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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>The Expat Paradox: An Appraisal of Westerners in Thailand</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1366877-the-expat-paradox-an-appraisal-of-westerners-in-thailand/?do=findComment&comment=20583023]]></link><description>What kindofargument is that?</description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 09:50:08 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>The Expat Paradox: An Appraisal of Westerners in Thailand</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1366877-the-expat-paradox-an-appraisal-of-westerners-in-thailand/?do=findComment&comment=20583022]]></link><description>How is that spam?</description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 09:49:02 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Can you recommend a good source of kefir grains</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1397930-can-you-recommend-a-good-source-of-kefir-grains/?do=findComment&comment=20583021]]></link><description>My wife makes this concoction a few times a week of rolled oats, oat milk, kefir and basil seeds and sets it out for a few hours and then tosses it in the fridge.</description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 09:48:46 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Ghanaian Man to be Deported After Complaints in Phuket</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1398009-ghanaian-man-to-be-deported-after-complaints-in-phuket/?do=findComment&comment=20583019]]></link><description>As you are admonishing people who approve of his treatment, it would be interesting to read what your answer to this apparently drunken lout's situation would be?   Have a whip-round and organise a job and some accommodation for him, perhaps?</description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 09:46:09 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Aussie Murder Suspect Faces Thai Compensation Talks</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1398003-aussie-murder-suspect-faces-thai-compensation-talks/?do=findComment&comment=20583018]]></link><description>My general purpose answer is that if she was in Pattaya before this trip, someone would have come forward to say so. As far as the crime goes, it doesn't make any difference.  And at least from the crisis payment to pay any compensation from Australia it can only be done if he person is IN Australia.</description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 09:45:24 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Thailand Ranks Eighth Worldwide for Healthcare in 2026</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1398007-thailand-ranks-eighth-worldwide-for-healthcare-in-2026/?do=findComment&comment=20583017]]></link><description>Government hospital then???</description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 09:44:13 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Thailand Ranks Eighth Worldwide for Healthcare in 2026</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1398007-thailand-ranks-eighth-worldwide-for-healthcare-in-2026/?do=findComment&comment=20583016]]></link><description>Did I say I was dissatisfied? We were just debating whether this survey takes into account what really matters - or should matter - in comparing one country's healthcare system to another.</description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 09:43:48 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Thai Woman Reports Indian Boyfriend Over Visa Overstay</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1398004-thai-woman-reports-indian-boyfriend-over-visa-overstay/?do=findComment&comment=20583015]]></link><description>Yeah for sure the women i find want money up front first &#x1F923;&#x1F923;&#x1F923;</description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 09:42:36 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>When will Man return to the Moon?  And, why?</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1398014-when-will-man-return-to-the-moon-and-why/?do=findComment&comment=20583014]]></link><description>Are we being watched? Is there an alien base on the moon?  I'm not saying I believe this, but just putting it out there. Maybe NASA did go to the moon, but they didn't tell us what they really found there. And the footage they showed us isn't the real footage.</description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 09:42:35 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Best Pattaya bar for watching Mexico v England at 7am Monday July 6th</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1398038-best-pattaya-bar-for-watching-mexico-v-england-at-7am-monday-july-6th/?do=findComment&comment=20583013]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hemingways, formerly Shenanigans in Jomtien do good food &amp; beer, and have many tellys. I guess that at 7am you will be looking for breakfast, which they do a good one as well. But will you be able to get a pint? In UK pubs are open until 5am, two hours after the game finishes. Can't see so many going to work on Monday morning. Schools should start at noon that day, let the kids watch England.....win or lose?]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 09:42:33 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>International Driving Permit for Long-Term Visitors in Thailand</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1397750-international-driving-permit-for-long-term-visitors-in-thailand/?do=findComment&comment=20583012]]></link><description>What do you mean by &#x2018;residency certificate&#x2019;   ???   Affirmation of Address from Embassy ? Certificate of Address from Imigration ?</description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 09:42:10 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Electric Vehicles in Thailand</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1257405-electric-vehicles-in-thailand/?do=findComment&comment=20583011]]></link><description>On my BYD Seal it is something like: Put the car in Neutral  Press down the EPB Turn off the car while EPB is depressed for a few seconds.  I tried it once and it worked but it was around 2 years ago so might not be 100% word perfect. I don&#x2019;t park in that fashion, if there is no space I will go somewhere else, have seen scratches on bonnets from rings when people have to push your car out of the way, also the Seal bonnet is remarkably thin material and have seen complaints by people that they have dinted it when closing !!</description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 09:42:07 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>ICE Quietly Arrests 10,000 in Five-Day Operation</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1397942-ice-quietly-arrests-10000-in-five-day-operation/?do=findComment&comment=20583010]]></link><description>That "ancient Greek" was actually an 18th century Scottish historian named Alexander Fraser Tytler, who warned that democracies collapse once voters realize they can vote themselves money from the public treasury. He was spot on,that exact mechanism has inspired a level of systemic waste, fraud, and abuse that the world has never seen before. It turns government into a giant bribery machine using the taxpayers own cash. https://www.thecornellreview.org/from-scottish-historian-alexander-tyler/</description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 09:41:24 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Trump Faces Pressure to Pay $5M After Supreme Court Rebuff</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1397856-trump-faces-pressure-to-pay-5m-after-supreme-court-rebuff/?do=findComment&comment=20583009]]></link><description>I will explain to you.... guilty = he pays..... liable = he pays... did you get it or do you need a link</description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 09:41:00 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Recent Experiences at Chaengwattana for Residency Certificate?