https://aseannow.com/rss/44-thailand-news.xml/National and regional news from all around ThailandenTrowelTue, 26 May 2026 10:32:19 +0000BricklayersTue, 26 May 2026 10:30:39 +0000I agree with the broader points raised in the post, but I also believe that helping “one helmet at a time” absolutely matters - a cultural shift is required - that can't happen over night, one step at a time works so long as the steps show positive improvement. If even one life is saved, then the effort is worthwhile. Credit to the people doing this work, and credit to the awareness and publicity it generates. Hopefully it encourages more people to wear helmets, especially parents with young children. When it comes to road safety, far more still needs to be done. But I see this kind of advocacy as a positive step forward. It also highlights a very positive side of foreigners in Thailand, which I think is commendable. Even if we looked at this individual facet of road safety in isolation from every other contributory issue, fatalities would drop significantly if just three areas were properly addressed: helmet use, seatbelt compliance, and banning people from riding in the back of flatbed trucks.Tue, 26 May 2026 10:30:08 +0000I'm fairly certain it's only the TM47 system that is processed by your local immigration office. The TM30 system is centrally managed as far as I know. Have you actually tried to register the address on the TM30 system? If the registration goes through, then so will any TM30's filed through the system since there is no approval needed for those, they are simply an entry into the system.Tue, 26 May 2026 10:29:22 +0000Should let the locals sort out his problem.Tue, 26 May 2026 10:29:21 +0000Don't think it's normallyclosed per se, just think that they chose a time of year when the least boats will go out as many days they literally can't and diving is all about visibilty otherwise what's the point..............christ knowsTue, 26 May 2026 10:28:09 +0000Most people on TV already know of this case. Most people on TV believe that you are prevaricating when you state that you are crying in solidarity with the prisoner of the Philippines. I have no doubt that you are telling the truth when you say you were crying. However, the reason for your tears is an avoidance of the truth, on your part.Tue, 26 May 2026 10:27:13 +0000I suppose this will help the eco system develop back to how it should be. Of course, making people unemployed is never good, but then destroying the things that make tourists come won't help. Thailand needs to diversify its industries and pour resources into education.Tue, 26 May 2026 10:26:36 +0000You think they closed the area for stormy season? I sort of doubt that, but there's a chance you might be right.Tue, 26 May 2026 10:25:32 +0000I wondered if they still operate this season though anyway ?.....gets pretty stormy out thereTue, 26 May 2026 10:23:09 +0000As well as the people defending her. What’s not to defend? Attempts have been made to publicly humiliate this woman over refusing to pay for a mistake made by the staff. Do you normally pay for things you didn’t receive correctly? If you ordered a steak and chicken arrived instead, would you just shrug and pay anyway? The customer paid for the items that were correct. The dispute was over the item the restaurant got wrong. That’s not the customer’s fault. That’s a completely different context. I don’t think the restaurant staff were about to pull out a machete and slash the woman. Not arguing with a taxi driver, or ignoring an extra beer mysteriously added to the bill, falls into the “pay and leave” category because self-preservation matters more than principle. But a restaurant dispute over an incorrect order is entirely different. Why should someone pay for something they didn’t receive correctly? Why should the customer absorb the cost of the staff’s mistake? The woman still paid for everything that was correct. The only disputed item was the one that wasn’t - the "woman leaves the restaurant unpaid" is inaccurate - "woman leaves restaurant having paid for what she did receive" is accurate.Tue, 26 May 2026 10:23:09 +0000No... I am not finished with this important Topic, quite yet, and here is an important update. Well, anyway, the crazy and ambiguous symbols, all but Jagger's tongue, were image-captured from a pressure cooker having a pressure-vessel volume of 5 liters, which is actually quite acceptable. As already stated, the fact that this manufacturer refuses to use plain English makes the operation EXTREMELY NON-INTUITIVE, and this make it necessary to