https://aseannow.com/rss/44-thailand-news.xml/National and regional news from all around ThailandenI couldn't give a ratz about him but I do feel very sorry for his wife. She's 60 yo now and has stuck with him through thick and thin, all for nothing. It's easy to see why these ladies go to Pattaya to look for a partner as the guy up here treat females like s**t even though he's given her 3 or 4 kids. And I dare say the smartest. I've been coming up here for 25 years. I noticed years ago that even the educated ones which is rare up here can make very rash decisions. That's why so many people lose their lives up here. Especially motor accidents, domestic violence and other things that we would consider trivial.Sat, 06 Jun 2026 11:42:56 +0000Because one had to work consistently hard all through one's life to get it and one's last few years should be spent how one dam well wants to, that's why.Sat, 06 Jun 2026 11:42:44 +0000So why are you such a prick? Pretending to be an expert on massage shops based on a 5km radius where you live. You must be a sad hermit. Try visiting 60 provinces then tell people what goes on in Thailand.Sat, 06 Jun 2026 11:41:10 +0000I not get involved in a discussion about the Swiss Gold. I just not get it, why someone would post comments about Nazi Gold . This has nothing to do with the lead article in this discussion. And it's not fair to bring it up, only because the gentleman here is SwissSat, 06 Jun 2026 11:40:47 +0000Just remove the thumbs down as many social media sites have done. If that upsets some then they need to take e a close look at themselves.Sat, 06 Jun 2026 11:40:36 +0000Chuck the debate started @ 10:30 am lasted all night. Admit it, your radical party got hood winked. On to the House for a slam dunk. Months in the making . Schumer rips Senate Republicans for passing billions in ICE and Border Patrol funding in late-night votehttps://www.foxnews.com/politics/schumer-rips-senate-republicans-passing-billions-ice-border-patrol-funding-late-night-vote The story is about a Foxnews reportSat, 06 Jun 2026 11:39:54 +0000I disagree. The US is still transitioning: into a putinesque 'elected' dictatorship like Trump's other pal in those parts, Lukaschenko. It's a clear progression, word for word, right out the playbook. Most Americans just haven't seen the bigger picture - or are already too frightened to become truly active. The lights of the enlightenment are gradually going out, one by one. He failed with Kimmel, but look what's happened to Colbert and the globally respected CBS News. And look at who he's put in charge of complete national intelligence. That appointment (of a loyal brown nosing accolyte with no intelligence background) is purely to gain access to information so sensitive they don't normally include him in on. So he can then leave said information lying around in publicly accessible toilets.Sat, 06 Jun 2026 11:39:48 +0000Very sad , you need to start watching Medius Touch , instead of Faux news there you will see things that could make you split from the MAGA cult, the truth might do it. Just Google Trump 🤡 sleeping while in meetings ,if you don't believe me ,you need to open your eyes and not blindly follow a liar and conman..might be hard to do i know...when you have seen the videos ,don't come back here and say he was "Blinking" regards worgeordieSat, 06 Jun 2026 11:39:37 +0000Not sure if the same hospital, but a while ago I had a dental abscess that resulted in severe visible swelling in my neck. It was so bad that I decided to go to the ER of a certain very big private chain hospital in Pattaya. At reception they were nice but dismissive, made me sit there half an hour, and finally came back "the next dentist appointment we have is Monday (in 5 days)". I looked at her and said "in 5 days I'll be dead if my neck keeps swelling". She shrugged and walked away - couldn't care less. Big fancy private hospital, but they couldn't even spare an emergency appointment. Tried a couple of clinics next - mysteriously none of them actually had any doctors working, at all. So went to another much smaller private hospital's ER. Went in, next appointment in an hour. Older but nice female dentist, yanked out the affected tooth and gave me stronger antibiotics, and within a few days I was well again. Conclusion: big does not mean better when it comes to Thai private hospitals.Sat, 06 Jun 2026 11:38:44 +0000No, no, BusyB. No maybe. How could you ever conceive of selling such a classic? When I moved to Thailand in 1992 I left all my LPs in my sister's loft, quite a few classics of late 60s, early 70s. Some of the LP covers were great, one of the Welsh band Man's inside opened out into a glorious map of Wales and the hometowns of the band's members. The trouble was LP covers were the perfect size and depth for rolling out herbal medicinal products of the time with the results they lost their shiny new look, as did the records with constant playing, and occasional lifting of the needle to catch that track/ riff again. And now we can listen to all that music free on YouTube, incredible really.Sat, 06 Jun 2026 11:38:25 +0000You sound clueless about Thailand. More Thais use working girls than farangs do. It is just more hidden. Thailand has many thousands of massage shops. It is up to the woman whether extras are offered. Some do, some don't.Sat, 06 Jun 2026 11:35:47 +0000CoffeeSat, 06 Jun 2026 11:32:28 +0000Is that a post or a