https://aseannow.com/rss/44-thailand-news.xml/National and regional news from all around ThailandenUPDATE 11-Year-Old Boy’s Pickup Crash Death Rises to 10 Picture courtesy of Amarin The death toll from a devastating road crash involving an 11-year-old boy who stole a pickup truck has risen to 10 Buddhist monks after two more monks succumbed to his injuries. The crash occurred on the Mukdahan–Don Tan road in northeastern Thailand while a group of 34 monks were walking on a religious pilgrimage. Five monks died at the scene, with four later that afternoon dying in hospital. Authorities confirmed at around 8.00pm that a tenth monk had also passed away. Three monks remain in critical condition, while nine others and one lay follower sustained injuries. The tragedy has shocked Thailand, with the young driver accused of taking the vehicle from his home before crashing into the procession. The incident has prompted an outpouring of grief nationwide and Thailand’s Supreme Patriarch has already placed the deceased monks under royal ecclesiastical patronage. Police continue to investigate the circumstances surrounding the crash, while surviving monks receive treatment and recover from the traumatic ordeal. Adapted by ASEAN Now Amarin 3 July 2026Thu, 02 Jul 2026 20:36:04 +0000It translates literally to that but it is the word Germans used for the Swastika. Schliemann (who discovered Troy) used that term in his book written decades before Hitler was even born and there are numerous published examples of references to Swastikas being called Hakenkruez throughout the late 19th and early 20th centuries. And Germans are hardly unique in having a word for the Swastika that sounds nothing like the how the word is pronounced in Sanskrit. Greeks call the Swastika "Gammadion" because it looks like four of the Greek letters "Gamma" shaped in to a cross. Many other European languages are the same story. Hakenkruez means Swastika. THAT is the correct English translation of the word. Hitler was born during the golden era of German Anthropology when German scientists (without the aid of modern genetics) were correctly speculating that the Pontic Steppe was the homeland of the the proto Indo-European people (or so called "Aryans") and had figured out that this proto Indo-European people had brought the Vedas to Northern India. Hitler wasn't borrowing from the Swastika to make a new symbol. He was quite deliberately putting an actual Swastika in his flag. We know this from his own speeches: "You will find this Cross as a Hakenkreuz not only here, but also in India and Japan carved into the temple post. It is the Hakenkreuz of the communities once founded by Aryan culture". And there is nothing to suggest he was "careful" to slant it. LIke I said before, there are plenty of examples of slanted Swastikas in pottery and temples in the archeological record. There was even a slanted Swastika of sorts in the monastery of Hitler's old hometown (though it is anyone's guess if he ever saw it or not). Hitler was an artist. The reason the Swastika is slanted on the flag is almost certainly just because that is by far the most aesthetically pleasing way to orientate a Swastika in the center of a flag.Thu, 02 Jul 2026 20:34:16 +0000Good point. A bit different than getting into the USA when Biden was supposedly in charge when it basically was a stroll across the border.Thu, 02 Jul 2026 20:27:24 +0000Thu, 02 Jul 2026 20:20:29 +0000Import cavemen, you get cavemen behavior. Stupid uk governments, past and present.Thu, 02 Jul 2026 20:14:52 +0000Then read here the post of @KhunBENQ only a week ago. https://aseannow.com/topic/1387709-id-card-required-to-open-new-account/#findComment-20565428Thu, 02 Jul 2026 20:08:13 +0000Open a Trump topic.Thu, 02 Jul 2026 20:05:32 +0000Thu, 02 Jul 2026 19:54:21 +0000Fatigue is real. Thailand has wrecked tourism with their open border policy. What happened to visa changes? Nothing.Thu, 02 Jul 2026 19:54:15 +0000Thu, 02 Jul 2026 19:53:46 +0000actually, quite in line for two a level ladiesThu, 02 Jul 2026 19:50:11 +0000sure you are lol. i like that mossad is bumping off terrorists. hopefully they will do some more in iranThu, 02 Jul 2026 19:47:26 +0000got it. a forum jew/america/trump hater calls