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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>Tourist Uses Thai Rider to Pass Phuket Checkpoint</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1394966-tourist-uses-thai-rider-to-pass-phuket-checkpoint/?do=findComment&comment=20515825]]></link><description>My neighbour often got a WIN driver to ride his bike home and another to follow to bring him back into town.</description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 23:39:25 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>What Movies or TV shows are you watching (2026)</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1383422-what-movies-or-tv-shows-are-you-watching-2026/?do=findComment&comment=20515824]]></link><description>Agree, Fauda is great.  Hope it's available.</description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 23:38:01 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Plot to install Ahmadinejad in Iran collapsed after war erupted</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1394984-plot-to-install-ahmadinejad-in-iran-collapsed-after-war-erupted/?do=findComment&comment=20515823]]></link><description>I'm sure the Iranians would be delighted with probably the most uninspiring leader  in the world! Believe he got a degree in ....traffic  !</description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 23:37:19 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Ukraine is winning the war</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1370979-ukraine-is-winning-the-war/?do=findComment&comment=20515822]]></link><description>(Delete please, glitch)</description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 23:36:19 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Ukraine is winning the war</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1370979-ukraine-is-winning-the-war/?do=findComment&comment=20515821]]></link><description>Some details in this Silicon Curtain video are absolutely MIND BLOWING.  Namely --  Noting the completely opposite difference in national reactions to being attacked.  Ukrainians -- incredible amazing very long lasting PERSISTANCE and acceptance that their cause is worth it.  Russians -- the complete opposite. Why are they doing this to us? What did we do to deserve this? Our internet is down. This is unacceptable. We were promised that the SMO wouldn't actually impact us at home. Crying like babies. NO PERSISTANCE AT ALL.   First time I've heard this phrase -- the inevitably of Ukrainian victory.  Key Z fascist philosopher finally talking about Ukraine as if it actually exists as country.  Noting that in Russian culture to get respect and attention you need to inspire fear. Ukraine is now doing that to Russians.  I make no predictions but the sum of this video certainly does.</description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 23:35:44 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Investigations into Minnesota Congress Woman, News</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1394963-investigations-into-minnesota-congress-woman-news/?do=findComment&comment=20515820]]></link><description>I really do not see why the formality of an investigation is necessary.   She is obviously guilty.  Brown skin, Muslim, headscarf, outspoken critic of Trump and Maga.  And has not the President already found that she should be stripped of her US citizenship and bundled off back to Somalia?</description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 23:34:04 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Word Association - 2026</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1383425-word-association-2026/?do=findComment&comment=20515819]]></link><description>Queen</description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 23:32:44 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Is quality of life worse in developed countries than in SE Asia?</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1394977-is-quality-of-life-worse-in-developed-countries-than-in-se-asia/?do=findComment&comment=20515818]]></link><description>Even with owning a home, the cost of insurance has skyrocketed. Same with car insurance, and of course health insurance. I'm stunned when people tell me what they are paying. In Thailand almost all of my monthly expenses are for day-to-day living, but the US a noticeable percent goes to insurance.</description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 23:28:30 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Word Association - 2026</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1383425-word-association-2026/?do=findComment&comment=20515817]]></link><description>King</description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 23:25:16 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>New Cannabis Bill Heads Towards Thai Cabinet</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1394906-new-cannabis-bill-heads-towards-thai-cabinet/?do=findComment&comment=20515816]]></link><description>As stated, we are not discussing or comparing to alcohol....weed only is the subject of the thread,.please stay on point</description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 23:23:50 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>What Movies or TV shows are you watching (2026)</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1383422-what-movies-or-tv-shows-are-you-watching-2026/?do=findComment&comment=20515815]]></link><description>Houdini, Uprising, The Good the Bad and the Ugly, For a Few Dollars More, The Wild Bunch, The Last of the Mohicans, Mr. Majestyk.</description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 23:21:36 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Trump Steals Taxpayers' Money For Slush Fund</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1394849-trump-steals-taxpayers-money-for-slush-fund/?do=findComment&comment=20515814]]></link><description>Also you must have some kind of problem. I have stated many times on here that I dont even really like Trump. That if I could I would not even vote for him. But you always go back this this your savior garbage.  