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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>Single retired men</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1396192-single-retired-men/?do=findComment&comment=20547496]]></link><description>Well rankings are going to be difficult. You have ladyboy crime. Roid boys. Women in Patts are low class. Questionable morals.</description><pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 02:06:24 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>We have a past and we have a present. But what about the future?</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1396464-we-have-a-past-and-we-have-a-present-but-what-about-the-future/?do=findComment&comment=20547495]]></link><description>Take each day as it comes. Less worries. Worry about the future when it gets here. As long as you don't have a past to worry about, the future will always be bright. the lyrics to 'I'm for ever blowing bubbles', says it all.</description><pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 02:04:58 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Anti-Immigrant Violence Enters Second Night in Belfast</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1396494-anti-immigrant-violence-enters-second-night-in-belfast/?do=findComment&comment=20547494]]></link><description>Totally agree. Nobody voted to allow all these asylum seekers, legal and illegal into  the UK, then when they get there instead of being grateful, they attempt to kill people!</description><pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 02:04:44 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Pilot Raises Alarm Over &#x2018;Pay to Fly&#x2019; in Thailand</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1396493-pilot-raises-alarm-over-pay-to-fly-in-thailand/?do=findComment&comment=20547493]]></link><description>An innovation first apear in the USA , where else,no surprise  and today its practice all over the world mostly by low cost carriers , from Pegasus to Vietjet in some countrys unions flight , and its illegal   google  Vietjet (and its subsidiary Thai Vietjet) utilizes Pay to Fly (P2F) and Cadet Pilot Programs which require pilots to pay for their initial training, type-rating, and line training in exchange for flight hours and potential employment. These programs generally cost between $20,000 to $50,000 depending on experience and the specific airline partner schools</description><pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 02:04:12 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Censorship of support for Palestine</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1396337-censorship-of-support-for-palestine/?do=findComment&comment=20547492]]></link><description>Which, when overlayed on a map, is indistinguishable from &#x2018;Greater Israel&#x2019;.</description><pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 02:04:01 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>We have a past and we have a present. But what about the future?</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1396464-we-have-a-past-and-we-have-a-present-but-what-about-the-future/?do=findComment&comment=20547491]]></link><description>What about the future ? At 85 I simply try to make the best of every day I get, day by day.</description><pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 02:03:10 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Pattaya Man Arrested After Restaurant Attack</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1396496-pattaya-man-arrested-after-restaurant-attack/?do=findComment&comment=20547490]]></link><description>Sorry wro g language  Rambo was here. Lock the lunatic away. For life. Let him get taken from behind in prison. How can a man hit a woman? Pathetic.</description><pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 02:03:04 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Censorship of support for Palestine</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1396337-censorship-of-support-for-palestine/?do=findComment&comment=20547489]]></link><description>Massie opposed funding Israel&#x2019;s military, opposed Israel&#x2019;s war in Gaza, opposed the U.S. involvement in the illegal war against Iran, opposed the Federal Government outlawing states and private businesses enacting boycott. He backed full disclosure of the Epstein files.  AIPAC boastfully took him down.  Maybe not simply pro-Israel, and more protectors of Epstein&#x2019;s coconspirators, and those behind his operation.</description><pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 02:02:44 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Pilot Raises Alarm Over &#x2018;Pay to Fly&#x2019; in Thailand</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1396493-pilot-raises-alarm-over-pay-to-fly-in-thailand/?do=findComment&comment=20547488]]></link><description>Part of the problem in Thailand is the lack of non-carrier flying opportunities.  A newly-minted CPL in Thailand typically has around 250-300 hours total actual (as opposed to sim) time, all of which will be in light piston singles or twins. Unlike in USA or Europe, there are virtually no opportunities for these pilots to go on and build time in Thailand as instructors, flying charter, domestic freight or whatever.  Hardly surprising therefore that schemes like 'Pay To Fly' can flourish.</description><pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 02:02:33 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Word Association - 2026</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1383425-word-association-2026/?do=findComment&comment=20547487]]></link><description>Snooker</description><pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 02:02:01 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Censorship of support for Palestine</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1396337-censorship-of-support-for-palestine/?do=findComment&comment=20547486]]></link><description>An anti-Zionist Jewish rabbi offered a solution, which I posted.  They can go set up their safe haven elsewhere -- the US should give them land maybe since the Zionist lobby there is the biggest in the world.</description><pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 02:01:53 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Why Can't Brits Say 'Jomtien' ?</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1396346-why-cant-brits-say-jomtien/?do=findComment&comment=20547485]]></link><description>In a sentence I might say "in the end"; my friend from Suffolk England says "in the finish" . So I would say that might be a dialect? Not an accent.  Is below an accent or dialect?  This is supposed to be an accent.