https://aseannow.com/rss/44-thailand-news.xml/National and regional news from all around ThailandenI'm of the old school in Pattaya, hit the bars around 2 pm back to my condo around 8 pm. It works for me, not one incident in over 25 years.Sun, 05 Jul 2026 23:51:57 +0000MisbehaviourSun, 05 Jul 2026 23:49:21 +0000Did you cry again 😂Sun, 05 Jul 2026 23:49:21 +0000To be sure, the area has a few small Tops Daily shops and a few 7/11s and a small Lotus grocery, but the inventory in those places is basic. You can buy typical small items and beer and some wines, but it's all nothing compared to the Tops grocery store at Central festival, where they have just about everything.Sun, 05 Jul 2026 23:46:08 +0000“Thailand feels more ordinary these days…” Yeah, nothing says “lost its magic” like being able to order pad Thai at 2:13am from your sofa while a man in a chicken costume delivers it on a scooter with disco lights under it. Honestly though, the “wow” moments are still there… you’ve just upgraded from tourist surprise mode to local: seen-it-all buffering. Give it a week and you’ll see something that resets the whole argument again — usually involving traffic, a monk on an iPhone, or a dog that clearly owns the soi.Sun, 05 Jul 2026 23:45:10 +0000Watch it in the comfort of your own home on the BBC. Kick off delayed by an hour, now 8am.Sun, 05 Jul 2026 23:40:14 +0000Would you expect all foreigners to read websites about criminal penalties before going on holiday?Sun, 05 Jul 2026 23:38:27 +0000So what uou are saying is, there are more disastrous people per capita than anywhere else? But the majority, what 6 in 10, are decent?Sun, 05 Jul 2026 23:36:32 +0000My life in Thailand is not about that, I enjoy the simple things, the smile, hospitality, pleasantness. Everytime I look at the west, genuinely makes me stop and think, then I want to vomit.Sun, 05 Jul 2026 23:29:26 +0000I'm simply saying in my eyes she's not bad.... until dope fiend got onto her. Note there is no "before leaving thailand the victim was a cellist in the royal symphony orchestra".... or anything than what he clearly was 😏Sun, 05 Jul 2026 23:25:43 +0000BehaviourSun, 05 Jul 2026 23:24:41 +0000HI Lou Nice to meet you. In countries where there is a professional consulate as opposed to a the outfit that is in Bangkok, the mother and father of the victim would have been kept informed of developments during the proceedings, and not be beaten to it by the Sun perhaps?Sun, 05 Jul 2026 23:24:29 +0000Don should have figured out those Chinese would try and disrupt the celebrations So they can take our jobs !Sun, 05 Jul 2026 23:23:10 +0000It will surely be great for those that live in that area, hopefully enough of them to support the venture. Those that live in town have too many alternatives and no need to traipse up and down big hills. Parking is always the big Q.Sun, 05 Jul 2026 23:22:00 +0000Just watched the highlights, Goalkeeper played a blinder, and Haarland is unreal, well done Norway.Sun, 05 Jul 2026 23:21:23 +0000Thailand is about relaxing not wow.Sun, 05 Jul 2026 23:20:40 +0000JuvenileSun, 05 Jul 2026 23:17:58 +0000When was the last time you saw something in Thailand that genuinely made you stop and think, “Yeah, oh wow”? This isn’t meant as a piss take, but when was the last time you saw something that genuinely excited you, impressed you, or caught you completely by surprise? And no, I don’t mean the last time you sat down on the bog or anything you saw down on Soi 6. For me, it feels like those moments were far more common decades ago. Back then, Thailand seemed full of little surprises and unexpected experiences. You could turn a corner and stumble across something that made you smile or left you talking about it for days. These days, Thailand feels much more ordinary. In many ways, life is also much easier than it used to be. Online shopping is great, there are far more services available, mobile banking works, transport in Bangkok is better, and the internet is miles ahead of what it once was. But I don’t think that’s why most of us came here in the first place. People didn’t uproot their lives because of the Skytrain or fast WiFi. They came because there was something about Thailand that fascinated them. It felt different, unpredictable, colourful, gritty at times, and culturally unique. I’m not saying Thailand has become a bad spot. I definitely still think it’s a good place to live. I just wonder whether it has lost a little of the cultural and social flair that made it feel so special years ago. Maybe, as we age, we’ve changed as much as Thailand has. Maybe familiarity has replaced curiosity. Or maybe there are still plenty of those “wow” moments out there, and I’ve simply stopped noticing them. And then, just as I was about to post this topic, I saw this which made me pause… SaveInta.com_AQOyVBbTFblpY-XZIt-Kj_SLgsiwiMXb_SFv4cLefKeceCPrymxt13-GUcx39V09Zv_YMw05StCkRsWe_Cz4wafB7sikXY6Dcii4cS9iN1hnBQ.mp4Sun, 05 Jul 2026 23:16:57 +0000Various estimates for the numbers killed in the cultural revolution the highest being 7.7 million. Add the 20 million that the Japanese killed in WW2 and up to 3.5 million in the civil war. I bet they don't teach that in Israel. Or any where else come to that.Sun, 05 Jul 2026 23:13:15 +0000Ha ha, foreigners strike again, breaking the law. It was a nice building 😂Sun, 05 Jul 2026 23:13:04 +0000Well a bit if switch there. SHe did the revenge bit very well though!Sun, 05 Jul 2026 23:12:28 +0000ChildSun, 05 Jul 2026 23:12:03 +0000How many pages worth of apologies would you be expecting.Sun, 05 Jul 2026 23:10:55 +0000Fred ran away again. All talk.Sun, 05 Jul 2026 23:06:22 +0000Well done, Norway, cracking result, now it's up to England.Sun, 05 Jul 2026 23:06:21 +0000