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<rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Thailand news</title><link>https://aseannow.com/rss/44-thailand-news.xml/</link><description>National and regional news from all around Thailand</description><language>en</language><item><title>Youtubers running out of ideas</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1398102-youtubers-running-out-of-ideas/?do=findComment&comment=20586850]]></link><description>That's an expensive request. To accomplish that, the channel must be sufficiently monetized including  promotion/branding deals with sponsors. The downside of those freebies and promos is that the  subject very quickly loses credibility. Most of these influencers  do not pay for the restaurant meals they receive, or the gym memberships they have.  Who do you expect will pay for the visits to the multiple locations in multiple countries?</description><pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2026 06:32:55 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>How much do you pay your girlfriend/wife</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1398206-how-much-do-you-pay-your-girlfriendwife/?do=findComment&comment=20586849]]></link><description>How much do you pay? with all the extras? or you rather keep it hush hush &#x1F92B;</description><pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2026 06:32:25 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>UEFA Condemns FIFA Over Balogun Red Card Reprieve</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1398167-uefa-condemns-fifa-over-balogun-red-card-reprieve/?do=findComment&comment=20586848]]></link><description>I'm happy the USA lost. If by some miracle they had made it win the final, it would have forever been a Trump astericks victory.</description><pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2026 06:32:16 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Host Bar Worker Accused of Raping Brit in Phitsanulok</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1398193-host-bar-worker-accused-of-raping-brit-in-phitsanulok/?do=findComment&comment=20586847]]></link><description>Ah, what those cocks have to tell, eh.</description><pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2026 06:31:54 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Host Bar Worker Accused of Raping Brit in Phitsanulok</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1398193-host-bar-worker-accused-of-raping-brit-in-phitsanulok/?do=findComment&comment=20586846]]></link><description>Cock tales??</description><pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2026 06:29:46 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Labour Faces Fury As Grooming Gang Rapists Set For Early Release</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1398207-labour-faces-fury-as-grooming-gang-rapists-set-for-early-release/?do=findComment&comment=20586845]]></link><description>The Victims should pursue civil action against their abusers.</description><pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2026 06:29:31 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>UEFA Condemns FIFA Over Balogun Red Card Reprieve</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1398167-uefa-condemns-fifa-over-balogun-red-card-reprieve/?do=findComment&comment=20586844]]></link><description>No.</description><pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2026 06:29:23 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Host Bar Worker Accused of Raping Brit in Phitsanulok</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1398193-host-bar-worker-accused-of-raping-brit-in-phitsanulok/?do=findComment&comment=20586843]]></link><description>When 18=year olds were called up in front of their draft boards, there was a common question asked to prove their pacifist status. Q: What would you do if your grandmother was being raped? A: Well, first, I'd wipe the smile off her face!</description><pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2026 06:29:15 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>UEFA Condemns FIFA Over Balogun Red Card Reprieve</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1398167-uefa-condemns-fifa-over-balogun-red-card-reprieve/?do=findComment&comment=20586842]]></link><description>Did anyone not expect this self proclaimed football expert to meddle when all the attention goes to the World Cup and not to him? I was only wondering when and how, but no doubt that it would happen. Thanks moron for giving me some real fun and enjoyment moments.</description><pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2026 06:29:07 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Can I lock it</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1397990-can-i-lock-it/?do=findComment&comment=20586841]]></link><description>To disable alarm and CCTV systems allegedly.</description><pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2026 06:28:17 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Word Association - 2026</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1383425-word-association-2026/?do=findComment&comment=20586840]]></link><description>Pockets</description><pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2026 06:27:08 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>A crook always a crook</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1392424-a-crook-always-a-crook/?do=findComment&comment=20586839]]></link><description>If it sounds too good to be true, it must be true.  The truth is Trump is a con artist of the worst kind.  He preys on his supporters.