Thailand news

It's not me, it's you

Mon, 25 May 2026 19:15:52 +0000

Thailand, the so-called Land of Smiles, has really nailed one thing way better than beaches and cheap booze: hypocrisy on steroids. Every sleazy scandal that slithers out gets the same tired script.... wasn't us. Prostitutes flooding the scene? Gotta be those Vietnamese girls. Scam call centers popping up like mushrooms? Blame the Chinese. Drug mess? Indians. Some border beef with Cambodia? Those peaceful neighbors started it. Deepfake romance scams? Nigeria. Thailand.... always the noble guardian of peace and all. A place drowning in corruption, trafficking rings, dirty politics, and enough shady deals to make your skin crawl... and yet they've got the ballz to lecture everyone else like their hands are squeaky clean. Instead of fixing the dumpster fire at home, it's all propaganda, finger-pointing at foreigners, and hoping the world buys the innocent act. Come on, at some point this gets pathetic. If your country's name keeps popping up in every global show ....exploitation, crime, the works. Maybe quit the "everybody but us" routine. It's not clever anymore, it's just sad. Sort your own backyard before pointing at the rest of the planet. The excuses are wearing thin.

Word Association - 2026

Mon, 25 May 2026 19:00:39 +0000

Brain

Foreign Woman Leaves Restaurant Unpaid in Phuket

Mon, 25 May 2026 18:51:55 +0000

Anytime an establishment goes out of their way and offers to redo the dish, or redo the smoothie, it's incumbent upon the customer to follow through and acknowledge that, and show some appreciation. Anybody can get an order wrong, and these days people are so particular about their needs and their wants that it's not so easy for the average Thai to be that specific. It happens to me all the time, do I make a big fuss? No. Sometimes I'll ask them to redo the dish, a lot of times I'll just let it go.

Flotilla Activists Allege Beatings And Taser Abuse By IDF

Mon, 25 May 2026 18:48:28 +0000

I'm certainly not going so far as to say that the IDF deliberately murder civilians, but what I would say is that they don't go far enough out of their way to avoid murdering civilians. I think in general they hold Palestinian lives in very low regard.

Changing from retirement to marriage visa

Mon, 25 May 2026 18:47:41 +0000

You need to go to immigration and ask them if they accept monthly transfers for marriage extensions. Some immigration offices do not accept monthly transfers as proof of income for marriage, and will only accept your proof of salary for a work permitted job inside of Thailand. So before you start implementing your plan, you should go check and make sure that it will even work.

Foreign Woman Leaves Restaurant Unpaid in Phuket

Mon, 25 May 2026 18:44:52 +0000

"... local businesses are advised to exercise caution with foreign tourists..."! In any large restaurant anywhere in the world, you’ll always get the occasional customer who complains, sends food back, or tries to angle out of paying. Some people have turned it into an art form. But the basic rule of hospitality is still that the customer is always right, even when they’re being difficult. What happened here wasn’t some cultural pattern that requires Phuket restaurants to suddenly treat foreigners with suspicion. It was one picky customer arguing over an 80‑baht sugar-free smoothie. Incidently, this restaurant has a customer review rating of Excellent, with one Web site saying "However, getting a table for lunch can also be difficult, and you might have to wait quite a bit...".

Why are sizes/diameters so awkward in Thailand?

Mon, 25 May 2026 18:17:09 +0000

Because the outer diameter of 1/2 BSP parallel is 20.95mm. To understand the confusion it would be best read up on the thread history that goes back many years. The internal diameter 14.2mm is close to the 1/2 original definition. Thailand is a mishmash of pipe threads so it always pays to have the item in hand along with measuring callipers when purchasing fittings.

Flotilla Activists Allege Beatings And Taser Abuse By IDF

Mon, 25 May 2026 18:05:53 +0000

That's it. Cheers. Of course to an activist being touched on the shoulder 'without consent' would be sexual assault.

Foreigners pose with Phuket sea turtle, raising online debate

Mon, 25 May 2026 18:02:30 +0000

Issan is still the poorest region in Thailand. As for shaking bugs out of a tree to eat so what. Thais eat what we would consider weeds. Free nutrition.

Flotilla Activists Allege Beatings And Taser Abuse By IDF

Mon, 25 May 2026 18:01:39 +0000

Blond haired woman claims she was sexually assaulted

Word Association - 2026

Mon, 25 May 2026 17:57:50 +0000

Bird

Russia Seeks Thai Visa Flexibility

Mon, 25 May 2026 17:57:03 +0000

Because of the restrictions in Thai law , many foreign investors attempt to buy land "one lot at a time" by setting up Thai-registered limited companies or using local Thai citizens as "nominees" to hold the property on their behalf. This is often utilized to build private villas or secure small plots in popular expat and tourist areas like Koh Phan Gan, Koh Samui, Phuket, and Chiang Mai to name a few.

