https://aseannow.com/rss/44-thailand-news.xml/National and regional news from all around ThailandenMentalWed, 17 Jun 2026 03:24:36 +0000On the subject of Wales. I used to work with an American lawyer who thought "Wales is a shire of England". 🤣Wed, 17 Jun 2026 03:23:19 +0000God invented disposable tissue paper .Wed, 17 Jun 2026 03:22:44 +0000Trump is 100 times more sleazy than any cum rag.Wed, 17 Jun 2026 03:21:01 +0000Wed, 17 Jun 2026 03:19:45 +0000Brits CAN'T - some Welsh people can. Wikipedia reckons 18% or approx +500k of the population of Wales speak Welsh, with approx another +100k in England. Most Welsh speakers are in North Wales. I believe Caernarfon is the centre of Welsh speaking. I've known many Welsh people in my life but not one of them could speak Welsh. With regards transliteration of Thai in to English, there obviously can not be a 100% correct system as Thai has different sounds to English. We're all familiar with the Royal Thai General System of Transcription, the official system for rendering Thai words in the Latin script, and how inaccurate it is for us native English speakers.Wed, 17 Jun 2026 03:19:10 +0000Wed, 17 Jun 2026 03:18:40 +0000The challenge corporal punishment has in schools is nto the punishment BUT the lack of understanding how and why to use it. Growing up, I was subjected to standing on a crack in front of the principal's office, detention. rubber ball flying towards me, cleaning the classroom, staying in class during recess and standing outside the classroom or in the cloakroom. However, the only times I got corporal punishment were when fighting outside or daydreaming. In the case of daydreaming, it was the ruler across the hand; 1 time, fighting was 5, with the strap in each hand. At no time did teachers wind up or put everything into it. It was more to get my attention. As to today's violence, look at the games the kids play, the tv and movies they watch or the music they listen to. They learn at a young age that if you want something, you get a knife or gun and take it. You don't like someone, or they are picking on you, the same thing. Want proof? Look at the P3 student going after the teacher with a knife.Wed, 17 Jun 2026 03:18:37 +0000If sanity had always been humanity’s strongest trait, you certainly put a lot of trust in humans. History shows humans do not need religion to lose their minds. They only need fear, power, tribe, and an enemy.Wed, 17 Jun 2026 03:18:24 +0000Meanwhile I am the opposite of your leanings. I originally registered as Republican as anti-democrat policies with too many people wanting the government to GIVE them too much without them taking the time to earn whatever. I grew up in a lower middle class family. Couldn't afford college so went into the military. Did four years of that, more than 2 in VN but learned that being non-college at that time meant a lesser than great paying job so went into government service and due to foreign-language skills ended up having a great career. It took a lot of hard and dedicated work but family enjoyed moving from country to country around the world and was great for daughters' educations. However, after seeing Nixon being so crooked, I jumped from Republican to Independent but even so, the more politicians I see and read about, the more disappointed in their honesty to the US Constitutional laws against corruption and the Congress can't even come up with a valid anti-insider trading bill so we sure know where they stand on corruption within politics. Once they get in, they love the possible life-long career with insider trading enabling many to get rich which is impossible with just a government salary. Today, we even have a president who is the worse insider trading politician in the history of the US and who is more corrupt than any previous president. I worry for the future of the US and its citizens for sure with this administration. Best of luck to all reading this and hope they enjoy life in what is still consider to be a Paradise.Wed, 17 Jun 2026 03:17:03 +0000Foreigners can hold 100% of a business with support from the BOI. No limit on foreign workers too. However, it needs to be quite a large investment. Israelites owning corner shops don't count.Wed, 17 Jun 2026 03:16:25 +0000Of course they will be collecting it ,the purpose being to surveil,censor,manipulate and criminalise dissenting voices. They want to control everyone and everything.Wed, 17 Jun 2026 03:16:02 +0000More than a year after a powerful earthquake struck central Myanmar, Mandalay’s Muslim community says dozens of mosques remain in ruins, with worshippers forced to pray in fields, tents or even on the streets. The 7.7‑magnitude quake in March 2025 destroyed 183 mosques nationwide, including 152 across 17 townships in Mandalay Region. In Mandalay city alone, over 50 mosques collapsed, with 33 reduced to rubble. Among them were historic sites such as Kan Ywar and Shwe Bone Shein, built in the late 19th century during the Amarapura era. Local imams say repeated appeals to the military regime have gone unanswered. “There has still been no reply from authorities. We are only allowed to build temporary shelters for prayers,” one cleric told The Irrawaddy. At Shwe Bone Shein, residents report being denied permission even for a temporary structure. Officials insist reconstruction requires the land to be formally designated as “religious land,” a bureaucratic hurdle that has stalled progress. Only about 40 mosques in Mandalay currently enjoy such recognition. Applications must pass through up to 16 government offices, including Land Records, Religious Affairs and Archaeology, leaving communities trapped in red tape. The earthquake damaged 5,588 religious buildings nationwide, including Buddhist monasteries, Hindu temples and churches. Yet Muslim leaders argue their communities face disproportionate delays. “We are not asking for funds. We only want the legal right to rebuild our own mosques destroyed by the quake,” one Islamic leader said. While some Buddhist monasteries and churches are also waiting for approval, Mandalay’s Muslims say the lack of response has left them particularly exposed. For now, prayers continue under the open sky — a stark reminder of how natural disaster and political obstruction have combined to erode religious life in Myanmar’s second‑largest city. -2026-06-17Wed, 17 Jun 2026 03:15:53 +0000The Strait of Hormuz has been opened since 1979 when the Islamic Republic was established. It will be rather naive to