Barry Kenyon
Pattaya Mail goes all-electronic this month
December 1 marks the last print edition of Pattaya Mail which now becomes a completely electronic newspaper via its popular website, Facebook and e-version....
Gay marriage in Thailand will take longer than currently anticipated
Thai premier Srettha Thavisin has promised to fast-track the promise to allow same sex marriage in Thailand with parliamentary debates planned as early as...
Pattaya expats lobby Thai prime minister for better visa treatment
A group of expats based in Pattaya, mainly holding one year extensions of stay for retirement or marriage, have written to Premier Srettha Thavisin...
Thai Revenue offers glimmer of clarification on tax changes
The Revenue Department this week has reassured Thais and expats living here that the new rules on taxation apply only from January 2024 and...
Visa exemptions in Thailand don’t result in a tourist boom
The prime minister’s hope that temporarily suspending visa requirements will automatically result in a quick-fix foreign tourist expansion has proved optimistic. Nationals of China,...
Thailand’s 6,000 marijuana shops can stay open if they behave themselves
The public health ministry has completed the first draft of a new cannabis act, but without automatically reclassifying the “controlled herb” as a narcotic....
Thais are hooked on the legend of the Loch Ness Monster
The latest international expedition to Scotland’s Loch Ness hasn’t dredged up any monsters, even though the organizers say that DNA samples taken from the...
Thailand’s proposal to tax foreign income next year could end up...
A former chairman of Baker McKenzie, the influential legal services firm based in Bangkok, has suggested that the controversial Thai Revenue announcement could be...
Patrolling Chinese police in Thailand “unthinkable” say critics
The informal suggestion of premier Srettha Thavisin that joint patrols of Chinese and Thai police might appear in tourist areas has gone down like...
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Tuscan Wine Tasting at Dicey Reilly’s Avani Pattaya Resort 21 March 2026
Sip, savour and discover the elegance of Tuscany at an exclusive Frescobaldi Wine Tasting Night at Dicey Reilly’s.
Join us for a refined evening celebrating...
Fuel shock hits Pattaya as island and fishing trip operators face soaring costs
PATTAYA, Thailand – Rising global oil prices linked to tensions in the Middle East are beginning to impact the tourism sector in Pattaya, as...
Motorists say ‘Price doesn’t matter, just let us fill up’ as fuel queues stretch...
PATTAYA, Thailand – Long lines of motorists stretched for more than a kilometer outside a fuel station operated by Thai Oil in Sri Racha...
Clash among transgender groups over missing phone draws crowds of tourists at Walking Street...
PATTAYA, Thailand – Tensions flared early Thursday morning when two groups of transgender individuals gathered to settle a dispute over a missing mobile phone...
Foreign man found naked and shouting on Phra Tamnak Road in Pattaya, police seek...
PATTAYA, Thailand – A late-night disturbance in Pattaya caused alarm among residents after a foreign man was found walking naked and shouting along a...