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Disabled woman dies in Plutaluang house fire
A disabled woman died after her Plutaluang home burned in a fire suspected to have been started by a jumble of electrical wires outside....
Student diver dies on Sattahip shipwreck
A scuba-diving student drowned taking a course on Sattahip’s current-swept Hardeep shipwreck. Poonsak Thipburin, 39, was on a course with 20 other Thai and...
Sattahip police say rock-throwing attack video bogus
Sattahip police say a viral video of a rock-throwing attack allegedly ignored by authorities likely is a fake. Col. Metawit Praditpol, superintendent at Sattahip...
Woman surprised with baby in Sattahip
A woman who claimed she didn’t know she was seven months pregnant surprised herself and her employer when she gave birth in her Sattahip...
Dog lovers come to the aid of man with 32 pets
Sattahip-area dog lovers have come to the aid of an elderly man who quit his full-time job to care for 32 dogs, one of...
Khet Udomsak students get back to nature
About 150 Khet Udomsak students planted coral, released fish and cleaned the beach in a two-day “close conservation” camp at Royal Thai Marine Corps...
Seniors swing the mallet in Sattahip
Khet Udomsak’s Municipal Police department held a woodball competition especially for the elderly in Sattahip on Saturday, Feb. 7. Police Major Piroj Malakul Na...
Plutaluang residents demand Sattahip Water Supply resolve long standing water-shortage problem
About 100 Plutaluang residents rallied at the Sattahip Water Department, demanding authorities resolve a water-shortage problem that has been running for three years. Plutaluang...
Sattahip official’s viral wedding proposal gets engagement off on wrong foot
The engagement of a Sattahip District official and his official fiancée began with an apology after he got off-duty police buddies to stop and...
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Songkran in Pattaya becomes a test of patience for long-term foreign residents
PATTAYA, Thailand – Songkran, Thailand’s iconic New Year water festival, has long drawn tourists eager to join in the nationwide splashes and street celebrations....
Fuel hike cuts into Pattaya delivery riders’ take-home pay
PATTAYA, Thailand – The morning after a steep 6-baht fuel price hike, scenes across Thailand revealed a country reacting in very different ways—quiet pumps...
Fuel panic buying hits Thailand as drivers rush ahead of 6-baht price shock
PATTAYA, Thailand – Thai motorists flocked to gas stations across the country overnight after the government announced a record fuel price hike of 6...
Pattaya villa raided, 25 foreigners arrested for 700-million-baht online gambling ring
PATTAYA, Thailand – Immigration police from Region 3 raided a luxury villa in Pattaya, Banglamung district, on March 24, uncovering a sophisticated online gambling...
Baht Hits 33 per USD, 44 per GBP as Pattaya scrambles to fill Songkran...
PATTAYA, Thailand – Thailand’s currency woes are deepening just as Pattaya braces for one of the year’s busiest tourist seasons. The baht opened on...