https://aseannow.com/rss/44-thailand-news.xml/National and regional news from all around ThailandenThat is perfect for a low budget tourist visiting Thailand. You would not need to worry about health coverage as you would buy it in your home country as travel insurance. I am sure a smart budget traveler like you would do that. But none of this matters to the expats who live here. Our expenses are nothing like yours. You come for a few weeks a year and look to save money so you can go back to Australia work again and then return for your next short vacation.Sat, 13 Jun 2026 03:42:25 +0000absolutely bang on ! well said , a refreshing dose of reality, the lefties will not like it though , that makes it even betterSat, 13 Jun 2026 03:42:19 +0000In spoken Thai, thai's often use L for an R, so you do hear both Farang and Falang.Sat, 13 Jun 2026 03:41:21 +0000Unless one is viewing the local tv channel. National tv is in the national language with Chinese sub titles for those that don’t understand spoken mandarin. What is so unusual about that? In the USA, CBS, ABC, NBC broadcast in English. Spanish speakers in Southern states who don’t speak English listen to local tv stations who broadcast in Spanish. In Isaan Thai national channels broadcast in Thai. Schools teach children Thai. Is that suppression of local Isaan culture? Or simply good education in case the kids want to work elsewhere in Thailand? China isn’t perfect but this China bashing for the wrong reasons makes no sense. If the issue you want to discuss is persecution of Uyghur’s, then the fact that the Chinese national tv is broadcast in Chinese language detracts from some of the real issues that they DO face.Sat, 13 Jun 2026 03:41:16 +0000he now lives comfortably in Chiang Mai, Thailand, on just GBP800 a month What kind of health insurance does he have - "Go fund me international" ?Sat, 13 Jun 2026 03:40:43 +0000What? Why is ASEAN Now mentioning the race of the American? Relevance?Sat, 13 Jun 2026 03:40:30 +0000Do you think that a Jew might have written Mein Kampf ?Sat, 13 Jun 2026 03:40:19 +0000The latest book by Trump is about to hit the bookshelves. "I cannot negotiate a deal to save my life, and I could not negotiate my way out of a paper bag if my children's lives depended upon it".Sat, 13 Jun 2026 03:40:08 +0000I don't think anyone disputes Hitler wrote it (maybe with some help). I just did a quick AI search and apparently Hitler blamed the Jews (among others) for Germany's loss in WW1 ...Sat, 13 Jun 2026 03:38:03 +0000ContinuationSat, 13 Jun 2026 03:38:00 +0000so what was dropped on Hiroshima ? a large firecracker?Sat, 13 Jun 2026 03:37:52 +0000Absolutely, the cops went out of their way to help , the guy wasn't threatened by security as many have been and he still won't pay. Now he could be fined and deported, hopefully.Sat, 13 Jun 2026 03:37:48 +0000everybody should have it, let's just get it over with. sick of all this messing around and posturing, at least it will be quickSat, 13 Jun 2026 03:36:14 +0000Perhaps he's living his dream of a stress free life. Construction is hard on the body; paper pushers don't know how it feels to do heavy work for years on end, in good weather and bad. It's rare to see men do that work until the state pension kicks in at 67, and if they do their bodies are used up and broken. This guy looks to be in good shape and probably left before he was broken. " He will never get a serious girlfriend on it either" Is this a threat, or a promise?Sat, 13 Jun 2026 03:36:00 +0000Agreed wholeheartedly. My friends who live here and I are joking about it constantly when we see what virtually everything cost. There are so few things here that are not overpriced. The cost of nearly everything is out of control and people who say otherwise are either wealthy, or have very significant incomes ,or own their homes free and clear, likely along with their cars.Sat, 13 Jun 2026 03:35:30 +0000Sat, 13 Jun 2026 03:35:15 +0000There was a woman born in the late 1700s and died early 1900s. Do you think she ate 3 or 4 meals a day? Humans don't need food more than once a day.Sat, 13 Jun 2026 03:34:49 +0000Wow, Europe must be much different than America :) Sure rice is cheap in both places but I do like to add some other staples. Meat is at least tripple the cost and spices and vegies even more.Sat, 13 Jun 2026 03:34:22 +0000Same old 💩 You throw out accusations and then refuse to back it up with any evidence? You aren't a man to my mind. Just a puffed up chicken.Sat, 13 Jun 2026 03:33:53 +0000Sat, 13 Jun 2026 03:33:20 +0000I don’t take my dietary advice from mice, let alone worms. Nor should I add, the latest Internet gimmick diet.Sat, 13 Jun 2026 03:32:23 +0000You have to be very brave, or more likely foolish, to be wandering around at night, on foot, in areas where you know that there are soi dogs.Sat, 13 Jun 2026 03:32:21 +0000and where was she born ? as in what countrySat, 13 Jun 2026 03:32:11 +0000"My murky little world". You know nothing about my little world, and there's really no need to start getting offensive because we differ in the pronunciation of Hua Hin. Get a grip. And if you're not familiar with the word ALL Thais use to describe us western (Caucasian) foreigners - farlang ฝรั่ง - then nobody can help you. As for spelling Thai words in to English ..."Even when we write Thai in the Latin alphabet, we're only creating approximations".Sat, 13 Jun 2026 03:31:29 +0000i don't care if they understand the language or not They know full well what is spoken in the UK if they want a translator they can pay for that themselvesSat, 13 Jun 2026 03:31:11 +0000