consult a very poorly written set of instructions provided with this cooker. Still, I am willing to endure a little pain in the interest of this experiment. Also, if this thing can produce tender pork roasts, and such, quickly and effectively, then I will bend to the inevitable of the DUMBING DOWN OF HUMANITY, which so obviously is occurring, and at an ever more rapid rate. Someday, soon, we will forget how to read, at all. And, our children will not know what is going on, nor will they be able to tell the state of their machines. They will just press ambiguous symbols, all day long, and wait like imbeciles to see what happens. Should they wish to change the process of some pre-programmed setting on some appliance, they will not have the option that was historically available when we were able to buy analogue devices. SAY BYE-BYE to the Glorious Analogue Days, when life was much more transparent, and when we were actually happy, once in awhile.... Now, we have completely relinquished control to Ambiguous Semiotics and Machines of all types. ARE YOU HAPPY NOW.....SAMMY-BOY? Note: Sammy escaped the legal suit due to a technicality...yet he remains guilty as hell. He must be about as resilient as Rasputin, one can only wonder.... NOTE2: Also, importantly, please prepare for my upcoming Topics to be created on the Western Food Sub-Forum.....concerning my use of this new Pressure Cooker (and it's electric, of course)....Tue, 26 May 2026 10:22:33 +0000https://aseannow.com/thailand-news/sri-boon-ruang-man-arrested-for-stepdaughters-murder-r2009/A 38-year-old man, identified as Pornchai, was arrested in Sri Boon Ruang District for the murder of his 13-year-old stepdaughter and assault on his partner. The arrest occurred at 14:10 Monday on a rural road after police discovered the girl's body earlier that day. Authorities found the victim in a bathroom, bound and assaulted, while her mother suffered serious injuries. Get today's headlines by email Pornchai was apprehended following a report of a fatality at a residence in Ban Mai Tanthawan, Nong Kung Kaeo Subdistrict. The victim’s mother was found severely injured outside the house. She had been unconscious for two days, regaining consciousness only on Monday, before being rushed to the hospital for treatment. The 13-year-old girl had been staying with her mother and stepfather for the local Rocket Festival. When she failed to return home, her grandfather searched but couldn’t find her. A local resident discovered the injured mother while retrieving a borrowed motorcycle, prompting them to alert authorities. District Chief Thanayut Yaikaew mobilized police and local officials to establish checkpoints and intercept Pornchai, who was fleeing on a motorcycle. A subsequent drug test revealed positive results for methamphetamine, and Pornchai confessed to using the drug on Saturday. He faced charges of narcotics use and vehicle operation under the influence, with further charges of homicide and sexual assault pending. Police revealed Pornchai's criminal record, noting his prior conviction for sexual assault. District Chief Thanayut urged vigilance and early intervention to prevent similar incidents. The local community and the victim's school expressed shock and distress over the tragedy. Join the discussion? Already a member? Adapted by ASEAN Now · Khaosod · 26 May 2026Tue, 26 May 2026 10:21:15 +0000A 38-year-old man, identified as Pornchai, was arrested in Sri Boon Ruang District for the murder of his 13-year-old stepdaughter and assault on his partner. The arrest occurred at 14:10 Monday on a rural road after police discovered the girl's body earlier that day. Authorities found the victim in a bathroom, bound and assaulted, while her mother suffered serious injuries. Get today's headlines by email Pornchai was apprehended following a report of a fatality at a residence in Ban Mai Tanthawan, Nong Kung Kaeo Subdistrict. The victim’s mother was found severely injured outside the house. She had been unconscious for two days, regaining consciousness only on Monday, before being rushed to the hospital for treatment. The 13-year-old girl had been staying with her mother and stepfather for the local Rocket Festival. When she failed to return home, her grandfather searched but couldn’t find her. A local resident discovered the injured mother while retrieving a borrowed motorcycle, prompting them to alert authorities. District Chief Thanayut Yaikaew mobilized police and local officials to establish checkpoints and intercept Pornchai, who was fleeing on a motorcycle. A subsequent drug test revealed