</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1397892-recent-experiences-at-chaengwattana-for-residency-certificate/?do=findComment&comment=20583008]]></link><description>I was out at CW  9 June  ( Nephew drove my car) to renew my yearly POS and to get a COR for renewing DLT license had online appointments for both. POS wait ok but COR the lady total me I need to due a new TM-30 as the one file had my old Passport number ( which was redone in 2021) . She said she would let it go for the COR this time but must update ASAP and that I needed to come back next week to pick it in person no one else could do it.  I'm 83 do not like to drive all the way across town (I live in far East end ) she said sorry you must come in person one else. Came back the next week used a GRAB and picked the COR up and went home. Then I wait on-line to make appointment for the driver License, know luck they were full up for the next 5+ weeks which was longer then the 30 day COR, check about walk-in no luck appointment only. First time 36 years I had to use a agent they had appointments for the next Monday - Friday. Cost 4000 tb I got the new license good for 5 years 9 months.</description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 09:40:58 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Trump has re-defined corruption</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1397886-trump-has-re-defined-corruption/?do=findComment&comment=20583007]]></link><description>as a member of the family she must know what she's talking about as she has/had inside information about the grifter and as always he blames somebody else, this time his kids, they have "inside" information" one has to wonder who gave them the inside information and why the inside information is not available to the people  The President's latest financial disclosure reveals he made over a billion dollars from cryptocurrency in his first year back in office. His niece, Mary Trump, says the family has a "history of corruption."  Mary Trump, the President&#x2019;s niece, says the family has a &#x2018;history of corruption&#x2019;  https://www.yahoo.com/news/videos/mary-trump-president-niece-says-015802246.html  Donald Trump Says His Children Have 'Inside Information' as Stock Trades Draw Scrutiny  https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/donald-trump-says-his-children-have-inside-information-as-stock-trades-draw-scrutiny-112504887.html</description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 09:39:27 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Aussie Murder Suspect Faces Thai Compensation Talks</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1398003-aussie-murder-suspect-faces-thai-compensation-talks/?do=findComment&comment=20583006]]></link><description>If he was a truck driver as alleged and 45 I would hazard a guess if he working the last 25 years he should have over $100 k in his Superannuation</description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 09:39:15 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Trump Faces Pressure to Pay $5M After Supreme Court Rebuff</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1397856-trump-faces-pressure-to-pay-5m-after-supreme-court-rebuff/?do=findComment&comment=20583005]]></link><description>If you don't understand the difference between guilty and liable, you may want to sit this one out.</description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 09:38:54 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Thailand Ranks Eighth Worldwide for Healthcare in 2026</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1398007-thailand-ranks-eighth-worldwide-for-healthcare-in-2026/?do=findComment&comment=20583004]]></link><description>Well if dissatisfied you came always return to your home country for treatment wherever that may be and hopefully not the UK. I have been happy with the Public, Private and Dental Service for about seventeen years excellent treatment at all levels</description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 09:38:10 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>US heatwave fuels anger as energy bills squeeze families</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1398034-us-heatwave-fuels-anger-as-energy-bills-squeeze-families/?do=findComment&comment=20583003]]></link><description>Could be worse.  Over in France, they're fighting each other to buy the last A/Cs in stock.  French clash over air conditioners as another heatwave looms (VIDEOS) &#x2014; RT World News    We used to call that "weather".  And we were disappointed if the 4th of July wasn't hot.</description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 09:36:27 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Aussie Murder Suspect Faces Thai Compensation Talks</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1398003-aussie-murder-suspect-faces-thai-compensation-talks/?do=findComment&comment=20583002]]></link><description>And your point is?????  She was as they call in the trade here Farm Fresh in other words just getting started in selling herself.</description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 09:35:26 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Trump has re-defined corruption</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1397886-trump-has-re-defined-corruption/?do=findComment&comment=20583001]]></link><description>Because he knew that Trump would go after his perceived enemies when he was back in power. What has happened since, clearly shows that Biden was right; just look at those he did not pardon, like Brennan, Comey - even Comeys daughter - and several others.  Speaking of pardons, what do you think of a president that pardons a convicted drug lord, violent offenders and people that seems to have paid for a pardon?</description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 09:35:18 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Aussie Murder Suspect Faces Thai Compensation Talks</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1398003-aussie-murder-suspect-faces-thai-compensation-talks/?do=findComment&comment=20583000]]></link><description>So you believe it's her "first rodeo" , and she met the Aussie brit  who was actually"loose cannon "</description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 09:35:13 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>World Cup 2026 Has anyone seen a live game on TV yet?</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1396855-world-cup-2026-has-anyone-seen-a-live-game-on-tv-yet/?do=findComment&comment=20582999]]></link><description>I'm sure they'll forfeit (surrender) to Paraguay before the first whistle  &#x1F609;</description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 09:34:43 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Aussie Murder Suspect Faces Thai Compensation Talks</title><link><![CDATA[https://aseannow.com/topic/1398003-aussie-murder-suspect-faces-thai-compensation-talks/?do=findComment&comment=20582998]]></link><description>As a Yank I note this: https://www.servicesaustralia.gov.au/who-can-get-crisis-payment-for-release-from-prison-or-psychiatric-confinement?context=52757  Eligibility To get this payment you must meet all of the following: be eligible for, or getting an income support payment or ABSTUDY Living Allowance be in severe financial hardship be charged with committing an offence have spent 14 or more days in prison or psychiatric confinement be in Australia when you make your claim contact us or make a claim up to 21 days before your expected release date, or within 7 days after.</description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 09:34:33 +0000</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