When will you learn ?.... or is there just something inherently wrong with you ?  The rest about fascism etc is simply your own opinion which you are free to share no matter how wrong it is.</description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 23:18:24 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Cabinet Cuts Visa-Free Stay Back to 30 Days</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1394856-cabinet-cuts-visa-free-stay-back-to-30-days/?do=findComment&comment=20515813]]></link><description>You have been here long enough to have heard this line many many times. But come a quiet low season, the hunt for numbers always seems to return. Along with quality attracting actions such as all day drinking,  alcohol into the early morning and weed availability.</description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 23:18:16 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Samui Revokes Four Tour Firm Licences</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1395002-samui-revokes-four-tour-firm-licences/?do=findComment&comment=20515812]]></link><description>From the article, it sounds like it is really easy to change shareholders and their details for a company without cross refererencing the other existing shareholders nationalities and purpose/use of company.................Sounds like the system in place is open to abuse......................</description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 23:15:56 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Trump Steals Taxpayers' Money For Slush Fund</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1394849-trump-steals-taxpayers-money-for-slush-fund/?do=findComment&comment=20515811]]></link><description>I'm   All of that is widely known and has been debated ad nauseum. My point is for the current comments by members on THIS forum that I see calling for the death of Trump on a very regular basis.</description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 23:14:34 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Cabinet Cuts Visa-Free Stay Back to 30 Days</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1394856-cabinet-cuts-visa-free-stay-back-to-30-days/?do=findComment&comment=20515810]]></link><description>The only months without smog are October, November and December, 60 day visa plus an extension.  Insurance? No problem. Georgia is visa free and requires insurance. $1 a day, buy 30 days, show it to the airline, stay as long as you like thereafter.</description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 23:14:30 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Long term expats who can't afford to move home?</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1394916-long-term-expats-who-cant-afford-to-move-home/?do=findComment&comment=20515809]]></link><description>Sometimes it's not about whether or not one can afford to move back to their native land, so much as it is about making a huge sacrifice in regard to the quality of life, by moving back.   Unless you own a home free and clear these days in America and many other places, the cost of living is fairly ridiculous.</description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 23:14:24 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Word Association - 2026</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1383425-word-association-2026/?do=findComment&comment=20515808]]></link><description>Bed</description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 23:13:58 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>What Movies or TV shows are you watching (2026)</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1383422-what-movies-or-tv-shows-are-you-watching-2026/?do=findComment&comment=20515807]]></link><description>@recom273 Thanks for the heads-up about Fauda. One of the better TV series IMHO. I've enjoyed watching seasons 1-4.</description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 23:12:35 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Is quality of life worse in developed countries than in SE Asia?</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1394977-is-quality-of-life-worse-in-developed-countries-than-in-se-asia/?do=findComment&comment=20515806]]></link><description>From my point of view it's closer to 15%. I visited the US at least twice per year and every single time, nearly every one of my staple foods and the products that I consume has gone up at least 10 to 15%.   It's always important to take into account the fact that the average consumer doesn't have any need for magnesium ore.</description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 23:11:21 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Cabinet Cuts Visa-Free Stay Back to 30 Days</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1394856-cabinet-cuts-visa-free-stay-back-to-30-days/?do=findComment&comment=20515805]]></link><description>The move marks a significant shift in the country&#x2019;s tourism policy, with authorities citing security concerns and the need to focus on &#x201C;quality tourists&#x201D; rather than visitor numbers alone.  I truly wondered if they were ever going to come around to that point of view during my lifetime, and it remains to be seen if they can follow through on what would be a very wise position to take.   Quantity over quality only works if you're selling $2 items at a swap meet.</description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 23:09:04 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>What Movies or TV shows are you watching (2026)</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1383422-what-movies-or-tv-shows-are-you-watching-2026/?do=findComment&comment=20515804]]></link><description>Thanks for the heads-up @Will27 .</description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 23:08:27 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Tens Of Thousands Flood London For Tommy Robinson March</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1394678-tens-of-thousands-flood-london-for-tommy-robinson-march/?do=findComment&comment=20515803]]></link><description>Desist from posting these lame, dishonest, caveat-loaded, retrospective disclaimers; not content to simply post a &#x201C;like&#x201D; to an appalling, antisemitic, conspiracy theory comment, you decide to make a comment in adulation of it, and then make protestations of impartiality.  