https://aseannow.com/rss/44-thailand-news.xml/National and regional news from all around ThailandenAnother day another excuse. This time Trumps telling us a deal was close he said yesterday, with one of his minions saying we will have good news in the next few hours. Twenty four hours later he is telling us all he has told his negotiators not to rush talks with Iran.Mon, 25 May 2026 05:35:55 +0000There's no question that the IDF are composed of morally bankrupt and ethically challenged individuals who are doing the bidding of a lowlife, genocidal street trash leader.Mon, 25 May 2026 05:33:25 +0000Many Western women are entitled, arrogant, controlling big bodies. Their goal is to control and try to be better then a man. They make the worst bosses and bad lovers. They are the object of one thing for me: disgust.Mon, 25 May 2026 05:33:20 +0000Mon, 25 May 2026 05:32:55 +0000I remember that, and thought it quite good.Mon, 25 May 2026 05:32:12 +0000Sticks and stones may break my bones but calling names won't harm me.Mon, 25 May 2026 05:32:12 +0000We should own the term, in the same way African Americans now own the N word. I've only heard Thai people who don't know me using the F word when talking amongst themselves, as Thai friends have a range of other names (mostly related to my age, so think I prefer 'falang' 😅 But when referring to myself when chatting with Thai friends I often call myself 'khon falang' as a joke.Mon, 25 May 2026 05:31:48 +0000You may have a parasitic diseases, possibly a Tapeworm etc. It's not normal to be consuming the same quantity of food as you were consuming when you were young.Mon, 25 May 2026 05:30:35 +0000In Hong Kong, where I lived and worked for many years, I and most other "westerners" ( not Indians or Africans) are referred to as a "guilo". ( there's even a beer branded "guilo") I was told by my local Chinese (Cantonese not 'mainlanders' who refer to us as a "laowai" ....slang for 'old foreigner') friends that it's a semi derogatory term meaning literally "ghost person".... presumably because of our white skin!! Doesn't bother me, nor does farang. As my dear old Granny used to say "what's in a name. A rose by any name would smell as sweet "Mon, 25 May 2026 05:30:09 +0000His example is a friend of a friend of a friend while in a pub suppin' beer told him, the friend of a friend of a friend had ready it on a blog like this, it was from the same source many other things which are said negatively about Thailand originate from. 😀Mon, 25 May 2026 05:29:36 +0000There have been some very rich people who have some social consciousness and some awareness of the responsibility that wealth imbues upon an individual. However there are some street trash like Trump and Musk who are likely the most selfish billionaires in the history of mankind, and most certainly the least charitable and least conscious.Mon, 25 May 2026 05:28:47 +0000Indeed- the poster has a lovely life if the subject of his post is the biggest issue he currently faces- if I am correct then truly I envy him in that eventMon, 25 May 2026 05:28:25 +0000During the period you reference, a greater number of Europeans and UK nationals were arrested for violent crime, drug offences, brawling and drunk driving. The Avengers Israeli fellow, was not engaged in criminal activity in Thailand. He was arrested by Thailand at the request of Israeli police who wanted him. The arrest of the Russian drug mule is a non story. On any given day, a person with a debt or drug habit is arrested in Thailand. On his day it was some dimwitted Russia. Hardly an indication of his being a dangerous criminal to others. Ok, an Israeli was running a tourist agency without the proper visa. Big deal. It is a minor offence and not evidence of a criminal conspiracy. Every year it is some different group who is scrutinized. When I lived in Patong. it was Canadians and Australians selling bogus investment timesharesthen it became the Chinese and South Koreans and then the Russians with their unlicensed businesses. 1 incident does not make a crime wave. The Story of Shai Alfasi's arrest in february is notable for its initial fanfare and claim of a large drug haul. For some reason, the story has died. The man was supposed to be running a major drug ring from the back of his motor bike. Right. Like most crime stories here and announced drug hauls, the announcement is bigger than the actual case and the supporting information. I don't doubt that he was a drug dealer, I do doubt the quantities claimed. While all the above was going on, far worse was going on, all of which is ignored in your rush to blame Russians, Israelis and Chinese. Events like; The take down of the Nigerian drug traffickers in Bangkok. 