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Tourists detained 2 hours as police raid Walking Street disco
16 employees arrested for drug use Thais and foreign tourists alike were drug tested when police raided a popular Walking Street disco....
Immigration officers trained on high-tech passport scanners
Immigration officers from around the Eastern Seaboard learned to operate new passport-scanning machines and learned to identify fake travel documents at a training...
Kiwi drugged, robbed in hotel room
A New Zealand man who brought a woman he met in a shopping mall back to his hotel for an afternoon romp woke...
City volunteer accused of beating, robbing transvestites
Two transvestites claim they were robbed and assaulted by a group of seven men led by a Pattaya city civil defense volunteer. ...
Brit with air rifle scares Walking Street tourists
Police arrested a British man strolling down Walking Street with an air gun, scaring tourists. James Stuart Dunlop,...
American wanted for $2 million Ponzi scheme captured in Pattaya
Immigration police in Pattaya captured an American wanted for allegedly running a Ponzi scheme that defrauded 37 people out of the equivalent of...
Landlord seeking big payday accused of forcibly evicting lower-rent tenants
A commercial-building owner being sued for breaking leases so she could sell the property to hotel developers is now facing criminal prosecution after...
Aussie bloodied in row with Frenchman over late-night noise
An Australian man who tried to quiet a nearby beer bar with his fists got more than an earful when the French owner...
Neighboring guest suspected in hotel room burglary
Police suspect a Moroccan tourist is behind last month’s burglary at a South Pattaya hotel. Nearly 500,000 baht in...
Woman hurt in necklace-grab attempt
An unemployed former security guard was arrested after allegedly snatching a necklace from a woman, causing her to crash into a minibus. ...
Latest Stories
Thailand’s new visa rules from June 1 break fresh ground
Nationals from 93 countries – including Brits, EU citizens, Americans, Australians – will now receive a no-charge, 60 days visa-exempt stamp on entering as...
Srettha congratulates Singaporean leader on his recent appointment, discusses recent emergency landing at Bangkok...
Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin has engaged in a telephone conversation with Prime Minister Lawrence Wong, congratulating the Singaporean leader on his recent appointment while...
Irrigation Dept. prepares for La Nina with enhanced measures
The Royal Irrigation Department (RID) is gearing up for an anticipated increase in rainfall due to the onset of La Niña, expected to commence...
Economic leaders urge swift stimulus actions, better access to credit for SMEs to kick...
Thailand’s economic leaders are stressing the importance of swift stimulus actions and better access to credit for small businesses to kick start growth amid...
Royal motorcade activist ‘Tawan’ granted bail after 100 days of detention
The Criminal Court has granted bail to Tantawan Tuatulanon, also known as ‘Tawan’ in a case under Section 116 related to the car honking...