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Sattahip mobile unit visits beach neighborhoods
Sattahip rolled out government services to beachfront communities as part of its ongoing “Smile Mobile” outreach program. Top local officials kicked off the...
Narathiwat officials visit Marine Corps museum
Top government and police officials from Thailand’s embattled Narathiwat Province learned about the history of the Royal Thai Marine Corps during a visit...
Running red light results in 1 dead, 3 injured
One person was killed and three injured when two pickup trucks collided in Najomtien. Pong Daoyan, 48, was crushed inside the passenger seat...
Another 80 start drug rehab in Sattahip
Another 80 Sattahip residents escaped jail sentences for drug charges when they agreed to enter a 10-day “behavior modification camp” run by the...
Rayong celebrates Jayanti with alms offering to 2,600 monks
Rayong celebrated the 2,600th anniversary of Lord Buddha’s enlightenment with a merit-making ceremony offering alms to 2,600 monks. About 10,000 people turned out as...
U.S., Thai marine chiefs meet to close Cobra Gold
Wrapping up their annual Cobra Gold war games, the heads of the marine forces for the United States and Thailand met to review...
Food vendors briefed on sanitation laws
About 80 Sattahip-area bureaucrats and restaurateurs were briefed on food-safety laws at a sanitation knowledge and consumer-protection seminar in Khet Udomsak. ...
Rayong Prison issues stay for feline inmates
Rayong Prison officials have dropped plans to rid the penitentiary of hundreds of stray cats, saying feline inmates’ impact on rodent populations and...
Navy seizes 3 Vietnamese fishing boats off Sattahip
The Royal Thai Navy captured three Vietnamese fishing boats illegally catching sea snakes used as aphrodisiacs off Sattahip. Crews from the HTMS Ratanakosin arrested...
Naklua parents hold engagement ceremony for their 4-year-old twins
Call them old fashioned or just superstitious, but a Naklua couple had their 4-year-old fraternal twins engaged to be married to ward off...
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Pattaya Prowl: No hospital on horizon
No chance the 1 million sqm Hospital City by Mabrachan Lake will be opening any time soon. The 2021 timetable promised phase one would...
Pattaya Retirees: Lucas Vanlaar
“Between a rock and a hard place”
PATTAYA, Thailand - At 76, Australian retiree Luke Vanlaar (born in Holland) has been settled in Jomtien just...
Pattaya enhances public amenities with new state-of-the-art Toilet Buses
PATTAYA, Thailand - Pattaya City is tackling the shortage of public restrooms by acquiring six new mobile units, with the arrival of the first...
Pattaya launches electric baht-buses to tackle long-term pollution
PATTAYA, Thailand - In a bid to revolutionize public transportation and combat pollution, Pattaya City took a significant step forward on April 25 with...
Thailand’s declining birth rate sparks future population concerns
PATTAYA, Thailand - The Paediatric Society of Thailand has sounded the alarm over a troubling trend where the number of births in Thailand has...