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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>Bristol UK - Neo Nazi Jailed for attempted murder.</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1394612-bristol-uk-neo-nazi-jailed-for-attempted-murder/?do=findComment&comment=20509535]]></link><description>Because it&#x2019;s a current news item with court records to back up the already credible source.  A hate filled Neo Nazi and virulent racist Islamophobic,  antisemite with links to extreme rightwing hate organization convicted for attempted murder.  Definitely news worthy though it seems to be a topic you don&#x2019;t like being discussed but can&#x2019;t stay away from.</description><pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2026 06:28:58 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Bristol UK - Neo Nazi Jailed for attempted murder.</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1394612-bristol-uk-neo-nazi-jailed-for-attempted-murder/?do=findComment&comment=20509534]]></link><description>Some of those controversial callers are stooges working  at the radio station .    They "call in" making controversial points to encourage other callers to call in .    They are literally trolls , call in to get an emotional responses from the listeners</description><pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2026 06:27:54 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Project Sledgehammer: The Boom is Coming Down on Iran</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1394397-project-sledgehammer-the-boom-is-coming-down-on-iran/?do=findComment&comment=20509533]]></link><description>I don't have high hopes, but you really should try to see the difference between news and propaganda.</description><pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2026 06:27:36 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Pattaya Ladyboys Rob Swedish Tourist of 100,000 Baht</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1394572-pattaya-ladyboys-rob-swedish-tourist-of-100000-baht/?do=findComment&comment=20509532]]></link><description>The ladyboys offered to give him the key to their hearts.</description><pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2026 06:27:11 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Foreigner's Provocation Leads to Thai Street Fight</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1394405-foreigners-provocation-leads-to-thai-street-fight/?do=findComment&comment=20509531]]></link><description>Well referenced sir. 1998, feels like it was only yesterday !</description><pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2026 06:27:03 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Bangkok Governor Chadchart Resigns for Re-election Bid</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1394567-bangkok-governor-chadchart-resigns-for-re-election-bid/?do=findComment&comment=20509530]]></link><description><![CDATA[Why does he have to resign to get re-elected - is it a Thai thing?  Usually you just get the votes you need &amp; stay or if defeated you go!]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2026 06:25:51 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Thai Commitee Report Exposes 10 Corrupt State Agencies</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1394564-thai-commitee-report-exposes-10-corrupt-state-agencies/?do=findComment&comment=20509529]]></link><description>I've set this topic to a Filipino friend to see how it compares to the Philippines!  I've already received a few laughing emojis back from him...</description><pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2026 06:25:25 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Brit Couple Return Home After Thai Surgery Ordeal</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1394608-brit-couple-return-home-after-thai-surgery-ordeal/?do=findComment&comment=20509528]]></link><description>Who are you referring to regarding 'being here 15 years or more' please?</description><pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2026 06:21:55 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Eddie Carmel, The Jewish Giant</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1394396-eddie-carmel-the-jewish-giant/?do=findComment&comment=20509527]]></link><description>Israelis are not being subjected to relentless high-tech bombardment of civilian districts and medical infrastructure by people who arrived comparatively recently, often on land taken from others, while those displaced are condemned simply for resisting when and how they can. Happy to help.</description><pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2026 06:21:34 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Pattaya Pool Villa Row After Child Near Drowning</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1394605-pattaya-pool-villa-row-after-child-near-drowning/?do=findComment&comment=20509526]]></link><description>All the very best to this villa owner, hope they push forward with and win this case.</description><pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2026 06:20:41 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>testosterone testing...where?</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1394562-testosterone-testingwhere/?do=findComment&comment=20509525]]></link><description>Dr Olivier in Jomtien does testing and supplementation therapy I think.</description><pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2026 06:19:50 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Phuket Police Raid Massage Shop Over Underage Prostitution</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1394517-phuket-police-raid-massage-shop-over-underage-prostitution/?do=findComment&comment=20509524]]></link><description>Look up the history of southern Thailand and see who originally "owned" it andwhy they are mostly Muslim and speak other "foreign" languages than Thai.  A bit like NE Thailand where folk mostly speak Laos! Google will enlighten you !</description><pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2026 06:18:42 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>British Man Arrested in Pattaya Over Phuket Killing</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1394591-british-man-arrested-in-pattaya-over-phuket-killing/?do=findComment&comment=20509523]]></link><description>Forever to be know as Amir the Dummy.  Yeah, lets not flee the country after being intimately involved in an assassination.  I am getting Bobby (from Mr Inbetween) vibes with this clown.  Big bad crime man lol, half of these fools can barely tie their own shoes.