Trump shares Obama ‘prison’ image in explosive escalation

Mon, 25 May 2026 17:53:58 +0000

"Weaponizing the justice system". Hmm! Where have I seen this before? Of coarse if there is provable guilt I think it's called justice.

Foreigners pose with Phuket sea turtle, raising online debate

Mon, 25 May 2026 17:50:04 +0000

Japan doesn't traumatise its children. The things some of the Thai women I've known have gone through is horrifying. Isaan used to be dirt poor. People shook the trees to eat the bugs that fell out of them. People slag Thaksin but he brought in universal 30 baht healthcare. One previous gf's father got cancer. They couldn't afford a hospital so he suffered for a bit. One morning he wasn't in bed. They went outside to look for him and he was hanging from a tree in front of the house so as not to take food out of the 3 children's mouths. Life didn't get any better for a long time, but they carried on. Thailand is full of stories like this. I agree, the turtle story is nothing. A group of Russians (this time) fascinated by nature that they'd seen on TV. A generation ago that turtle would have gone into the pot.

Flotilla Activists Allege Beatings And Taser Abuse By IDF

Mon, 25 May 2026 17:44:06 +0000

Key word in this article is "activist". Saw one returning to Australia claiming sexual assult.

Thai Government Acts Against Fake Migrant Worker Documents

Mon, 25 May 2026 17:40:15 +0000

They said that about Canada, too. Now I'm being served by Canadian teens at drive throughs instead of Indian brain surgeons and tech wizzards. Kids finally get an opportunity to gain work experience and some pocket money after having entry level jobs taken by filthy migrants with dodgy paperwork for a generation. A female friend in Prachuap owns a couple of fishing vessels and hires only Cambodians. I went to a government office with her to submit the stack of paperwork required to legally employ those Cambodians. If Thailand has a free market the wages will rise until the positions are filled. More likely is that corruption will win the day.

The Quiet Frustration of Being Called “Farang”

Mon, 25 May 2026 17:39:22 +0000

@richard_smith237 I believe this to be quite right "My point is simply this: there are many situations where the word farang is perfectly acceptable and harmless. Equally, there are times when it can be used lazily, dismissively, or downright rudely. Like most labels, a lot depends on the context, the tone, and the intent behind it." Experienced a Thai woman cutting in front of me in a Supercheap supermarket line that was long and she turned to me and sort of nastily said "Farang", like it was her right to cut in as I was a foreigner in a Thai market. Other side of the coin some Thai kids sort of playfully saying "Farang" to me and I joked back "mai, phom chop saparot!" and they all laughed. Overall don't think too much about it and let it go.

Europe Reports Record Levels of Gonorrhoea and Syphilis

Mon, 25 May 2026 17:36:56 +0000

Of course, prostitution is the main cause for STD's, I just want to counter the hidden agenda in the post of our resident racist member.

Travel for 2 weeks

Mon, 25 May 2026 17:34:02 +0000

I certainly haven't. The way I see it is that it is a tool immigration can activate to send 'undesirables' packing, i.e. those who are milking the system through indefinite visa runs and the like.

Foreigners pose with Phuket sea turtle, raising online debate

Mon, 25 May 2026 17:33:59 +0000

Japan? As for the turtle bit of a nothing burger IMO.

Trump shares Obama ‘prison’ image in explosive escalation

Mon, 25 May 2026 17:33:07 +0000

I actually like most of his policies -- it's his implementation, his dishonesty, and his buffoonery that I dislike. I just hope we can find another Reagan for 2028.......

Flotilla Activists Allege Beatings And Taser Abuse By IDF

Mon, 25 May 2026 17:32:29 +0000

But those orders have not been given . Woman and children have been killed because Hamas hide behind them in schools and hospitals etc .

Europe Reports Record Levels of Gonorrhoea and Syphilis

Mon, 25 May 2026 17:28:55 +0000

Prostitution is openly and widely available in Spain.

Question on how to get the Non-Immigrant Visa-O: 90 days

Mon, 25 May 2026 17:28:16 +0000

Where are you? I have just received mine, having applied in the UK less than 2 weeks ago. A very straightforward online process (the ONLY option in the UK), after 3 days I had a request for 3 months bank statements, which I duly uploaded and that was it.

Foreigners pose with Phuket sea turtle, raising online debate

Mon, 25 May 2026 17:25:49 +0000

Plenty of Indians discharge into the sea and nothing is done about it, so I see your point. Thailand is a childhood trauma factory. It's amazing that the people have turned out to be as lovely as they are. Maybe it's Buddhism because other countries like this have horrendous rates of violent crime.