Only someone that is vehemently antisemitic could possibly make a swooning fanboy comment of approval to such an antisemitic post; you are just peeved because I continually call you out.  When someone shows you who they are, believe them first time.</description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 23:04:21 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Chinese Tourist Dies in Pattaya Hotel Fall</title><link>https://aseannow.com/thailand-news/chinese-tourist-dies-in-pattaya-hotel-fall-r1906/</link><description>A 33-year-old Chinese tourist died after falling from the sixth floor of a hotel in South Pattaya during the early hours of 21 May 2026. The man crashed into a glass roof at the front entrance of the hotel, leaving his body suspended on a steel support beam before emergency crews recovered him.  Get today's headlines by email   Police from Pattaya City Police Station were alerted to the incident at 3.35am. Pol Lt Col Alis Phuangsai, an investigating officer, attended the scene alongside detectives and rescuers from the Sawang Boriboon Thammasathan Pattaya rescue foundation.  Officers found the victim wearing only boxer shorts, with heavy blood loss visible below the shattered glass canopy. Broken glass was scattered across the hotel entrance as police secured the area and prevented access to the scene.    Investigators later examined the sixth-floor room where the tourist had been staying. Inside, they found another Chinese man asleep in the room. Officers also discovered alcohol bottles and discarded seed shells spread across the floor, although there were no signs of a struggle or evidence that property had been disturbed.  Police said the deceased had arrived at the hotel with a group of Chinese friends occupying several rooms and that this was their second night at the property. He had been sharing the room with the other Chinese national, who is now being questioned as the last known person to have been with him before the fall.  A hotel security guard told officers he heard a loud crash resembling a heavy object striking the glass roof outside the building. When he rushed to investigate, he discovered the tourist&#x2019;s body suspended on the steel structure surrounded by blood stains and immediately contacted authorities.  Rescue workers used ropes to secure the body before lowering it safely from the damaged canopy. The body was then transferred to Pattaya Patamakun Hospital before being sent for a detailed post-mortem examination at the Police General Hospital&#x2019;s Institute of Forensic Medicine in Bangkok.  Police have not confirmed the cause of the fall and said the investigation remains ongoing. Detectives are continuing to question witnesses and examine evidence from the hotel to establish the circumstances surrounding the death.   Pictures courtesy of SiamChon  Join the discussion?   Already a member?    Adapted by ASEAN Now SiamChon 21 May 2026</description><enclosure url="https://assets.aseannow.com/forum/uploads/monthly_2026_05/IMG_2579.png.3619c8b8f42f731535568be318b1f9cb.png" length="1967314" type="image/png"/><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 23:01:10 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Chinese Tourist Dies in Pattaya Hotel Fall</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1395005-chinese-tourist-dies-in-pattaya-hotel-fall/?do=findComment&comment=20515802]]></link><description>A 33-year-old Chinese tourist died after falling from the sixth floor of a hotel in South Pattaya during the early hours of 21 May 2026. The man crashed into a glass roof at the front entrance of the hotel, leaving his body suspended on a steel support beam before emergency crews recovered him.  Get today's headlines by email   Police from Pattaya City Police Station were alerted to the incident at 3.35am. Pol Lt Col Alis Phuangsai, an investigating officer, attended the scene alongside detectives and rescuers from the Sawang Boriboon Thammasathan Pattaya rescue foundation.  Officers found the victim wearing only boxer shorts, with heavy blood loss visible below the shattered glass canopy. Broken glass was scattered across the hotel entrance as police secured the area and prevented access to the scene.    Investigators later examined the sixth-floor room where the tourist had been staying. Inside, they found another Chinese man asleep in the room. Officers also discovered alcohol bottles and discarded seed shells spread across the floor, although there were no signs of a struggle or evidence that property had been disturbed.  Police said the deceased had arrived at the hotel with a group of Chinese friends occupying several rooms and that this was their second night at the property. He had been sharing the room with the other Chinese national, who is now being questioned as the last known person to have been with him before the fall.  A hotel security guard told officers he heard a loud crash resembling a heavy object striking the glass roof outside the building. When he rushed to investigate, he discovered the tourist&#x2019;s body suspended on the steel structure surrounded by blood stains and immediately contacted authorities.  Rescue workers used ropes to secure the body before lowering it safely from the damaged canopy. The body was then transferred to Pattaya Patamakun Hospital before being sent for a detailed post-mortem examination at the Police General Hospital&#x2019;s Institute of Forensic Medicine in Bangkok.  Police have not confirmed the cause of the fall and said the investigation remains ongoing. Detectives are continuing to question witnesses and examine evidence from the hotel to establish the circumstances surrounding the death.   Pictures courtesy of SiamChon  Join the discussion?   Already a member?    Adapted by ASEAN Now SiamChon 21 May 2026 

 
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