https://aseannow.com/rss/44-thailand-news.xml/National and regional news from all around ThailandenAdd 3 more zeros to that 10k, and illegal alien problem will be solved. Less crime, and more jobs and affordable housing for US citizens. ROCK ON ICEFri, 03 Jul 2026 12:55:09 +0000Trump has hijacked the 250th anniversary for his own benefit by turning it into a popularity contest and political rally for himself. If a large crowd turns up he'll be bragging about how only he can attract the bigliest crowds, which is not only off putting for anyone who doesn't support him, but also for independents who only want to celebrate the country's 250th birthday without all the political overtones. The fact that his supporters are getting so worked up against the general lack of support for this is rather telling. They see it as a Trump benefit, rather than a national celebration, and are furious that it's making him look bad, when crowd size for an occasion like this should have nothing to do with whoever is president at the time.Fri, 03 Jul 2026 12:54:15 +0000His punishment is irrelevant if he's taken the car and killed a bunch of people and possibly himself. Even a non-special-needs 11-year-old kid is a huge risk in a car. This could have been your problem - lock the keys away.Fri, 03 Jul 2026 12:54:08 +0000This mentions this shortage will become more severe and last longer. https://www.ghacks.net/2026/06/29/memory-prices-expected-to-rise-up-to-50-in-q3-with-no-relief-until-2028-jefferies-predicts/Fri, 03 Jul 2026 12:53:25 +0000Suuure! It's Ukraine's fault, and not the special operation against Iran and the resulting blockade of the Hormuz strait! 🤣🤣🤣Fri, 03 Jul 2026 12:52:26 +0000MSM merica, the other 99.99% is lovely, and why millions try to enter every year ... or used to. That door is slowly closing for the criminal elements. THANK YOU PRESIDENT TRUMPFri, 03 Jul 2026 12:50:06 +0000Tasteless comment....do you ever engage your brain before posting? hey probably weren't expecting to be mowed down by an 11 year old with special needs.Fri, 03 Jul 2026 12:49:32 +0000Don't see what 'English speaking" has to do with it. Countries like Oz and the US didn't sign because they ussue state D/L s and not national ones.... they also have higher accident dawth and injury rates.. Although Thailand 'recognises" the 1849 treaty, technically the 1968 supercedes all previous agreementsFri, 03 Jul 2026 12:48:33 +0000Already did, along with Black Current preserves ... like it lumpy. Excellent stuff, and no need to buy Nut Butters or Fruit PreservesFri, 03 Jul 2026 12:47:55 +0000Just tell them it is part of being on a public forum. I was one of those that thought putting names an emoji was a bad idea but I was wrong. It is a much better experience now and has reduced the fools that get a rush out of down voting certain members.Fri, 03 Jul 2026 12:47:33 +0000Fri, 03 Jul 2026 12:44:52 +0000Well, I came upon a Child of God..... We are Stardust..... We got to get ourselves back to the Garden..... Please. PLEASE tell EVERYONE...... I am not joking. Otherwise..... We are, for sure.....DOOMED...... ============= Note: Can we all, just, please.... RETURN TO THE GARDEN.....????Fri, 03 Jul 2026 12:40:58 +0000It seems quite a tiny incentive to go through the hassle of getting your system certified and buy the required inverters from their list. It would take years to break even and then you make 1-3k baht a month. I'll take a pass on this PEA incentive :)Fri, 03 Jul 2026 12:36:17 +0000Thais don't pay attention to their surroundings when walking or driving (except to make sure they get ahead first). Scanning for hazards, giving way, or courteous gestures arent on their radar. It is just "me first" tunnel visionFri, 03 Jul 2026 12:36:02 +0000ViagraFri, 03 Jul 2026 12:35:09 +0000The most they might do and they won't even do that is to have an upper end age level for NEW applicants.Fri, 03 Jul 2026 12:34:55 +0000Where is the setting for a member to say they do not want to receive any PMs?Fri, 03 Jul 2026 12:31:36 +0000I'm not sure Trump is worried. He's going to lie about crowd size anyway, and his goobers will believe him. He boasted of 45,000 at his opening speech for his Fair-lure, when real estimates had the crowd at less than 1,000. He has State Media Fox claiming massive crowds, when their own cameras show the entire National Mall empty. Americans will celebrate in their own way, leaving the self-aggrandizing clown out of it.Fri, 03 Jul 2026 12:29:08 +0000We will also require a superior gardener....naturally.....Fri, 03 Jul 2026 12:28:13 +0000I did and went for my blood test for manual check + PSA but when back at the dr for results, they didn't have PSA so dr talked to nurses and had to go back for another PSA blood test. The nurses didn't know what PSA meant so they just wiped it.Fri, 03 Jul 2026 12:27:50 +0000You misread my post in an extreme way. So I'll go over this, point by point: -- I agree 100 percent that the financial requirements for retirement in Thailand will be raised, sooner or late. Obviously. -- It could be changed on other potentially damaging to expats ways other than finances such as had already happened to OA visas adding health insurance requirement -- I never said that I personally think they would grandfather the old levels (which means for people already in system) out of the goodness of their hearts. Duh. -- The last time they raised the levels, it was grandfathered for people already in the system. So there is that precedent. -- I do think a new raise will be grandfathered. I put publicity as one reason. But they don't really have to have a reason that we would ever know about anyway. -- There is ZERO chance that they would kick out people just based on age at a certain age. No other retirement visa system in the world does that and such a policy would be so outrageous and such a radical outlier that Thailand would indeed be permanently badly labeled for that internationally. No more best places to retire listins. I find it hilarious that anyone would even think they would do that. They can still sift and filter people out in other more tricky ways, but they would never do that and neither would any other country. -- As far as xenophobic, anti-immigrant politics, I think you're grossly exagerrating the political potential for scapegoating old retired foreigners. Yes of course foreigners behaving badly in general, yeah that's a thing they can and will exploit, but focusing on oldsters for political gain, I just don't see that happening much. So I guess agree to disagree on some things. CheersFri, 03 Jul 2026 12:27:04 +0000Tourist visa. Welcome to Thailand for your 2 weeks or 30 days, once, or a few times a year, if you can afford that on an old aged pension. Pay for your flights, a hotel, eat out three meals a day, drinks, land transport etc. Go home. More money in that than having them eat some rice every day in their own condo all day. Basically, once foreigners reach a certain age, there's no financial benefit for Thailand to have them remain here. They are not putting much money into the Thai economy anymore. So, how could Thailand handle this? Well, as said, two options come to mind. First, make it a 1.5 million baht "donation" to a Thai bank. They will like the capital injection. Second, put an age bracket on the retirement visa. Say, 50 to 75 years of age. After that, "Go home old falang. You not spend money anymore." They could do one, or both, for for sure the 800k baht can not and will not stay 800k baht forever.Fri, 03 Jul 2026 12:25:42 +0000Just how small is your roof ?Fri, 03 Jul 2026 12:25:21 +0000I think the "wanting paid, despite being on menstruation" thing is very believable. Typical Thai hooker logicFri, 03 Jul 2026 12:25:18 +0000Dems are less patriotic? How did you measure that? Republicans do not seem to know American ideals, such as rule of law, freedom of speech, the press, assembly and belief or not. Trump and Miller want to suspend habeas corpus. That's not patriotic. By the way, if you're so patriotic, where did you ever serve the nation? Stick your nonsense where the sun doesn't shine.Fri, 03 Jul 2026 12:24:29 +0000