https://aseannow.com/rss/44-thailand-news.xml/National and regional news from all around ThailandenYou completely missed the pointTue, 02 Jun 2026 14:34:14 +0000Pattaya It was a sad day today. My girlfriend and I took in a stray cat in terrible condition, just 2 days ago. He was a bag of bones with severe respiratory distress, taking breaths at the rate of about 80 per minute. You could see all his vertebrae, and all his ribs, and his coat was severely depleted from scratching. We found him at the back of my building, just hovering over some water and scraps some people had left out for him. As cat lovers, we just couldn't walk away. He was sitting there, waiting to die. He never moved from that spot, just next to some plastic takeaway containers filled with dirty water and some food scraps, a few meters away from garbage bins and sewage tanks, and cockroaches sharing the scraps. When we got him back to our apartment, he ate a lot, drank a lot of water, along with special milk I buy, which is made in Australia. we really thought there was some hope we could nurse him back to health. It was good timing as it rained very heavily not long after we got him home. There was no protest when I picked him up, as he had no energy to resist. We shampooed him and cut his nails as they had grown very long and were causing injuries to his bare skin from scratching. We took him to the Animal Army hospital, where the vet suggested that we take him to a hospital with 24-hour supervision because the Animal Army hospital does not have a vet on duty from 5 pm until 8 am. We took him to Nuern Plub Warn Animal Hospital. With a breathing rate of 80 per minute, the condition is extremely serious as anything over 40 is considered an emergency. They X-rayed him, took blood tests, and the results were grim. The poor thing had FIV, Leukemia, and fluid in his lungs and a large mass, most likely a cancer tumour. What should I do? There wasn't much chance he would live very long, even if we treated him, and he would suffer greatly. We already have 7 cats (in 2 locations), and there would be a risk of him infecting the others, and we have no place where we can isolate just one cat. It was a hard decision, but we decided to put him to sleep. We've never done this before, and it affected us greatly, holding his little head in my hands as he slipped away, his little tongue protruding from his mouth at the moment he passed. I didn't let go for a long go for the longest time, sobbing like a baby. The doctors and nurses did a great job making it as respectful as possible and provided us with an ample supply of tissues. We had no idea that losing a cat we had known for only 40 hours would be such a traumatic experience. He passed away at 1 pm today, June 2, 2026. Why did I post this, some of you may ask? I wanted to be sure that there would be some record of this little cat's existence, as he has suffered for so many years with no love or care from anyone, and by the looks of him, no food. The vet estimated his age as 10 due to missing teeth, although I thought he was younger. Rest in peace, little Boonmee, you will be missed.Tue, 02 Jun 2026 14:33:38 +0000A Non-OA visa is also possible if you plan on returning home after ~6 months. It's more paperwork for sure, and you'll have to show mandatory insurance coverage that meets the embassy requirements. But you'll get a 1-year entry stamp and can open a bank account. Just depends on if your current insurance carrier is willing to fill out the embassy form or not as to whether it will cost you more money to buy insurance or if you can use your current insurance.Tue, 02 Jun 2026 14:33:06 +0000Where is 007 and Goldfinger. Remember Shirley Bassey? She could bellow out a songTue, 02 Jun 2026 14:30:57 +0000Why did you have to live in a violent multicultural society?Tue, 02 Jun 2026 14:30:56 +0000Wow, that's a good tan for Clacton.Tue, 02 Jun 2026 14:29:31 +0000Absolutely no hate on here towards Muslims, immigrants, black and brown people. In fact wasn't it you that threatened black and brown people a few replies ago? brown and black people best be aware this summer...your crap has become too much Yeah, the disgusting hateful comments. You really have never used a mirror have you, or you have absolutely no self awareness. Amazing lack of awareness of your hypocrisy. Anyway, please shut the door on your way out. Byeeeeee! (One less hateful poster, you'll be doing the forum a favour)Tue, 02 Jun 2026 14:25:24 +0000Hopefully the first step to revaluation of the gold that is still there.Tue, 02 Jun 2026 14:20:13 +0000No unwritten law. Kan Air served there for a few years with an ATR 72-500 and a Cessna 208B Gran Caravan. I think Covid wiped them out, or maybe it was wiped out before then. Some airlines (Air