16 of them in one action. The Filipina who abandoned her new born in a garbage bag The Lao national who cut up his partner into little pieces. The April action by the Anti-Money Laundering Office (AMLO) seizing and freezing of additional assets worth 8.27 billion baht in connection with an alleged scam network linked to Ben Smith and Yim Liak. South Africa couple Ben Smith aka Benjamin Mauerberger, and his wife, Cattaliya Beevor are charged with “cross-border investment fraud” dating back to 2016, that links back to Cambodian operations. This is one of the largest actions in Thailand's anti fraud history. Two evil Taiwanese nationals were caught trying to smuggle live protected animals from thailand. Remember the European in March who ran around like a savage in Pattaya? I am no fan of Chinese tourists, but too often they are blamed for the misdeeds of Thais. This is illustrated by the recent issue of Chinese visitors to Phuket being accused of hunting parrotfish. What is not mentioned is that Thais sold the visitors the spearguns, and Thais took them to the waters off of Kata beach where they are alleged to have been illegally hunting/poaching. Easier to blame the ignorant Chinese than it is to hold the Thais who enabled the wrongdoing, responsible. It is no different than the mentality that allows the rental of motor scooters to foreigners who are not licensed to drive the vehicles. The foreigner is blamed, while the Thais who profit are left alone. No one on Koh Phagnan is innocent. No foreigner lasts long as a drug dealer or an illegal business without local assistance. the farang criminals are usually fronts for Thai criminals who promise quick profits in paradise or paying off local officials.Mon, 25 May 2026 05:27:46 +0000From my point of view there's a big difference between posting on this forum amongst adults who share a lot in common, and the inane stuff that I see on Instagram and TikTok. And then you start talking about Instagram challenges among adolescents and that stuff is downright scary.Mon, 25 May 2026 05:26:44 +0000As in gun fire? That has been tried several times. MidtermsMon, 25 May 2026 05:26:19 +0000The good bit starts at 1.20Mon, 25 May 2026 05:25:43 +0000It's the tyres, the compound is too hard, they don't wear, some lasting more than 100000km. Most are beyond use by date, hard as a rock, these tyres bend nails. In the wet is like skating on iceMon, 25 May 2026 05:25:11 +0000I would imagine the prosecutors would press for a conviction against the foreigner first of all- perhaps get a guilty plea in return for a lesser senctnece Once they have that conviction it would make it much more difficult for the relevant adviser to plead not guilty if their former client has not only been convicted- but has no doubt confirmed the whole scheme was devised for them by the relevant professional Get a conviction against the foreigner - then watch this space I suspectMon, 25 May 2026 05:24:31 +0000The people who are supposed to be the watchdogs over these FAR too blatant and obvious grifts/breaches of all three emolument clauses are terrified to do their jobs. Firchrissake, this unbelievable $1.776 BILLION theft of the American people is clearly a promise to pay thugs for past, present and future acts of violence against anyone who crosses the self-proclaimed king in the name of misguided "patriotism." The US has pulled through worst and will most likely survive this as well, but it still sucks to be witnessing it as it unfolds.Mon, 25 May 2026 05:24:26 +0000Koh Tao will be full of dive shops with these set ups, i recall 28 years agoMon, 25 May 2026 05:24:19 +0000Mon, 25 May 2026 05:23:54 +0000When in Rome...Mon, 25 May 2026 05:23:01 +0000Maybe! Screen time is an important qualification for this administration.Mon, 25 May 2026 05:22:31 +0000That's a matter of opinion, isn't it? I don't know anything about that...but does it matter? Freelance journalists are a thing. Without 'friends', from whence would he get information? A piece written for the Daily Mirror might look a little different than something written for the Observer. Depends on the audience, doesn't it? Some like a bit of juicy gossip. That's why we have people here every day, nattering about anything and everything. To my mind, you have merely succeeded in raising his profile. Maybe that was your intention 😊 Are you working for him? 😊 You've directed me to stories that I would not have gone looking for. 😊 If you were trying to make him look bad, you haven't succeeded. That's the opinion of an 'average' observer with no skin in the game.Mon, 25 May 2026 05:22:17 +0000Yes and no. The USA is still participating in the Ebola sxxx, despite the fact that it is no longer a WHO member.Mon, 25 May 2026 05:20:25 +0000