</description><pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2026 06:15:41 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Pattaya Ladyboys Rob Swedish Tourist of 100,000 Baht</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1394572-pattaya-ladyboys-rob-swedish-tourist-of-100000-baht/?do=findComment&comment=20509522]]></link><description>Switzerland's current population is approximately 9 million individuals. In comparison, when I departed from the country in 1995, the population stood at around 6 million. Notably, about 25% of the present population consists of immigrants, with a significant proportion being of Muslim background.</description><pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2026 06:14:52 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Jew hatred has become fashionable especially among young people</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1394199-jew-hatred-has-become-fashionable-especially-among-young-people/?do=findComment&comment=20509521]]></link><description><![CDATA[That's not true. Many groups, whether ethnic, racial or other, have words indicating dislike, opposition, fear or hatred of them. Through use of the prefix "anti-" or the suffix "phobia," you can express hatred of or opposition to just about any group.  Anti-American and anti-U.S. are used on a daily basis in news reports. Along the same lines, you have words like anti-Russian, anti-French, anti-Black, anti-Catholic, anti-Muslim, anti-police, anti-immigrant, etc.  Islamophobia has already been mentioned. It first appeared in print more than 100 years ago. Homophobia and transphobia are modern additions. There's even a word for fear or hatred of clowns: coulrophobia. It's a real word; look it up.    A person who hates Black people is an Afrophobe. From the Oxford English Dictionary:   https://www.oed.com/search/dictionary/?scope=Entries&amp;q=afrophobia  The word "anti-Semitism" or "antisemitism" entered the English language in 1881 from the German Antisemitismus, which had been coined by Wilhelm Marr, a German journalist and agitator who thought it sounded more scientific and academic than the older Judenhaß  ("Jew hatred").  Marr himself is regarded as the "father of modern antisemitism,"  although he apparently renounced his anti-Jewish beliefs as an old man.   https://njop.org/the-origin-of-word-anti-semitism/]]></description><enclosure url="https://assets.aseannow.com/forum/uploads/monthly_2026_05/image.png.071bc2bbe0bbab334277a8867c198fef.png" length="37099" type="image/png"/><pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2026 06:14:09 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Muslims in Bangkok Protest Over Quran Remarks by Transwoman</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1394250-muslims-in-bangkok-protest-over-quran-remarks-by-transwoman/?do=findComment&comment=20509520]]></link><description>Maybe it is a good time to dispose of all religions as the frauds they are.</description><pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2026 06:13:27 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Don't They Know I'm out of the Country?</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1394587-dont-they-know-im-out-of-the-country/?do=findComment&comment=20509519]]></link><description>That's why I liked to have stamps in my passport.  Once upon landing in Sao Paulo immigration told me I was in their computer as not having left Brazil for the past 2 years. I was glad the exit stamp in my passport showed this not to have been the case.</description><pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2026 06:13:08 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Brit Couple Return Home After Thai Surgery Ordeal</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1394608-brit-couple-return-home-after-thai-surgery-ordeal/?do=findComment&comment=20509518]]></link><description><![CDATA[@Roadsternut thanks - very interesting.  This topic morphed a bit into some unfair NHS bashing.   And some NHS supporting (IMHO correctly from the emergency/clinical side, management side not so). As I live in Hong Kong and am currently going through some treatment in the public health system here, and it’s structure is similar to the NHS, I thought I’d compare the figures you quoted with HK.  Please note my figures are different to yours and could reflect my search wording, but I’ve been consistent with that wording when comparing stats/countries.  First thing I found is I think the figures you quote are based public + private spending.  No issue with that of course, but thought that as the topic morphed into the NHS I thought I’d concentrate on public spending only.  All results are from consistent searches on Google.  Spent on public healthcare: % GDP - Hong Kong 4.3%, UK 9.2%, USA 7-8% Per capita = Hong Kong £1,620, UK £13,500, US £9,300 Overall personal tax burden (income, sales, NI etc., and not very easy to compare like-for-like) - Hong Kong 17%, UK 39%, US 25%  Life expectancy (men) = Hong Kong 83, UK 79, USA 76 Life expectancy (women) = Hong Kong 88, UK 83, USA 81 Infant mortality (deaths per 1000 live births) = Hong Kong 1.7, UK 3.9, USA 5.6 Treatable mortality (deaths per 100k population) = Hong Kong 12, UK 85, USA 95  Cancer survival rate (5 years) = Hong Kong 56%, UK 50%, USA 70% (not clear if this is private or public sector or both) Access to emergency healthcare - Hong Kong is 100%, same as UK  The UK spends much more on public health than the other 2, and taxes people much more too.  So, why is Hong Kong so efficient compared to the UK?  This is all my opinions based on my observations.  I’m ignoring the US as I think the model is so very different (aka I don’t understand it  🤐). Supply chain costs - Hong Kong’s population is a ninth of the UK, but is concentrated in a small land area - makes it easier for a single supply contract to cover individual aspects of the entire public health system.  Actually, land area is no excuse for the NHS not to effectively coordinate the supply chain.  Fragmentation drives up costs, but this alone cannot explain the cost differential between UK &amp; HK. Corruption - Hong Kong has an independent anti-corruption authority - is independent of the police and all government departments.  For balance, their boss does report to the HK CEO (equivalent of a Prime Minister, so not 100% independent, but the media would be on the CEO like a ton of bricks if he interfered).  No need to look too much further than what happened during the pandemic to see the levels of nepotism and corruption in the NHS… Management costs - Hong Kong has a single management structure across the whole 'country', no NHS England/Scotland/Wales/Northern Ireland, no 42 separate Integrated Care Boards, no multiple NHS or Foundation Trusts or Primary Care Networks that lie on top of the individual hospitals or GP surgeries.  