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THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Saturday 5 April 2025
Tour Bus Crashes Off Road in Surat Thani – Multiple Injuries, Including Foreign Tourists Pictured courtesy of Matichon. A road crash occurred in Surat Thani, on 4 April, after a tour bus veered off the road and crashed, leaving dozens injured, including several foreign tourists. Emergency services rushed to the scene and engaged in a large-scale rescue operation. Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1356809-tour-bus-crashes-off-road-in-surat-thani-–-multiple-injuries-including-foreign-tourists/ -
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Thailand Urged to Form ‘War Room’ in Response to US Tariffs
Its pretty clear to most rational people, even those like me who know little about economics, that Trump's policies are not going to Make America Great Again. More like Make America Dive Again - as it did in the 1930's and to a lesser extent in 2007/8. I don't disagree with him (in principle) where countries such as Thailand have been imposing high tariffs on US goods. However, there is a way of going about things and he's way off the mark. Whether Trump likes it or not - isolation will be devastating for the US. Back to the Auto business again - the trade has spend years building plants and sourcing parts in areas where they are either cheaper to produce, enable additional trade through those locations or both. They can't simply just transfer engine production, for example, to the US overnight. In the short term he imposition of tariffs is likely to initially make cars more expensive in the US because of the increases in the cost of foreign produced parts. If a manufacturer does shift production of components to the US, they will also be more expensive - there is no way that a part currently made in Thailand can be made for the same cost in the US. I very much doubt that US workers will be prepared to work for 350 baht per day. So what do the Auto Manufacturers do? Add to the above quandry that the cost of transferring production could be $ billions and Trump will be gone in 3.75 years. Hopefully, if this madness, and it is madness, continues, the US people will wake up and either somehow get rid of Trump or reign him in before his term expires. His hardline supporters won't listen to anything negative about Trump, no matter what he does, they are as crazy as he is but from what I hear, there are rumblings coming from the conservative side of the US government with several Republicans voting with the Democrats yesterday. We can only hope that those rumblings grow into thunder before the world tips into a wholly Trump created recession. Finally, another reminder Mr. Trump: you stated that you would stop the war in Ukraine within 24 hours. Well its been almost 3 months now, what happened? Was it the same as getting the Mexicans to pay for your wall - just another fantasy? -
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THAILAND LIVE Thailand Live Friday 4 April 2025
to continue: Thailand Live Saturday 5 April 2025 https://aseannow.com/topic/1356829-thailand-live-saturday-5-april-2025/ -
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Updates and events in the War in Ukraine 2025
Judging from his woe-is-me speeches, apparently he does. He believes Russia still wields a global big stick, but in reality, his crumbling feudal empire is increasingly in hock to China who has already seized Russian territory without a murmur from Moscow (Bolshoi Ussuriysky Island). In December 1944, for the Western Allies, things didn't look all that rosey. In September 1944, the British suffered a significant defeat and loss of elite troops ar Arnhem. In Belgium, the American Army was on the verge of collapse, with the German army, apparently with superior equipment, powering towards Antwerp. If Antwerp fell, if all likelihood, the Western campaigh would have been over, with US forces stuggling to resupply. The Blitz on London had restarted, with the RAF having little power to do anything against V1 and V2 weapons. Worrying intelligence would have been reaching the Allies about Heisenberg's A-bomb work. Defeat is hard to gauge until it actually happens. Stalin at one point was on the verge of losing Moscow and being strung up from the nearest lamp post. In the Pacific, by summer 1945, the US was utterly exhausted, and suffering unsustainable losses of carriers to Kamikaze attacks (hence relived by the British armoured carriers). History tells us the tide of the war turned, but at the time, to those involved, on both sides, things were less certain. Russia doesn't have much left in the reserve. China is focussed on its own territorial disputes and destiny. Chechenya is now threatening a 3rd Chechen War, with Kaydriv reaching out to the Saudis for a possible bolt hole, and putting his 17 year old son, Adam, in charge of internal security. We don't hear much about Iran's IRGC anymore, following the collapse of Hezbollah. US Generals have reported that Ukraine has fixed its manning issues. Over half of Ukraine's ammunition comes from the EU/Putin's , and Czechia has received fresh funding for more shells. The US is not running out of weapons, and arguably, has hardly started. Putin's stated objectives were: 1. Protect the Russian people. Even a limited incursion into the Russian hinterland demonstrates he has not protected the Russian people. Its worsened. 2. "Denazify Ukraine"; most assume he means change the government in Kyiv. he has not achieved that, and Zelensky's position looks reasonably secure, with little evidence of dissent among the Ukrainian general staff. 3. Demililiterize Ukraine, ie reduce Ukraine's offensive capacity. The Ukrainian miitary is now the biggest in Europe. It is substantially better equipped than it was from just a few years ago, and it well on its way to transitioning to Western combined arms. 4. Putin has also not achieved territorial objectives, having lost most of Kherson, and failing to take Odessa and Kharkiv. Russias control of the Donbass is tenuous, and only possible through massive military reinforcement, to the extent the Russian military has had to denude other frontiers, including those with disputed borders (Russian-Finland). The War has lead to Russia being unable to defend its overseas strategic assets, such as losing its vital Mediterranean Naval base in Syria. Damascus was winning the civil war until suddenly, it wasn't. Russia is certainly not winning. But wars aren't like a football game -
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3 Million Afghans in Pakistan Being Forced to Leave
Point out what is racist about saying poor countries are overpopulated. You are the one bringing race into it. It's a fact that educated people have less children, eg Japan, South Korea and Singapore. -
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New Online Entry Requirement for UK Travelers to Thailand
Based on the latest official information, you can complete the online TDAC form at the earliest three days before your arrival date in Thailand and at the latest immediately before presenting your passport to immigration at your arrival port. It is highly recommended to do it before your arrival, if possible. Read more: https://aseannow.com/topic/1356064-thailand-digital-arrival-card-tdac-system-is-online-but-not-announced-as-starting-yet/page/8/#findComment-19709723
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