others a troll, bad faith etc from his serial identities and mommys basementThu, 02 Jul 2026 19:44:01 +0000During WW2, there were various British attempts and plans to assassinate Adolf Hitler. In the end, Operation Foxley never went ahead because there was the fear that if Hitler were killed, someone competent would take over.Thu, 02 Jul 2026 19:39:19 +0000I blame the DTVThu, 02 Jul 2026 19:35:50 +0000Hope no one ever gets to the grifter. I want to personally see the grub get jail time as it is where it belongs.Thu, 02 Jul 2026 19:21:37 +0000Its a fair point, and you should use the Report facility. But the report appears in other publications. Take your pick: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/06/30/iranian-clerics-call-for-trump-assassination/ https://nypost.com/2026/07/01/world-news/powerful-iranian-clerics-call-for-assassination-of-trump-netanyahu-send-them-to-hell/ https://www.skynews.com.au/opinion/iranian-clerics-call-for-assassination-of-donald-trump-and-benjamin-netanyahu/video/b223fac498b4d35b949e7d4a161aed5b https://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/iranian-clerics-call-for-assassination-of-trump-netanyahu-send-them-to-hell/video/bb94fff94e0d12e1a7ed333306a9ae07 https://en.sedaily.com/international/2026/07/01/iran-clerics-call-for-assassination-of-trump-netanyahuThu, 02 Jul 2026 19:19:02 +0000Leave the monkeys to enjoy. They deserve it.Thu, 02 Jul 2026 19:08:24 +0000Don't forget Panama.Thu, 02 Jul 2026 18:59:32 +0000The insanity of the leftist Dem's on full display, helping a sexual predator who abused a Child. escape accountability in Walz's Minnesota. "Absolutely shameful. What's most alarming is most elected Democrats share Tim Walz's position that sexual predators should be given a break, as long as they are illegal aliens". "When a detective interviewed the foreign national , he acknowledged having had sexual contact with the girl and called it a “minor thing,” according to a criminal complaint. He blamed cultural norms in Thailand, according to the complaint". https://gvwire.com/2026/07/01/minnesota-pardons-sexual-abuser-who-was-set-to-be-deported/#:~:text=The%20other%20two%20members%20of%20the%20pardon,enforcement%2C%20said%20of%20Walz%20in%20a%20statement.Thu, 02 Jul 2026 18:54:46 +0000How much you suppose stolen valor tim the tampon pushing king of fraud sold his pedophile luvin pardons for? https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/01/us/politics/minnesota-pardon-sexual-abuser.htmlThu, 02 Jul 2026 18:53:29 +0000Stop making things up. You are a persistent and serial liar, frequently making false accusations against forum members, because you are Bad Faith Poster. You get a kick out of this behaviour. 70 year old body, 12 year old brain it seems. You are happy and enthusiastic to attack every nation on Earth, friend or foe, but hypocritically can't take it shot back. There was nothing "anti-American" in my post. its a fact the during 1967-69, the US Air Force lost significant numbers of aircraft, on the ground, into the hundreds, as a result of unguided NVA rockets. During both Iraq wars, Iraq failed to successfully attack US AIrbases. In GW1, it fired a handful of SCUDs, which largely fell harmlessly in the desert. In Afghanistan, the Taliban mounted repeated attacks against US airbases, but in 20 years, only succeeded in destroying 6 Harrier VSTOL aircraft. You seem oblivious to the quite obvious security failure at Prince Sultan Airbase. And, as is predictable, you take every attempt to denigrate all of the US's allies with more repeated falsehoods and slander.Thu, 02 Jul 2026 18:52:52 +0000Also worth pointing out that at that time Chinese were generally not allowed to travel to Hong Kong, never mind to any other foreign country. So getting into the territory was no simple stroll across the border.Thu, 02 Jul 2026 18:52:20 +0000Open a search engine Input “list of countries where birthright citizenship exists” Hit “enter” or “return” You will find there are more than a few. Crystal clear, indeed.Thu, 02 Jul 2026 18:36:12 +0000Russia selling India oil at a discount, only to buy it back, sans discount https://bsky.app/profile/antongerashchenko.bsky.social/post/3mplxkev6i22iThu, 02 Jul 2026 18:36:01 +0000