</description><pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2026 06:24:40 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Youtubers running out of ideas</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1398102-youtubers-running-out-of-ideas/?do=findComment&comment=20586838]]></link><description>Sa  Same as that Buzzin Pattaya bloke Trevor. He does the same old video's over and over again, it's now boring so I've stopped watching</description><pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2026 06:23:12 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>School Near Asoke, doing classes 3 days per week?</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1398139-school-near-asoke-doing-classes-3-days-per-week/?do=findComment&comment=20586837]]></link><description>Many complain about the website. It is not a reflection on the quality of instruction. No group classes, only one-on-one. You can meet as often as you want, at the time you choose. You can go to the school, or they will come to you. If they come to you, I think it works out to about an extra B150 per lesson.</description><pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2026 06:23:02 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>British Woman Charged With Murder in Pattaya</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1398073-british-woman-charged-with-murder-in-pattaya/?do=findComment&comment=20586836]]></link><description>With partners like her. Who needs enemies?</description><pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2026 06:22:36 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>How much do you pay your girlfriend/wife</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1398206-how-much-do-you-pay-your-girlfriendwife/?do=findComment&comment=20586835]]></link><description>I've never "paid" my wife. My wife works. She had a job when I met her, working in a photocopying booth next to where I was teaching.  She still works and always has done, other than about two years when our daughter was born.</description><pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2026 06:22:05 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Thai Recipient Traced in Australia in Air Hostess Case</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1398194-thai-recipient-traced-in-australia-in-air-hostess-case/?do=findComment&comment=20586833]]></link><description>Personally, I hope it becomes clear that Mina is an unwitting courier. She's 23, naive.  Huge waste of resources!</description><pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2026 06:17:00 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>White Supremacist Group Marches on Capitol Hill on July 4</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1398095-white-supremacist-group-marches-on-capitol-hill-on-july-4/?do=findComment&comment=20586832]]></link><description>Maybe they should wear &#x201C;leftist&#x201D; masks.</description><enclosure url="https://assets.aseannow.com/forum/uploads/monthly_2026_07/IMG_3924.jpeg.260b7350e730e904e91ad49873fb8fa6.jpeg" length="12846" type="image/jpeg"/><pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2026 06:15:52 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Word Association - 2026</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1383425-word-association-2026/?do=findComment&comment=20586831]]></link><description>Empty</description><pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2026 06:13:59 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>BREAKING NEWS: Revised result USA 1- Belgium 0</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1398204-breaking-news-revised-result-usa-1-belgium-0/?do=findComment&comment=20586830]]></link><description>Trump's dance by Belgium players it's a must see  X (formerly Twitter)MoltiSanti &#x1F414; (@ExEcheverrissmo) on XKJJJJ los jugadores de B&#xE9;lgica haciendo el baile de trump, es la meada del mundial &#x1F62D;&#x1F62D;&#x1F64F; Belgium trolls USA, FIFA, Donald Trump after dominant World Cup win: 'Overturn this' https://au.sports.yahoo.com/belgium-trolls-usa-fifa-donald-trump-after-dominant-world-cup-win-overturn-this-033735788.html</description><pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2026 06:13:54 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>How much do you pay your girlfriend/wife</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1398206-how-much-do-you-pay-your-girlfriendwife/?do=findComment&comment=20586829]]></link><description>I give mine 6k, plus all food, son's school, diesel. House, m bike and car are paid for.  She's happy enough with the arrangement.</description><pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2026 06:13:46 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>How much do you pay your girlfriend/wife</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1398206-how-much-do-you-pay-your-girlfriendwife/?do=findComment&comment=20586828]]></link><description>Since this question only comes up about five times per year, I'm really looking forward to seeing all the latest data and recent updates...oh, and the arguments about what is considered pay and what is not. Oh, Oh...and those clever members sounding like broken records repeating ad nauseum that everyone pays in one way or another.