https://aseannow.com/rss/44-thailand-news.xml/National and regional news from all around ThailandenWould be illegal.Mon, 25 May 2026 02:35:29 +0000Reading between the lines, these are people who have set up businesses in a tourist destination. The average retiree living in Nakhon Nowhere is not being targeted and probably never will be.Mon, 25 May 2026 02:34:46 +0000So what ? anyway shoplifting is virtually legal in the UK theses days, I guess he just forgot where he was lolMon, 25 May 2026 02:34:30 +0000Are you sure about that?..........I can't see it personally.............but i would be interested to hear any examples you might have.......Mon, 25 May 2026 02:33:46 +0000Not a problem for Israel for the last 40 years.Mon, 25 May 2026 02:33:34 +0000I t doesn’t seem that this guy is really a conventional tourist. By that I mean someone who has come to Thailand on an annual two week holiday from work. In reality it seems he is someone who is manipulating the visa system to hang out in Thailand more or less permanently and involved in running a business illegally. It seems that pretty much every foreigner gets lumped into the “tourist” category, when in fact they are not conventional tourists and shouldn’t be described as such. Shortening the tourist visa period to 30 days may help to stop people staying indefinitely on a tourist visa while working illegally. The problem is that the visa system leaks like a sieve and anyone can stay for long periods by using an agent to pay off immigration. So even if the visa period were 15 days, it just means people would pay a bit more to evade the immigration requirements. This guy will get the book thrown at him and rightly so. Drug user, illegal working, hit and run, the charges say it all. Probably doesn’t have a moterbike licence and I shouldn’t be surprised if he wasn’t wearing a helmet. He’s a poster boy for all the Thai’s who complain about foreigners.Mon, 25 May 2026 02:33:32 +0000So the hawks in the Republican Party are not happy with the deal, at least what is knows atm. So surprise, it does sound like nothing gained by this war. But continuing won't gain much more and is due to domestic issues not an option. This was a long time in the making.Mon, 25 May 2026 02:32:22 +0000This is Thailand where riding the wrong way is normal, so there's no safer side of the street to walk on. See above, your Tufty Club rules don't apply here. BTW, the road looks quite brightly lit, and the scooter had his lights on, so there's little excuse for hitting the pedestrian, and absolutely NONE for doing a hit-and-run.Mon, 25 May 2026 02:31:33 +0000No cut involved, the original period has been reinstated. But why miss an opportunity for derogatory comment.Mon, 25 May 2026 02:30:43 +0000In some ways the police and authorities are to blame for the many road accidents here. Their lackadaisical attitude to enforcing traffic laws only leads to them being flouted by anyone who wants to take to the roads. I see bad driving and riding everyday but nobody cares. As for rental companies , they should be prosecuted and heavily fined if they rent any vehicle out to someone who cannot produce a proper valid license. They should also provide compulsary insurance , even if it doesn't come cheap. But of course , cash and mai pen rai philosophy will always trump law enforcement. Plus there is always ' go fund me ' to fall back on if things go pear shaped.Mon, 25 May 2026 02:30:36 +0000IKEA, ?Mon, 25 May 2026 02:30:30 +0000Correct, watching the Thai news they would refer to a very old Thai as grandmother or grandfather. I'd probably qualify for that term.🫡Mon, 25 May 2026 02:28:58 +0000If you read the article they paid for the drinks but refused to pay the "store fine" also known as an extortion payment. That is when the argument started. There was also no evidence of them actually stealing anything, just accusations. It seems one has to be very careful entering a 7-11 with a drink bought elsewhere in your hand. Make sure you keep your receipts.Mon, 25 May 2026 02:28:20 +0000Oh please there's no I need for name calling I'm a Landlord myself and my Filipino tenant in Australia invited me to my rental apartment after the lease was coming up for renewal There I had a beautiful dinner with wine and finished off by a beautiful massage I immediately renewed his lease !!!!Mon, 25 May 2026 02:28:14 +0000Just start a channel of something that interest you, or else it will seem like any other job, and not enjoyable. Make it interesting and informative. Then it will build all by itself. One of my channels gets millions of views:Mon, 25 May 2026 02:27:27 +0000Wrong again. For your convenience here