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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>Russia Seeks Thai Visa Flexibility</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1395164-russia-seeks-thai-visa-flexibility/?do=findComment&comment=20519719]]></link><description>I would give the Cossacks special treatment. Ban the whole lot of the mongrels. Thailand will be a better place without them for sure.</description><pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2026 09:31:04 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Police Trainer Hurt in Blast at Rama VI Camp</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1395172-police-trainer-hurt-in-blast-at-rama-vi-camp/?do=findComment&comment=20519718]]></link><description/><pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2026 09:30:44 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>German Tourist Seeks Help in Pattaya</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1395177-german-tourist-seeks-help-in-pattaya/?do=findComment&comment=20519717]]></link><description>Sorry if redundant - I didn't read every post - but surely he would approach the police and explain he'd been robbed and he has no funds for anything. He could then have taken the police to his hotel, retrieved his passport (or at least the hotel copy of it), and the regular police would contact the Tourist Police who would liaise with immigration and the German Consular office at the Embassy right? Didn't he even contact the police??</description><pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2026 09:30:36 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Thailand Airports Raise Passenger Service Charge</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1395130-thailand-airports-raise-passenger-service-charge/?do=findComment&comment=20519716]]></link><description>After the money gets syphoned off they will probably upgrade the toilets.</description><pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2026 09:29:41 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Trump Poised For Iran Strike As Tehran Shuts Airspace</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1395180-trump-poised-for-iran-strike-as-tehran-shuts-airspace/?do=findComment&comment=20519715]]></link><description>TACO in all likelihood.</description><pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2026 09:29:35 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>German Tourist Seeks Help in Pattaya</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1395177-german-tourist-seeks-help-in-pattaya/?do=findComment&comment=20519714]]></link><description><![CDATA[Broadly speaking, embassies and consulates operate under fairly strict consular protocols set by their home government and international conventions such as the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations.  But “emergency” in consular language is usually much narrower than what we the public imagine (I've higlighted in bold the factors which may impact assistance in this german lads situation).  An embassy might generally prioritise: - Arrests/detention. - Death or serious injury. - Hospitalisation. - Missing persons. - Terrorism/conflict evacuation (utterly useless in my personal experience !) - Lost or stolen passports, - Victims of serious crime. - Child welfare cases. - Situations where a citizen is genuinely unable to safely function independently.  What embassies usually do not consider an emergency: - Running out of spending money, - Missing flights. - Hotel disputes. - Relationship problems. - Minor overstays. - PPP (pish poor (travel) planning.  Embassies are also constrained by: - Local law. - Staffing &amp; budgets. - Political priorities. - The fact they cannot simply override another country’s legal system.  In practical terms, consular staff often work on a triage basis: - Is the person physically safe? - Are they medically stable? - Can they still communicate? - Do they have access to money/support? - Are they capable of helping themselves?  If the answer to several of those becomes “no”, the level of assistance usually escalates. Even then, “assistance” often means coordination rather than rescue: - Issuing emergency documents, - Contacting family, - Helping arrange fund transfers, - Providing lists of lawyers/hospitals, - Helping organise evacuation routes.  People often imagine embassies as a kind of overseas safety net with unlimited powers.  In reality, they’re primarily diplomatic / state institutions with a limited consular support function attached.]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2026 09:29:30 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Are Single Men In Thailand Much Better Off Financially?</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1395139-are-single-men-in-thailand-much-better-off-financially/?do=findComment&comment=20519712]]></link><description>True enough  Mine asked if she could lie on her side to have a fighting chance of getting it all in.</description><pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2026 09:29:24 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>UK facing &#x2018;economic catastrophe&#x2019; over lost generation- jobs tsar</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1395198-uk-facing-economic-catastrophe-over-lost-generation-jobs-tsar/?do=findComment&comment=20519713]]></link><description>Using military grade psychological operations  to instill fear and compliance locking down the country and telling most people that they are 'non essential' and must stay home to 'save granny' then mandating an experimental concoction to  return to 'normal life'   had more than a few unintended consequences..who would have guessed ?  &#x1F914;</description><pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2026 09:29:24 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Foreign Tourist Poses Nude on Phuket Beach</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1395171-foreign-tourist-poses-nude-on-phuket-beach/?do=findComment&comment=20519711]]></link><description>Yep they ate the food before they got to Gazza. &#x1F609;</description><pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2026 09:28:36 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Lebanon ceasefire close to collapse after deadly Israeli strikes</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1395195-lebanon-ceasefire-close-to-collapse-after-deadly-israeli-strikes/?do=findComment&comment=20519710]]></link><description>Wow, Hezbollah medics--were they carrying big guns, too? Not to mention that child, obviously a would-be suicide bomber given the chance.  This guy makes sense: "We don&#x2019;t negotiate under fire,&#x201D; he said. &#x201C;That&#x2019;s not negotiation. That&#x2019;s humiliation.&#x201D;  But, no, even in a "ceasefire", Israel keeps on killing.</description><pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2026 09:27:36 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Are Single Men In Thailand Much Better Off Financially?