</description><pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2026 06:13:34 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Labour Faces Fury As Grooming Gang Rapists Set For Early Release</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1398207-labour-faces-fury-as-grooming-gang-rapists-set-for-early-release/?do=findComment&comment=20586827]]></link><description>Labour Faces Fury As Grooming Gang Rapists Set For Early Release  Shabir Ahmed, convicted in 2012 for multiple rapes and sexual offences against vulnerable girls in the Rochdale grooming gang  Survivors Say Justice Is Being Torn Away As Offenders Could Leave Prison After Serving Just A Third Of Their SentencesGrooming gang survivors have launched a furious attack on Labour's sentencing reforms after learning that some of the men who abused them could be released years earlier than expected because of prison overcrowding. Five victims are due to protest outside Parliament on Tuesday, urging MPs to block plans they say betray survivors and put women and children at greater risk. The demonstration comes as Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch prepares to force a parliamentary vote aimed at preventing serious sexual offenders from benefiting from early release. The controversy centres on Labour's plans to ease pressure on Britain's overcrowded prisons by allowing many offenders to leave custody after serving a smaller proportion of their sentences. Under the proposals, more than 90% of offenders jailed for child grooming offences and more than 60% of those imprisoned for rape each year could qualify for earlier release. Those convicted of offences involving child sexual abuse images or sexual activity with a child could serve as little as one-third of their custodial sentence, while most rapists would become eligible for release after serving half. 'Survivors Never Get Early Release From Trauma'Victims say the reforms have reopened psychological wounds they have spent years trying to heal. Survivor Fiona Goddard said receiving notification that offenders could soon be released had left her unable to sleep and suffering severe anxiety. "Survivors do not get early release from the trauma," she said. "We are left carrying it for life &#x2013; in our minds, in our bodies, in our homes." She described feeling frightened to leave her house and said the stress had become so overwhelming it had resulted in hospital treatment. "The state failed us when we were children, and now it feels as though we are being failed all over again," she said. Victims Fear For Their SafetyAnother survivor, Jessica, who was abused by more than 50 men from the age of 12, said she broke down in tears after receiving the official notification. "My anxiety and fears were just about settling down," she said. "Now I've gone a million steps back. I can't eat. I can't sleep. The few hours of sleep I do get are trauma dreams. I wake up crying... It is soul-crushing." Erin, who said she continues to receive threats from members of the gang that abused her and from their relatives, warned that releasing offenders early would place victims directly back in danger. "My family and I still receive active threats from these men and their families," she said. "It feels as though their behaviour is being condoned." Another survivor, Novah, said offenders appeared to enjoy more comfort in prison than many victims experienced in daily life. "We're sat at home in absolute pieces... because of these absolute monsters," she said. Political Pressure MountsThe issue has rapidly become a political flashpoint. Badenoch condemned the proposals, calling it "frankly disgusting" that convicted rapists, paedophiles and grooming gang members could benefit from early release. Meanwhile, reports suggest Labour leadership contender Andy Burnham is exploring ways to exclude child sex offenders from the policy altogether. Labour argues the measures are necessary to prevent Britain's prison system from running out of space, with more than 60,000 offenders already released early under emergency overcrowding measures. A Debate Beyond Prison NumbersFor ministers, the reforms are presented as a practical response to a prison capacity crisis. For survivors, however, the issue is about trust in the justice system. Many say they spent years enduring police investigations and court proceedings in the belief that lengthy prison sentences would provide some measure of safety and closure. They now argue that releasing dangerous sexual offenders significantly earlier than expected risks undermining public confidence in sentencing while forcing victims to relive the trauma they thought the courts had finally helped bring to an end.  SOURCE</description><enclosure url="https://assets.aseannow.com/forum/uploads/monthly_2026_07/ShabirRochdalegang.jpg.a8e360a6458958cc34cff6c7444cf632.jpg" length="24200" type="image/jpeg"/><pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2026 06:13:30 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Burnham Says No to Early General Election</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1398031-burnham-says-no-to-early-general-election/?do=findComment&comment=20586826]]></link><description>Burnham has supported proportional representation and I believe has promised a Royal Commission to examine PR and make proposals.  Other points you raise would not improve democracy but would lead to instability of Governments, or just as bad, a Government sticking with a failing PM to avoid an election.</description><pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2026 06:12:43 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Host Bar Worker Accused of Raping Brit in Phitsanulok</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1398193-host-bar-worker-accused-of-raping-brit-in-phitsanulok/?do=findComment&comment=20586825]]></link><description>Fair change we know what - unfortunately it got out of hand somehow.</description><pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2026 06:12:14 +0000</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