</description><pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 02:01:42 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Pattaya Man Arrested After Restaurant Attack</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1396496-pattaya-man-arrested-after-restaurant-attack/?do=findComment&comment=20547484]]></link><description>Non-English post removed.  @baipaibkk rule 16. English is the only permitted language anywhere on ASEAN NOW, except within the Thai language forum, where using Thai is allowed. Short Thai translations of technical terms are permitted in specialty forums. While we make allowances for members who do not speak English as their first language, we expect everyone to make an effort to post in a manner that allows others to understand their posts. As an international forum we have members from many countries in the world, and English is not the first language of every poster.</description><pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 02:01:31 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Single retired men</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1396192-single-retired-men/?do=findComment&comment=20547483]]></link><description>I would rank Pattaya higher on safety, it is only if you are stupid and drunk and in small specific areas there is a slightly higher risk if you are as said stupid enough.  Women? How can you rank all women I Pattaya? Not possible</description><pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 02:01:29 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Why aren't the men doing something?</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1396415-why-arent-the-men-doing-something/?do=findComment&comment=20547482]]></link><description>You've made me all nostalgic now. In the 60s, women were hairy. I guess we didn't know the difference. On the plus side, they didn't wear brassieres or underwear.</description><pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 02:01:22 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Restaurants ++ and can not provide VAT receipts</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1396503-restaurants-and-can-not-provide-vat-receipts/?do=findComment&comment=20547481]]></link><description>Hi Everyone  Have any of you experienced this? A restaurant has ++ price, so 10% Service Charge and plus 7% VAT and then when you ask for Corporate VAT receipt they can not provide one?   This happened twice for me, First time at a Restaurant I can not recall which one and Recently in a Korean BBQ at Udomsuk, They had a big sign say +VAT so you should know. And when asking for a VAT receipt they said they can not provide one and I asked how come? Answer was No can not, we have no Service Charge... So I would guess they call it VAT but is a Service Charge and they never pay anything to Revenue Department.  By the way, I hate the ++ on the price in the menu and they have it I seldom or never give any tip. I consider print Business cards that state "Service Charge = NO TIP !" and leave instead. Many Countries the ++ way Illegal.</description><pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 02:01:11 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Israeli Suspect Held at Samui Airport Over Phangan Land Case</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1396497-israeli-suspect-held-at-samui-airport-over-phangan-land-case/?do=findComment&comment=20547480]]></link><description>The whole idea of nominees is illegal, not only the land ownership part.</description><pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 02:00:53 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Idris Elba Says James Bond Should Not Be Made &#x2018;Woke&#x2019;</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1396356-idris-elba-says-james-bond-should-not-be-made-woke/?do=findComment&comment=20547479]]></link><description>Why is there a spot right up there your boyfriend isnt quite reaching?</description><pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 02:00:38 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Censorship of support for Palestine</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1396337-censorship-of-support-for-palestine/?do=findComment&comment=20547478]]></link><description>I have multiple times. Not going to repeat them again for you. 1948 would be suicide for Israel which you obviously would like. 1967 isn't possible without a massive amount of groundwork on both sides and neither side has the leadership to do that.</description><pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 02:00:36 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Anti-Immigrant Violence Enters Second Night in Belfast</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1396494-anti-immigrant-violence-enters-second-night-in-belfast/?do=findComment&comment=20547477]]></link><description>Yes, but Politicians only have themselves to blame for the Belfast riots!</description><pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 02:00:35 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Why aren't the men doing something?</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1396415-why-arent-the-men-doing-something/?do=findComment&comment=20547476]]></link><description>And of course, equal pay, positions and promotions.</description><pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 01:59:31 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Refused entry at a Thai airport, even with a tourist visa?</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1396397-refused-entry-at-a-thai-airport-even-with-a-tourist-visa/?do=findComment&comment=20547475]]></link><description>The rules that apply in the country the traveller is wanting to enter.</description><pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 01:59:20 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Word Association - 2026</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1383425-word-association-2026/?do=findComment&comment=20547474]]></link><description>Table</description><pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 01:58:41 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Censorship of support for Palestine</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1396337-censorship-of-support-for-palestine/?do=findComment&comment=20547473]]></link><description>You may cry, but just be happy the people running the show are currently running a liberal agenda. I wouldn't have anywhere near the tolerance for idiots. Not anywhere near.</description><pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 01:58:27 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Word Association - 2026</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1383425-word-association-2026/?do=findComment&comment=20547471]]></link><description>Table</description><pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 01:58:25 +0000</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