think that Iran just found out the important in leverage closing Hormuz, US Intelligence has been warning of the closing of Hormuz as a weapon for years. This just summed up the stupidity of Trump to follow Netanyahu's lead to attack Iran. Past POTUS realized the folly of such an unwarranted attack but not Trump. Closing Hormuz is a last resort for Iran as it also hurt their economy and hurt their relationship with the Gulf nations and anger the world community. But this time, they have the moral high ground.Wed, 17 Jun 2026 03:15:03 +0000You also forget that religion and belief systems keep humans occupied, focused, and disciplined. Nihilism does not give people much reason to get up in the morning, push themselves, or try to become the best version of themselves. If you are going to die anyway, and nothing matters in the end, then what is really holding you up. Enjoying every day without purpose sounds free, but after a while it can become a vacuum. Every new discovery becomes just the next happening, the next experience, the next distraction. In the end, motivation runs out. Humans need purpose to live. With purpose comes responsibility. With responsibility comes framework. And with framework, people have something to build their life around. That does not mean every religion is true, or that every belief system is good. But it means they serve a human function nihilism does not replace very well.Wed, 17 Jun 2026 03:15:02 +0000I agree but I think 699K is a bit high. At that price I would be leaning towards the Zeekr X for an extra 200K.Wed, 17 Jun 2026 03:15:02 +0000Hundreds of young Burmese refugees have been left in debt after falling victim to a fraudulent education scheme that promised them a new life in Finland. The agency at the centre of the scandal, Brighter Future Way (BFW), operated in Mae Sot, a Thai border town where thousands of Myanmar nationals fled after the 2021 military coup. It offered vocational courses in Finland, charging students around €10,000 for language lessons, visa applications and school placements. For 19‑year‑old Ma Naw Phaw, who escaped the war to study at a refugee school in Mae Sot, the chance to train as a nurse in Europe seemed like salvation. Her family sold farmland to cover the fees. But when her residence permit was rejected, she discovered there were no teachers at the BFW “school” and no refund. “We had to teach one another,” she told the BBC. BFW’s founder, Min Min Soe Shwe, has since been detained in Finland, while co‑founder Phitak Pakay admitted the company has “lost contact” with him and will cease operations. Finland’s Border Guard says at least 350 Burmese students may have been charged “exorbitant amounts” between 2022 and 2025, warning that many are now vulnerable to further exploitation. The scam has hit Myanmar’s youth particularly hard. Since the coup, education inside the country has collapsed, with teachers resigning and students refusing to attend junta‑run schools. For many, agencies like BFW offered a rare escape route from poverty and repression. Families scraped together savings, sold land, or borrowed money in the hope of securing a future abroad. Instead, many now face financial ruin. Ko Myint, 21, said his parents emptied their life savings and borrowed more to fund his programme, only to see the money vanish. “I never even got a visa. I don’t understand how all the money could be gone,” he said. The Finnish government has promised reforms, allowing international students to apply directly to vocational schools from August. But for Myanmar’s young generation, already scarred by war and displacement, the damage has been done. What was sold as a brighter future has become another chapter of exploitation. -2026-06-17Wed, 17 Jun 2026 03:13:29 +0000Exactly, keep watching and then eat that delicious, humble pie.Wed, 17 Jun 2026 03:10:39 +0000The rate in the garage connected to the terminal building is still 250 baht per day (and now you can pay by QR instead of just cash). Yes, it can get quite crowded, but we have never failed to get a real spot (not double parked) if we spend enough time going down to the lower floors to find one. Sometimes it takes two minutes, and sometimes 15 minutes 🤷Wed, 17 Jun 2026 03:10:34 +0000The flippant answer to what would replace religion would be “sanity”. I don’t think anything has to replace it, we’ve already proved morals and adherence to laws comes from parental guidance and from within all of us except those with personality disorders like Trump who appears to have Malignant Narcissistic personality Disorder. Religion often helps people to achieve evil by claiming they are doing it for their god eg Putin, Trump, Hegseth. It’s fairly obvious countries that are not secular tend to have problems and human rights abuses. A world without religion would be a better, safer place.Wed, 17 Jun 2026 03:08:41 +0000Wed, 17 Jun 2026 03:07:27 +0000Oh, it was the Thingamajiggy that was at fault. 😂Wed, 17 Jun 2026 03:07:03 +0000You make a valid point. This Social media ban will affect everyone in the UK when it comes into effect. If you are over 16 and in the UK you will need to prove it to use SM, exactly how they intend to do this is not clear, like face recognition, or passport info etc but for sure the government will be collecting all this information. For what purpose?Wed, 17 Jun 2026 03:06:14 +0000Not at all correct, I didn't come up with the transliteration of farang falang farlang fahlang fahrang etc, I just use the term often in conversation with my family and expat friends. Whichever way I write, readers of this website, including pedants, know exactly what I mean. You do seem to make a mountain out of a molehill. Ps. Another poster was asking about your teaching experience Professor, maybe you want to respond to his post.Wed, 17 Jun 2026 03:04:29 +0000Would not work !! Land-based pipelines traversing hundreds of miles are inherently vulnerable to military strikes, drones, or sabotage, meaning they do not necessarily eliminate the security risks associated with maritime chokepoints. Replicating the massive volume of the Strait of Hormuz using pipelines would require hundreds of billions of dollars. Because much of Iran's oil revenue is restricted, funding such monumental projects is nearly impossible. For international transport across oceans, maritime shipping remains vastly cheaper than overland transport because Very Large Crude Carriers (VLCCs) offer immense economies of scaleWed, 17 Jun 2026 03:04:01 +0000