronic governments and their officials etc - better to look after yourself and those you love..)!!Mon, 29 Jun 2026 15:29:53 +0000I'm sure you may be correct, but when I pay bills (car insurance, health insurance, village fees, wine orders, etc.) into SCB and Kasikorn accounts the transfers are instant - 10 minutes or less). Maybe payments to a third party are treated differently.Mon, 29 Jun 2026 15:28:15 +0000Grab or Bolt should work fine, there are always many drivers around at 1 or 2am..., you're not alone...!Mon, 29 Jun 2026 15:25:44 +0000Now in all seriousness. We have all always agreed that people who abuse children are the lowest scum of society, for whom no punishment is harsh enough. The IDF not only rapes youths in its prisons, it systematically and intentionally kills children. Can anyone please explain to me why some members here make an exception and cannot bring themselves to condemn this in the strongest possible terms?" I don´t get it.Mon, 29 Jun 2026 15:20:35 +0000why do you like philippines more than thailand?Mon, 29 Jun 2026 15:14:25 +0000From NorwayMon, 29 Jun 2026 15:13:58 +0000people who move around just stay on tourist visas they are only staying 3 months at most in one place. not sure what the limit is for japan.Mon, 29 Jun 2026 15:13:24 +0000Often, they are referred to as: HAPPY WIDOWS, of course.....Mon, 29 Jun 2026 15:12:16 +0000Literally a NON-immigrant! Here on temporary extensions of my NON-immigrant visa. If you think you're an immigrant on that status, you're delusional. I am a TAX resident of Thailand though. Unfortunately.Mon, 29 Jun 2026 15:11:21 +0000Mon, 29 Jun 2026 15:11:10 +0000Direct flights from where? I'm interested in Ilo Ilo City which has been recognized for regional lculinary excellence plus there is a fairly decent range of international options.Mon, 29 Jun 2026 15:09:13 +0000It's because you request that your transactions are recorded as FFT that they aren't instant. Your wife's transfers are from local bank to local bank.Mon, 29 Jun 2026 15:08:17 +0000His sentence was in line with similar offences and followed the sentencing guidelines. I have not stated that his sentence is right. On the contrary, I would have deported him to Pakistan. However, the UK has its laws and the judge applied the law as it is written. If you are unhappy with the law and sentencing guidelines, change them.Mon, 29 Jun 2026 15:07:13 +0000Japan on what visa?Mon, 29 Jun 2026 15:07:02 +0000May I ask which Thai bank you are transferring to? I use Bangkok Bank and all my Wise transfers take at least 24 hours (to be fair, I have requested that all my transfers are recorded as FFT). But, my wife uses Krungthai bank and her Wise transfers are usually instant.Mon, 29 Jun 2026 15:04:47 +0000It is fair and equitable that time spent in custody, prior to a conviction, is taken into account when a custodial sentence is handed out. It is the same for all offenders. The time off for good behavior is not guaranteed for violent offenders. You assume that he is a boxer. What evidence do you have other than his nose? I do not see him under any professional or amateur listings. He does not have a boxers nose. He is just a generic ugly man. In Manchester, on any given night there are violent idiots arrested for similar violence. Sometimes they under the influence of alcohol/drugs, and other times like this 21 year old male, they are just emotionally immature spoilt brats having a violent temper tantrum. It seems that he is the future of the UK.Mon, 29 Jun 2026 15:03:03 +0000A breath of fresh air Karoline Leavitt, even mainstream media The Hill is reporting that White House Press sec Leavitt is openly calling the current Dem primary surge a choice "between communism and common sense", . Leavitt said these candidates push radical ideas like abolishing private prisons, the police, and even private property , classic Marxist positions that "have never worked in the history of the world", The radical left is purging moderates and taking over the party from within. https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5945500-progressive-candidates-democratic-primaries/ Side note:Mamdani's far left marxist/socialist bragged the other day of securing a 2 year freeze on rents on the heels of threats to seize the property if landowners don't abide by the rules. https://nypost.com/2025/12/16/opinion/mamdanis-plan-to-seize-housing-beckons-nyc-to-utter-disaster/Mon, 29 Jun 2026 15:01:40 +0000.Mon, 29 Jun 2026 15:01:16 +0000abolish the Senate, abolish prisons, defund the police .....Mon, 29 Jun 2026 15:00:52 +0000Philippines is very different from Thailand, and if there where direct flights and better food, it would had been my first choice.Mon, 29 Jun 2026 14:59:12 +0000Disagree. Under consideration stamp and extension stamp takes up a single page. Whether a single or multi entry permit it takes up half a page. Even if the OP made 4 exit and re-entries within the next year there is still ample room for 4 entry stamps.Mon, 29 Jun 2026 14:59:00 +0000Mon, 29 Jun 2026 14:57:54 +0000Speaking to why she would have never left me: a. You were not there with me and my wife, while we were making love in the back of my '60 Chevy. b. If you had been there, you would not be asking this ridiculous question. c. We had plenty of fun, just like Seger sang about, back then, when we were young and super hot... She did have black hair, come to think of it. She had those tight pants which left absolutely NOTHING to the imagination. In fact, I often cautioned her that the shape of her, down there, was so apparent for all to see....that.... I worried too much that others might see exactly what I was getting. But, I can tell you..... She had eyes, ONLY FOR ME...... Can you believe it? No need for Belief, because.... It was true. Now, I worry: How might I feel if I contact her, now, and find out she doesn't look quite the same as she once did.... Would I still feel so attracted to her? So much to think about, before I begin my search for her in California..... I also worry about the cost of hiring a Private Detective to find her. Should I splurge, and pay, not knowing what the end result will be? But I know, she has never truly gotten over me. We were a pair of lovebirds, for sure.Mon, 29 Jun 2026 14:55:22 +0000