All of this management costs a disgusting amount of money.  Also, Hong Kong doesn’t do DEI with the bloated HR structure “needed” to support that.  When DT 2.0 started on about this when he took office I looked at a job site for UK NHS DEI hires - there was literally £100s of millions per annum of posts being advertised!  Did the same today, no better, see screen cap below. IT costs - In Hong Kong, the sharing of information from GP to consultant to surgeon is seamless.  Ditto for all the nursing, dietician, physio, scanning and indeed all other support functions.  It absolutely is not in the UK, with the sharing of paper still highly common - drives delays, lost key information, missed appointments, riskier clinical outcomes, physical and mental health risks for patients and therefore additional costs.  Lesson?  Dear NHS, come to HK and buy the same system as is used here.  It works.  In summary, from a health point of view, the figures seem to indicate that Hong Kong is a healthier place to live, with less of my income disappearing in taxation and then into brown envelopes.  Doesn’t make it a perfect place of course.  Also doesn't make the UK (or USA)  a bad place either.]]></description><enclosure url="https://assets.aseannow.com/forum/uploads/monthly_2026_05/Screenshot2026-05-16at14_02_08.png.ecd28bac05dc45ae12343e51e68d5f2f.png" length="103107" type="image/png"/><pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2026 06:13:01 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Brit Couple Return Home After Thai Surgery Ordeal</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1394608-brit-couple-return-home-after-thai-surgery-ordeal/?do=findComment&comment=20509517]]></link><description>What are you talking about?? The couple in the article were tourists who came to Thailand for 2 weeks!</description><pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2026 06:12:03 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>British Content Creator Claims Thai Soldiers Fired Near Border</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1394540-british-content-creator-claims-thai-soldiers-fired-near-border/?do=findComment&comment=20509516]]></link><description>A cosmetics influencer appraoched my Thai granddaughter at her uni here in Chiang Mai, offering 5% of all sales the influencer made to the female students in granddaughters faculty. G'daughter had to set up meetings / displays of the cosmetics and convince the female students to attend.  It did happen one time: -Within a few minutes the influencer had strongly criticised the uni female uniform and promised to design a new uniform foe 1,000Baht  per student.  -Next she paraded a line of cosmetics, body washes etc. One student asked 'Has this been approved?" Influencer scolded the questioner for being rude and insisted the girl who asked the question be removed and banned.   -My g'daughters mother warned her something like this could happen.  -G'daughter now realized that the influencer was not credible or honest and g'daughter removed herself from the whole scenario.  -At home g'daughter talked about it and revealed more lies and untruths spoken by the influencer to the students.  -G'daughter called the influencer and removed herself from any cfurther contact / discussions  with the influencer.</description><pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2026 06:11:45 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Bristol UK - Neo Nazi Jailed for attempted murder.</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1394612-bristol-uk-neo-nazi-jailed-for-attempted-murder/?do=findComment&comment=20509515]]></link><description>is this the best example of an " extreme right wing neo nazi" the lefty  can dream up ..    Some psycho teenage girl ?   I shouldn't laugh it will spoil their  big day , they have waited years for this, a real live Nazi taken into captivity.  as rare as rocking horse $h1t Should keep the lefties happy for a few months until they find another  "nazi" ,   as for "extreme right wing" ?   well, these days  that's just all of us is't it,?</description><pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2026 06:10:31 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>China Alters Rubio Name to Allow Visit for Trump-Xi Talks</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1394452-china-alters-rubio-name-to-allow-visit-for-trump-xi-talks/?do=findComment&comment=20509514]]></link><description>Lu Bio? &#x1F600;</description><pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2026 06:10:11 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>2-4-6-8 who the Brits don&#x2019;t appreciate, Starmer ,post loss news</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1394345-2-4-6-8-who-the-brits-dont-appreciate-starmer-post-loss-news/?do=findComment&comment=20509513]]></link><description><![CDATA[Winter fuel allowance ,scandals  took their toll on the far left labour party PM . Maybe I missed something, boat crossings &amp; Asylum claims.  "Even if Starmer survives for now, many in the party doubt he will lead the party into the next national election, which must be held by 2029" https://thehill.com/homenews/ap/ap-international/uk-elections-keir-starmer-2/]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2026 06:09:58 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Trump Warns Taiwan Not to Declare Independence</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1394588-trump-warns-taiwan-not-to-declare-independence/?do=findComment&comment=20509512]]></link><description>I had a chat with a female tourist from Taiwan in January this year, she stated she and her friends were pro-Chinese and looked forward to being part of China in an official and recognise way.  Oh, and even as a second language she spoke better English than Trump, who strings words together to make sentences like a ten year old.</description><pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2026 06:09:31 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Israeli Marchers Chant &#x2018;Death to Arabs&#x2019; in Jerusalem</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1394526-israeli-marchers-chant-death-to-arabs-in-jerusalem/?do=findComment&comment=20509511]]></link><description>The main problem for the Palestinians are the Israeli.</description><pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2026 06:09:03 +0000</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
