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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90s Rock, Halloween Shock at Dicey Reilly’s Pattaya 31 October
Halloween is getting a ’90s rock makeover at Dicey Reilly’s, Avani Pattaya Resort, as the popular venue turns up the volume for a night...
Wonder People Festival returns to Pattaya for fifth anniversary celebration
PATTAYA, Thailand – Young performers, musicians, dancers and emerging artists from around the world will come together in Pattaya this November as the Wonder...
Discover Taiwanese Shabu at Warng Warng in Ban Chang
BANCHANG, Thailand – Looking for something different from the familiar dining scene of Pattaya and Jomtien? Just a short drive away, Warng Warng Original...
Rotary Eastern Seaboard launches Pink Moves Charity Workout for Breast Cancer
PATTAYA, Thailand - Get ready to move together, give together and fight breast cancer together when the Rotary Club Eastern Seaboard (RCES) joins forces...
THAI Cargo suspends inbound and outbound shipments until October 6
BANGKOK, Thailand – THAI Cargo has temporarily suspended the acceptance of inbound and outbound cargo at Thai Airways’ cargo warehouse from September 30 to...