https://aseannow.com/rss/44-thailand-news.xml/National and regional news from all around ThailandenI applied for a SETV, from the Los Angeles Consulate, on Monday June 22, 2026 at 8:27 pm. I received the eVisa on Tuesday, June 23, 2026 at 9:34 pm. It took only about 25 hours. The www.thaievisa.go.th website reported that it would take 10 to 15 business days. It only took about one.Wed, 24 Jun 2026 23:52:45 +0000Local elections and their results are not a reliable indication of General Election results. Reform did well in the local elections without a doubt. Repeating that result in future local elections will likely be decided on their effectiveness or otherwise in local government. The jury is out, and I do not live in the UK and do not feel qualified to offer an opinion. One might say I am sceptical! On the national stage they are a single issue party (immigration) which has sprung from another single issue party (Brexit/UKIP). They seem to lack the broad raft of policies and positions on many things which influence the electorate in a General Election. They are in many ways politically immature. Cynics may hold that the flagshagger vote whilst vocal and highly visible is insufficient to propel them into government.Wed, 24 Jun 2026 23:49:19 +0000I believe TagThai is more about getting a local (KBank) Pre-Loaded Debit card than QR Codes but you could try MontraPay or DeepPockets which allow you to scan Thai QR codes and pay on your None Thai Debit cards. I can't recommend Revolut high enough, saves me an absolute fotune when I'm travelling to countries where I don't have a local Bank account - I pay £80 pa for the "Premium Plan" and in places like Malaysia it's cheaper for me to use the card than it is to Withdraw/Exchange MYR and pay in cash. Can also use it in Thailand and they're offering 3.405... https://www.revolut.com/currency-converter/convert-sek-to-thb-exchange-rate/ If it were me I'd open a Revolut account, create a Thai "Pot" and exchange SEK to THB in the app, then simply spend from the Thai "Pot" on the card. If you run out of Thai Baht, put some more money in your Revolut account and change some more in the App, When you get home then either exchange the money back or save it for your next trip to Thailand. If you don't want the "Messing around" of having a Thai Pot then just leave the money in SEK and they will do dynamic currency exchanges each time you use it.Wed, 24 Jun 2026 23:46:55 +0000You mean the Asian Koel?Wed, 24 Jun 2026 23:43:29 +0000Wed, 24 Jun 2026 23:41:22 +0000Someone has one of those twist around necks! 🤣Wed, 24 Jun 2026 23:40:48 +0000Did you say Silicone Valleys? Because, if you did, then I can believe in this.....Wed, 24 Jun 2026 23:40:44 +0000Local council elections in May were a protest against the Starmer government. Voters know council elections won't change the national government so they feel free to let off steam. However when the king of the north contested Makerfield, many Labour supporters returned to the fold, seeing new hope for Labour. Plus tactical voting from Green and Lib Dem supporters to keep Reform out. Time will tell if Labour can keep the momentum, regarding immigration, the Home Secretary is publishing her new bill shortly.Wed, 24 Jun 2026 23:39:06 +0000He should move back to the Big City, where he obviously is from. Roosters, Ducks, Birds, Goats, Geckos, Lizards, Frogs, Crickets, Bees, Chickens, it goes on and on. They all make noise. When you move to a tropical island in the middle of the Gulf of Thailand you get the environment that comes with it. The Thai people, their animals and the natural habitat were here first.Wed, 24 Jun 2026 23:36:58 +0000I guess if the Iran backed Hezbollah terrorists weren't attacking Israel there would be no need to stay in southern Lebanon. Having said this IMO withdrawal should happen and let Hezbollah break the peace. If the terrorists stop firing missiles after that then that's a positive. If they don't then they have broken the deal and IDF moves back in.Wed, 24 Jun 2026 23:36:31 +0000I saw that where the ref asked the AUS player to own goal to make it excitingWed, 24 Jun 2026 23:32:27 +0000Wed, 24 Jun 2026 23:29:39 +0000Gemini: : There are over 60 to 110+ BSL-3 and ABSL-3 (Animal BSL-3) facilities operating across the country. Chinese Biosafety Level 3 (BSL-3) facilities, such as the Wuhan Institute of Virology, handle, isolate, and culture bat pathogens. These laboratories are equipped to study dangerous, airborne-transmissible viruses—including severe bat coronaviruses and Nipah virus—to better understand spillover risks and develop medical countermeasures. NB So no matter where in China there could have been an animal released pathogen at a market, there could have been a BSL-3 pathogen lab nearby.Wed, 24 Jun 2026 23:29:26 +0000Smart thing to do would be to withdraw the complaint and move. He's not going to get ANY support from the Thai community, and a complaint like this is just going to enflame anti-foreigner sentiment which is already on the rise due to land ownership tensions and cases of misbehavior involving foreigners which, in my opinion, are being deliberately over-publicized in the media.Wed, 24 Jun 2026 23:28:18 +0000Interesting, I've never smelt chlorine, but sounds like definitely could be a factor. From GeminiWed, 24 Jun 2026 23:28:17 +0000Silicon Valley?Wed, 24 Jun 2026 23:26:37 +0000I would allow 3-5 working days but it could be more or less. Be flexible, Da Nang is a good place to hang out anyway.Wed, 24 Jun 2026 23:24:14 +0000My Snake is My God.....Wed, 24 Jun 2026 23:21:57 +0000how long does it take in danang for the visa to process?Wed, 24 Jun 2026 23:19:28 +0000This wonderful film was very much panned and underrated at the time of its release. Why? The film critics in America were just too prudish for their own good, in 1961. These days, however, more enlightened critics take a more accurate view of this film.Wed, 24 Jun 2026 23:19:26 +0000Refs favoured home side. Always happens.Wed, 24 Jun 2026 23:15:46 +0000You can shout your mouths off now wait and see, I'm still waiting for you lot to explain why Reform smashed you in the local Elections from Newcastle to lands End, but so far not a jot from you ? wonder why.Wed, 24 Jun 2026 23:15:00 +0000Do god is a dung beetle and a snakeWed, 24 Jun 2026 23:13:28 +0000He just denies everything even when evidence is put infront of him. Mobile thefts, knife crimes rising kahn just say's there down. Any incidents he never even turns up leaves it to the lacky's or puts out a video.Wed, 24 Jun 2026 23:10:00 +0000Bibi claimes neither lead each other. President Trump, time is now to kick his ass and make your MOU workWed, 24 Jun 2026 23:08:27 +0000