Phd thesis? I hadn't followed up on the USAID thing, but I asked AI if it has been replaced. And here is AI's response. So I continue to insist that Trump was tackling corruption. Because there is a lot of corruption in NGOs. I know. I actually worked for an NGO. Have you ever worked for an NGO? Looks like Trump cut out the greaseball NGOs who were skimming off the top and greasing their pockets with govt funds. Good, so now they can go get a real job. Trump is a genius.Sat, 06 Jun 2026 11:32:21 +0000[Opinion. By this logic, the Holocaust would not be considered a genocide, either. Genocides big and small have occurred throughout recorded history, both by the victims and the perpetrators. They all deserve honour and remembrance. Every single one is as important as the other. Germany is only arming Israel out of guilt.] ‘They are disturbing the dead’: reconstructing the site of the forgotten first genocide of the 20th century Hanno Hamenstein The Guardian: 5 Jun 2026 ‘They are disturbing the dead’: reconstructing the site of the forgotten first genocide of the 20th century. At least 3,000 Herero and Nama people died in a German concentration camp at Shark Island, Namibia. A new forensic exhibition in Berlin is using digital technology to unearth how colonisers scarred a landscape, and a community. Adolf Lüderitz and Heinrich Vogelsang, the German merchants who helped establish the colony known as German South West Africa. Today, it is widely reported that Namibia’s white minority – less than 2% of the population – owns roughly 70% of commercial farmland. Germany refuses to pay reparations to Herero and Nama descendants, offering instead development aid payments negotiated with the Namibian government. When Germany formally recognised the atrocities in 2021, it described them as a genocide “from today’s perspective” – a formulation critics say avoids the legal and political implications of recognition. By that logic, no act committed before the 1948 genocide convention could fully qualify as such.Sat, 06 Jun 2026 11:31:21 +0000Easy to get round. Just keep a UK address. Sisters/brothers/relative or friend. You can easily keep a bank account in the UK and transfer the money to a Thai bank account. 🤷🏼Sat, 06 Jun 2026 11:31:09 +0000Looks like the snowflakes are losing in the pole.Sat, 06 Jun 2026 11:30:52 +0000No, they cant if the UK govt says soSat, 06 Jun 2026 11:30:28 +0000Completely and utterly gone, Looney Tunes, howling at the moon. 25, chop chop.Sat, 06 Jun 2026 11:30:06 +000012.5 million baht? No way, unless every item is pressed on pure 24ct gold! 🙄 I have a collection of around 50% of what he claims went missing, mostly 12" vinyl imports, where a lot of the value is, alongside rare, first pressings... My collection, if very lucky, would be worth £500...Sat, 06 Jun 2026 11:28:41 +0000I would say every city in the World has more rats than people , even spic and span Singapore ,watching from the hotel window a "cat lady" putting food down in the road for the feral cats, then the rats came out even chasing the cats away .... New York now there's a rat infested city ....cockroaches too regards WorgeordieSat, 06 Jun 2026 11:28:33 +0000Makes no sense you 🔔🔚 people payed taxes on their wages all their working life IN THE UK they are no different to pensioners residing in the UK on full pension. Where you choose to live should have no bearing on your money. 😡Sat, 06 Jun 2026 11:27:32 +0000Thank you. Additional description of riffraffSat, 06 Jun 2026 11:25:57 +0000Curious what value you are adding to the world. You did not ask for how and where to get whelped by your momma. Dumb luck. How very "noble" of you to call those born under poor circumstances "parasites". Considering the enormous advantage you had being born in a developed country, do you really think what meager things you have achieved makes you something special? To have been born in a major developed country in the last 50, maybe 70 or so years is a virtual guarantee of success. It has been the easiest time in human history to become a millionaire (based on 2026 USD). You are not a millionaire, which pretty much says "there but for the grace of Zeus" you, too, would be one of those "parasites" you disparage. You obviously have no idea what things like USAid did. Millions of lives were saved because of it. Many of those saved have gone on to do good things for their country, certainly far more than you ever did for Australia. On a relative basis, given the playing field you got and they got, you are a failure. Decent people understand the inherent unfairness of existence and think it's a good thing---a human thing---to help lift people up so they can at least try to compete on more equal terms. That was the point of USAid....not to give people a life, but to put them into a position where they can build a good life.Sat, 06 Jun 2026 11:25:08 +0000Welcome to the Political Forum If you are posting a news article for discussion, please check the following: Its within "fair use"; that is - the title and a paragraph about the story. Its not already posted in World News, Soap Box or other News areas on the forum; duplication will be removed. Please always provide a link to your original source As there was no link provided in the OP, topic is closed.Sat, 06 Jun 2026 11:24:42 +0000Interested to learn more about the Thai Army units that went into Malaya, and Operation Matador.Sat, 06 Jun 2026 11:24:20 +0000