https://aseannow.com/rss/44-thailand-news.xml/National and regional news from all around ThailandenOneWed, 17 Jun 2026 08:34:16 +0000Wed, 17 Jun 2026 08:31:59 +0000Rough childhood?Wed, 17 Jun 2026 08:28:18 +0000The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) may become a thing of the past as more and more smaller countries watch global superpowers like the US snuff out smaller countries it wishes to control, or watches a country like Isreal who is armed and protected by a superpower simply devastate the countries around them as "pre-emptive self-defense" which is just an excuse to expand and colonize. Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and other Middle Eastern, African, and Eurasia countries may feel that a nuclear armed Israel or a bellicose United State with a deranged President are in themselves an existential threat to those smaller countries continued existence unless they too can obtain the deterrence force that nuclear weapons provide. What the US and Israel have succeeding in accomplishing is waking up the average countries of the world to the threat of nuclear armed neocolonial countries who may have their sites set on the overthrow of their own countries next.Wed, 17 Jun 2026 08:24:44 +0000The Wall Street Journal has reported that Saudi Arabia and the UAE are already planning to augment their existing pipelines. However, pipelines are vulnerable to drone attack, and the Houthis could also block the Bab el Mandeb at the south end of the Red Sea. This would stop Saudi oil from getting to East Asia from their pipeline terminus.Wed, 17 Jun 2026 08:24:35 +0000It isn't a threat if you want to be one of the rabble to do with as they want. Most normal people do not accept that so yes they do see the Muslims as a threat.Wed, 17 Jun 2026 08:23:17 +0000Those pesky Poms.Wed, 17 Jun 2026 08:22:51 +0000Nope, been on the books a looong time. Rarely enforced, but for dodgy folks they suspect are abusing immigration rules, or the spirit of them, the immigration officer can ask the arrival to 'show me the money'. No have the cash, no can enter. They can start the process for denial of entry because of lack of funds. If you're legit, it's mostly nothing to be concerned about. But carrying the thin, lightweight seven $100s is insurance.Wed, 17 Jun 2026 08:19:52 +0000On the sixth day God created that single-celled organism. Then She said "Go, be fruitful and multiply".Wed, 17 Jun 2026 08:19:45 +0000Who is Godfree If an AN forum member was to ask me, I'd say it was you.Wed, 17 Jun 2026 08:19:20 +0000Is this why some on social media have nose rings, so they can be led around?Wed, 17 Jun 2026 08:18:20 +0000OP, using money in bank method you can be asked for a 12 month bank statement especially for example there is a month or two with no transactions or consolidated transactions. You will also require Bank Letter and update on day of application.Wed, 17 Jun 2026 08:17:03 +0000Wed, 17 Jun 2026 08:16:49 +0000It’s stated in the article how some might continue their criminal activities. Doesn’t seem to be anything to do with bribes. “Authorities say that suspects are often released on bail during legal proceedings and are usually required to surrender their passports. However, some individuals are alleged to resume criminal activities while their cases are ongoing.”Wed, 17 Jun 2026 08:16:15 +0000The guy is an embarrassment to America and its people !!Wed, 17 Jun 2026 08:15:31 +0000They were in international waters. It's not the Strait of HormuzWed, 17 Jun 2026 08:15:26 +0000Remember that parental line: This is going to hurt me more than you. Yeah, the disrespect in teenagehood (from teenage hoods) is hard to take. I did a lot of yelling. She recently told me she's forgive me in fifty years. Of course, I'll be long dead!Wed, 17 Jun 2026 08:15:24 +0000..but no problem with the growing number of hot Romanian girls about :)Wed, 17 Jun 2026 08:14:57 +0000The question after "mode of transport" is "vehicle number" and something needs to go in that field. Somewhere it was suggested to pit "local bus/taxi". I could put in Flight XYZ from Saigon, but then without a booking upload, it would look incomplete. There is place to upload "4 . Travel booking confirmation" and I have uploaded confirmation of our ticket out. I have also uploaded two separate hotel bookings of 5-6 days each, and bank statements. I can't imagine they insist on seeing a bus ticket for someone entering from Laos, especially with a tciket out. But I'm not Japanese....Wed, 17 Jun 2026 08:14:49 +0000Trump: 'All Hell' Awaits Iran if It Gets Nukes I'd suggest that if Iran creates nuclear weapons, then "All Hell" is a two-way street where there are no winners and many losers. The US loves disarmed countries which then can be crushed militarily. But nukes? They even out the playing field. The are about the only ultimate deterrent. Ask North Korea. The US had plans to crush North Korea until they revealed they had nukes. Then the equation shifted and the collective West leaves North Korea alone. I'm not going to summarize it he. Find recent video interviews with MIT Physics Professor Emeritus Ted Postol and former Scientific Adviser to the Chief of Naval Operations. He outlines various scenarios where the US and/or Israel either nuke Iran or ramp up the rhetoric threatening the use of nuclear weapons on Tehran and Iran as a whole. It's not a story about how Israel and the US will make Iran disappear. Quite on the contrary, it's how an attack would lead to essentially an Armageddon. Again, no winners, just losers. Before Trump invaded Iran, the Straits of Hormuz were open and Iran had an Islamic Fatwa against the creation or use of a nuclear weapon. But after Trump and Netanyahu existentially threatened Iran's existence beginning with the bombing and attempted regime change - everything changed. Like US threats toward North Korea, US and Israeli threats from two nuclear armed nations might be the trigger to convince Iran that it needs nuclear weapons as a deterrent against just this type of bellicosity, "All Hell Awaits" from Trump. You can find Professor Postol's interviews on Youtube. They are worth watching if you want to watch a sane man who understands the physics behind nuclear war plead for a return to global sanity.Wed, 17 Jun 2026 08:14:46 +0000sounds like the Russians weren't adhering to maritime conventions. Firstly, "steam gives way to sail. " the yacht changed course to reply to there 5 horn blasts, and of course sailing could be tacking However, if the Russian ship was "drifting", were they flying the right mast signals – two black balls in a vertical line during the day. At night, she displays two all-round red lights in a vertical line. I suspect they didn't understand basic sailing techniquesWed, 17 Jun 2026 08:14:35 +0000Change the battery in your calculator 😉 50K Baht=1500 for a ten year Visa. 1900 Baht x 10 = 19000 is about $575 for the ten years. LTR is worth it to me to only visit Immigration twice in ten years, pay once and be done with it.Wed, 17 Jun 2026 08:14:14 +0000Petrol is more likely than dieselWed, 17 Jun 2026 08:14:07 +0000It’s too darned hot to wash your own car here. We have a few car washes in Chiang Rai that only charge 50 baht.Wed, 17 Jun 2026 08:13:42 +0000How would you know? Because figments of imagination do not speak to you, that's how.Wed, 17 Jun 2026 08:13:34 +0000