Asia I think) have flown there with A320s. Personally I don't see how there would ever be enough demand. Flying from Bangkok makes absolutely no sense at all, especially when the Rama II expressway is finished in 2076. Even now it makes no sense. And Hua Hin is hardly a regional beauty spot. It's an average town, average beach full of jellyfish, not crystal clear water, congested town centre traffic. It has a bit of charm and history but not much more. If you're visiting from China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia or other countries that could potentially land at an expanded airport would you want to holiday in Hua Hin? You'd go to Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Samui, Phuket, Krabi etc, places that appeal to international tourists. I don't get it.Tue, 02 Jun 2026 14:19:05 +0000Anyone else know you can "ignore" posters... fantastic 😊Tue, 02 Jun 2026 14:18:03 +0000Same as when Charlie Kirk was murdered...I left this forum for 3-5 months because of the disgusting hateful comments, and I see many of those posters are prevalent on this thread...I just wish AN would allow you to block people like you used to be able to. They are all the same, balding old ugly white guys with goaty beards that never had to live in a violent multicultural society...think it's time to leave againTue, 02 Jun 2026 14:12:02 +0000Yes. Specific exemption in UK law for Sikhs who wear a turban. Been that way since 1976 when the helmet law was first introduced.Tue, 02 Jun 2026 14:11:56 +0000Righty ho.Tue, 02 Jun 2026 14:07:20 +0000He shouldn't have been sentenced because he should have been acquitted. An outrageous miscarriage of justice.Tue, 02 Jun 2026 14:07:01 +00004.0% in January 2025. Labor force participation rate also decreased from 62.6% in January 2025 to 61.8%. Also not a disaster yet but it's bleak. Despite millions of foreigners expelled.Tue, 02 Jun 2026 14:04:50 +0000What does that mean please? Anyone?Tue, 02 Jun 2026 14:04:41 +0000Wow, you draw some interesting conclusions in this thread. Mental, but interesting. We can discuss when a brown person murders someone. We are doing it now. I don't think there is anyone in this entire thread who thinks the perpetrator doesn't deserve the sentence he received (yeah yeah, some think minimum 21 years is not harsh enough). It was a horrible crime and a young life has been snuffed out. And the police, seemingly, made a brief error of judgement that should be looked at, and will be looked it. And if it is determined they need to be punished for it by an investigation then punish them for it. I would like to know how you would have reacted in that split second with the information that was available to them. Oh wait, I know how you would have reacted, of course. But if you can't see that Farage and Yaxley-Lemon are politicising this for their own ends and to sow yet more division then you are more blinkered than I thought. My point was they only shriek when a non-white non-Christian person commits a crime, never the other way around, so it is therefore not the crime that appalls them is it? It is not the safety on the streets that they are worried about. It is obvious. The rest of your post about rapists and being short of white murderers is just inane drivel.Tue, 02 Jun 2026 14:03:59 +0000I don't care anymore as do tens of millions of Brits 👍Tue, 02 Jun 2026 14:03:55 +0000I don't know what the Office of Insurance Comission has to do with anything. The video cuts off as the dead racist is racially taunting him as the Asian is walking away from him, after that it is speculation. Though pretty obvious that the dead racist chased him down, the Asian man gave the dead racist the good slapping he deserved and asked for, then the dead racist went for the knife, and that's all she wrote.Tue, 02 Jun 2026 14:03:34 +0000He was the head of one of the largest pedo rackets, drug sales globally, murder for hire to name a few. He got the pardon by giving 47 a boatload of money. Google the SOB, he should be in jail for his next three lifetimes.Tue, 02 Jun 2026 14:01:46 +0000As a full time resident of Hua Hin...i hope it doesn't change the city.Tue, 02 Jun 2026 13:56:32 +0000OIC, it's cool to stab someone because of mean words.Tue, 02 Jun 2026 13:56:18 +0000Tue, 02 Jun 2026 13:55:43 +0000OK, if anyone happens to be up to this challenge. Suppose you want to transfer 5 million baht from your Thai bank account to a U.S. bank account quickly. For whatever reason, your Thai bank gives you grief. So as if you're talking to a child, what steps do you take exactly to transfer the money using both Bitcoin and XRP. Assume the person has no current Bitcoin or Remitly etc, accounts. What steps exactly?Tue, 02 Jun 2026 13:55:09 +0000HobgoblinTue, 02 Jun 2026 13:53:31 +0000