positive results for methamphetamine, and Pornchai confessed to using the drug on Saturday. He faced charges of narcotics use and vehicle operation under the influence, with further charges of homicide and sexual assault pending. Police revealed Pornchai's criminal record, noting his prior conviction for sexual assault. District Chief Thanayut urged vigilance and early intervention to prevent similar incidents. The local community and the victim's school expressed shock and distress over the tragedy. Join the discussion? Already a member? Adapted by ASEAN Now · Khaosod · 26 May 2026 View full articleTue, 26 May 2026 10:21:15 +0000Don't you mean wouldn't?Tue, 26 May 2026 10:20:03 +0000So that's killed all the diving boats. Doubt they'll be able to keep any boats running for just 7 months a year. More than 100 million a year in tourist income gone at the stroke of a bureaucrats pen, along with 200,000 tourists.Tue, 26 May 2026 10:18:30 +0000I bet this get buried asap by the Thai press... awkward for the current anti-foreigner narrative being chased right now to distract from the real problems Thailand has and their inability to fix it all.Tue, 26 May 2026 10:18:12 +0000What, not one of the millions there are of them. How do they find talking to you?Tue, 26 May 2026 10:17:42 +0000Try bumping or hitting the pressure switch, a little bump, see if that fixes it. If it does, may need a new pressure switch. I notice on my Mitsabishi that sometimes after a lot of use the contacts must get stuck together, a small tap or bump fixes that. Shouldn't happen, but metals aren't metals anymore. Putting in a new thermal overload for my contactor and the previous Mitsubishi overload I could torque the screws to recommended torque, but the new overload just nearly stripped the screw heads.Tue, 26 May 2026 10:16:47 +0000Tue, 26 May 2026 10:16:38 +0000So - a little more information has emerged (and affirmed with the above update). Mika Salo now appears to have publicly walked back the idea that this was an attack, instead describing it as an accident. Whether that change of tone came voluntarily or under a certain degree of “encouragement” is open to interpretation. What remains awkward and confusing, however, is Salo’s original statement that hospital staff told him others arrived with similar injuries that same night. That detail naturally fuels the theory that some unhinged idiot was riding around on a motorcycle attacking pedestrians. At this stage, this still appears to have been a random lunatic slashing whoever was nearby. But reports of multiple similar injuries make the “isolated accident” explanation harder to swallow. Poor timing and an exposed footpeg on a passing bike is possible once. Several comparable injuries in one evening starts sounding less like coincidence and more like someone treating Bangkok roads as a live-action video game. What’s perhaps most interesting is that Thai police, along with the Metropolitan Police Bureau commissioner, reportedly tracked Salo down at his hotel after the story gained attention. Shortly afterwards, Salo publicly stated that this was merely a one-off accident - hmmmmm.... I do hope the police are still looking out for any CCTV and tracking down any other similar incidents - interviewing hospital staff and verifying if there were multiple occurrences. It has not been stated exactly 'where' this incident occurred - but if in an area of high tourist footfall - there must be CCTV footage - and the accident or deliberate incident can be confirmed - because if there is a lunatic out there slashing at pedestrians - they need to be caught very very quickly.Tue, 26 May 2026 10:16:14 +0000I would be looking at pressure switch.Tue, 26 May 2026 10:15:50 +0000Didn't realise that was still ongoing.........hopefully it will act as a catalyst for those in the higher echelons to take the baton further up the path of legislation and enforcement and galvanise others to take the campaign to the next level or dimension. As a foreigner, he is probably limited as to what difference he can truly make apart from what he has already acheived, no doubt already saving quite a few from serious injury or worse........Tue, 26 May 2026 10:15:36 +0000Thank you, Sheryl...any recommendation on top tier??Tue, 26 May 2026 10:14:55 +0000You are right about Citibank. It took 3 days to reach my Thai bank account and, sure enough, 'Bahtnet' was placed at the end of the transaction. I don't know what costs I incurred but, the exchange rate, although not as good as Wise, seemed quite reasonable considering.Tue, 26 May 2026 10:14:40 +0000