</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1395139-are-single-men-in-thailand-much-better-off-financially/?do=findComment&comment=20519709]]></link><description>We use to say Day-Um in infants' school. If you are going to quote where I live, please try to put the same town that I have posted thanks.</description><pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2026 09:27:31 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Somethings Wrong.</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1395036-somethings-wrong/?do=findComment&comment=20519708]]></link><description>A mob surrounded Rochdales Police station chanting threats to the police inside any of them arrested No ? If a mob of whites did the same the media would be there filming it and arrests would be swift infront of the film crew naturally then the next day Starmer would be holding a press conference calling them right wing thugs intent of racially aggrevated hatred, and i will never allow it.</description><pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2026 09:25:56 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Paul McCartney Helps Stephen Colbert End &#x2018;Late Show&#x2019;</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1395161-paul-mccartney-helps-stephen-colbert-end-late-show/?do=findComment&comment=20519707]]></link><description>Tazzie tingle.</description><pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2026 09:25:38 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Word Association - 2026</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1383425-word-association-2026/?do=findComment&comment=20519706]]></link><description>Beat</description><pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2026 09:25:11 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Are Single Men In Thailand Much Better Off Financially?</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1395139-are-single-men-in-thailand-much-better-off-financially/?do=findComment&comment=20519705]]></link><description>I was ignoring you to talk to someone who&#x2019;s at least intermittently funny.</description><pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2026 09:25:01 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Are Single Men In Thailand Much Better Off Financially?</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1395139-are-single-men-in-thailand-much-better-off-financially/?do=findComment&comment=20519704]]></link><description>Why would you when she's your sister?</description><pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2026 09:24:38 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Thailand Airports Raise Passenger Service Charge</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1395130-thailand-airports-raise-passenger-service-charge/?do=findComment&comment=20519703]]></link><description>My 1st trip here, in 2000, the departure fee was 500 Baht so it's not a significant increase over 26 years.</description><pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2026 09:24:13 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>German Tourist Seeks Help in Pattaya</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1395177-german-tourist-seeks-help-in-pattaya/?do=findComment&comment=20519702]]></link><description>Well you do know Gottfrid the &#x1F514;&#x1F51A; knows all and see&#x2019;s all. &#x1F937;&#x1F3FC;</description><pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2026 09:23:52 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Hormuz showdown turns into war of attrition</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1395193-hormuz-showdown-turns-into-war-of-attrition/?do=findComment&comment=20519701]]></link><description>Yanqui go home! And Israel pay for the destruction from starting this war.</description><pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2026 09:23:13 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>German Tourist Seeks Help in Pattaya</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1395177-german-tourist-seeks-help-in-pattaya/?do=findComment&comment=20519700]]></link><description>Chances are he came here on the 90-day. Sheer torture having to endure hardship for longer.  in case you haven't noticed, reverting to 30-days VE is being heralded as the cure for all that ails Thailand when it comes to foreign visitors.</description><pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2026 09:23:03 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Are Single Men In Thailand Much Better Off Financially?</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1395139-are-single-men-in-thailand-much-better-off-financially/?do=findComment&comment=20519699]]></link><description>So back to the OP, so it&#x2019;s not worth a few dollars to be an old guy like him to bewith someone who looks like a film actress?  One incel fantasist who claims he makes $200,000 a year went so far as to say he wouldn&#x2019;t pay $10 a day for it.  I say:   Day-um, Will, but at least you have to live in Roi Et or something, right?</description><pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2026 09:22:38 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>German Tourist Seeks Help in Pattaya</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1395177-german-tourist-seeks-help-in-pattaya/?do=findComment&comment=20519698]]></link><description>Being in a distressed episode you can't think logically and we should not judge about him unless we would accept his special mental health problems. Or short: Don't beat him but help</description><pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2026 09:22:12 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Terminate rental contract</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1395196-terminate-rental-contract/?do=findComment&comment=20519697]]></link><description>Any contract over3 years has to be registered at the land office and taxes paid on it.  If you did that, he can only terminate based on a specific clause in the lease, so read your lease.</description><pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2026 09:22:00 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>British Driver Charged After Reckless Samui Drive</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1395088-british-driver-charged-after-reckless-samui-drive/?do=findComment&comment=20519696]]></link><description>can't fault you.   keep on dodging</description><pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2026 09:20:52 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>German Tourist Seeks Help in Pattaya</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1395177-german-tourist-seeks-help-in-pattaya/?do=findComment&comment=20519695]]></link><description>I hope you will not come in need for psychological help and support. Honestly!  His posting history makes it abundantly evident that ship already sailed.....</description><pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2026 09:20:03 +0000</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
