Pattaya Mail
Killer cops
Editor; Re: Violent Pattaya cop taken off streets (PM Friday, 13 November 2015) - One incident where a police officer fired his gun at...
Why wasn’t he fired?
Editor; Re: Violent Pattaya cop taken off streets (PM Friday, 13 November 2015) - Bizarre! Threaten, shoot like a cowboy, bother an ambulance without...
Some questions answered
Editor; Re: (PM Mailbag Friday 6 November 2015) - Pattaya’s beaches are closed on Wednesdays so the beach chair vendors don’t claim land ownership...
Dutch community in Pattaya welcomes new ambassador
On October 29 the Dutch community in Pattaya welcomed H.E. Karel Hartogh, since July the new Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to...
Report: 14 wild weather events last year goosed by warming
Washington (AP) - New scientific analysis shows the fingerprints of man-made climate change on 14 extreme weather events in 2014, hitting every continent but...
NASA: Sun stripping away Martian atmosphere, left dry planet
Cape Canaveral, Fla. (AP) - NASA’s Mars-orbiting Maven spacecraft has discovered that the sun likely robbed the red planet of its once-thick atmosphere and...
Dog that ate BBQ skewer wins award for most unusual claim
Princeton, West Virginia (AP) - A dog that ate a barbecue skewer has won a national competition for most unusual pet insurance claim. The...
Boston pol says Bieber-graffiti tweet was sarcasm
Boston (AP) - A Boston City Councilor says he was being sarcastic when he tweeted that he would introduce an emergency ordinance prohibiting Justin...
Seattle’s ‘gum wall’ to be cleaned after 20 years
Seattle (AP) - After 20 years of people sticking their gum to the walls of an alley by Seattle’s Pike Place Market, officials say...
Latest Stories
Government stands firm on airport rail and U-Tapao projects as EEC investment push targets...
BANGKOK, Thailand – Deputy Prime Minister and Transport Minister Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn said the government will not amend contracts for the high-speed rail project linking...
Blazing heat grips Pattaya as Thailand sizzles with 42°C in the North
PATTAYA, Thailand – Summer heat is intensifying across the country, with Pattaya facing hot and hazy conditions while northern Thailand sees temperatures soar as...
Thai PM signals nighttime fuel station closures after Songkran to conserve energy
PATTAYA, Thailand – The government is preparing to introduce energy-saving measures that could see fuel stations nationwide close overnight, but only after the Songkran...
Pattaya built for everyone now struggles with what that means
PATTAYA, Thailand – Scroll through any Pattaya forum and a pattern quickly emerges — admiration, frustration, nostalgia, and blunt criticism all colliding in the...
After Songkran price freeze ends Pattaya faces rising transport costs and daily expenses
PATTAYA, Thailand – When the holiday calm ends, the real bill begins. Thailand’s decision to freeze bus fares through Songkran may ease the immediate...