are a few articles: Here is a Chinese guy linked 815 million baht crime, then a Russian man arrested with large drug haul, and of course innocent Israeli criminals, and more Israeli national arrested for nominee-run travel agency in Phuket, Israeli man arrested in Koh Phangan with drugs worth 50 million baht. There are lots more news articles of criminal activities at that website, other websites also have more articles of these BIG 3 foreign country criminals in Thailand. ThaigerIsraeli man arrested in Koh Phangan with drugs worth 50 m...Israeli restaurant owner Shai Alfasi, 42, arrested in Koh Phangan drug crackdown as police seize narcotics worth over 50 million baht. ThaigerIsraeli national arrested for nominee-run travel agency i...Police arrested an Israeli national in Phuket yesterday, April 8, for operating a travel agency illegally through a Thai nominee. ThaigerIsraeli ‘The Avengers’ crime gang figure arrested on Koh...A leading member of an Israeli criminal organisation was arrested on Koh Samui under the cooperation with Interpol and Israeli officials. ThaigerRussian man arrested with large drug haul on Phuket-Patta...A Russian man was arrested in Phuket after police found multiple types of drugs in his backpack during a search on a coach bus to Pattaya. ThaigerChinese suspect Mingchen linked to 815 million baht crime...Sun Mingchen faces a wider police probe over weapons, digital transactions, Cambodia crime links, and 815 million baht crime losses.Mon, 25 May 2026 02:27:14 +0000I'm convinced that with the advent of mass tourism, the use of the word 'farang' has broadened even further to include almost all non-Thais, when referring to a group of tourists. For example, a bus load of tourists composed of Asian, Western Caucasians, South Americans, Mexicans, Middle Easterners, and Indians could easily be referred to as a bus load of "farang" as colloquial short hand for a bus load of foreign tourists. If a more specific breakdown of nationality or race was needed, that is, of course, entirely possible. In general, there isn't some racial litmus test applied before this term is used. Even, when the use of "farang" is clearly derogatory such as when voicing frustration, resentment or anger, for example: 'ai farang,' it is used to emphasis your 'non-Thai-ness' or foreignness, almost never a racial categorization per se.Mon, 25 May 2026 02:26:38 +0000You hit the nail on the head. In terms of a narcissistic personality, it must be impossible to accept blame and responsibility when your nearest and dearest gets found guilty and sent to jail for a situation you have clearly admitted to putting her in business structure wise. How do you explain that one to your young kids ? Drummond merely publishing the facts of the case, all in the public domain, seems to have completely flipped a switch leading to this bizarre, unhinged, and rather pathetic smear campaign. Is this now the 3rd thread started here attacking Drummond. Take some personal responsibility FFS. Sometimes you just aren't the smartest person you think you are and lose, as was the case regarding his wife.Mon, 25 May 2026 02:25:49 +0000Wonder if he was drunk or high.Mon, 25 May 2026 02:25:43 +0000Might they use "farangs" as foreigners versus Thai citizens? Thailand with a 800 year history and minimal exposure to foreigners until maybe the 20th century creates an embedded xenophobia that might subconsciously label even Thai speaking foreigners as farangs if they are not full-fledged Thai citizens?Mon, 25 May 2026 02:25:22 +0000Sounds like the deal may include compensation or reparations. You break it, you pay for it.Mon, 25 May 2026 02:24:00 +0000Inside trading is a reality. Everyone who can, does it, and I have. Just another aspect of the scam, called the markets. Same as saying using an agent to skirt Imm rules is illegal, but those that can, will use, even endorsed by folks that state we can't endorse illegal activities. Just another almost victimless (trading) crime, that some want to control for themselves, but intelligent people basically have the exact same access to do. Only those too stupid to take advantage of the opportunity cry about it.Mon, 25 May 2026 02:20:35 +0000Depends on how you're looking and behaving. When I was 50 they called me "stallion".Mon, 25 May 2026 02:19:39 +0000As I suggested, not the only way of boosting tourism. Years ago I often came for 6 weeks and always went along for the tourist visa stamp in my passport, sometimes free. At the end of the day, anyone that can afford to spend several weeks away can afford the visa fee.Mon, 25 May 2026 02:19:12 +0000read my post...Mon, 25 May 2026 02:16:52 +0000