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Navy’s Zero Baht Shop barters recyclables for household items
A Royal Thai Navy division is giving the recycling business a twist, opening a barter-based shop where military personnel trade recyclables for home staples....
International forces storm Sattahip beachhead
U.S. naval forces joined seven Thai ships, anti-submarine aircraft and more than 2,000 troops for an all-out amphibious “assault” of Yao Beach as part...
2013 CARAT exercise sweeps through Sattahip
Thai and American naval forces again blasted it out near Sattahip in the annual CARAT joint military exercise. Rear Adm. Paithoon Prasopsin, commander of...
Hundreds pitch in to clean Dongtan Beach
More than 250 Royal Thai Navy personnel and students picked up garbage and cleaned Dongtan Beach as part of the Air and Coastal Defense...
Cambodian construction shacks destroyed by fire
An electrical short is believed to have started a fire that destroyed three shacks used by Cambodian construction workers in Rayong. ...
Famed vet nursing sick turtle back to health
Veterinarians from Chulalongkorn University are trying to nurse a sick sea turtle rescued by the Royal Thai Navy on Dongtan Beach back to health....
Plutaluang police look for fuel thief
Plutaluang police are tracking down the license plate of a Toyota Fortuner whose driver filled up at a PTT petrol station but didn’t pay....
Sattahip police donate 430 school uniforms to Chong Samae San...
Sattahip police donated 430 uniforms to students at Chong Samae San School. Superintend Col. Chonaphat Naowalak presented the sets of school uniforms, shoes and...
Sattahip, military marks 90th anniversary of ‘father of Thai navy” death
Government and Royal Thai Navy officials marked the 90th anniversary of the death of “father of the Thai navy” at separate Sattahip ceremonies. Royal...
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Barry Kenyon: A Voice, a Bridge, and a Quiet Mentor
A 60 days remembrance
Today marks sixty days since Barry Kenyon left us. On the evening of October 18, Barry was fatally injured in a...
Youth voices take the lead in national Safeguard Kids short film contest
PATTAYA, Thailand – A powerful stand against child sexual abuse took centre stage on Monday, December 15, 2025, as the Safeguard Kids Foundation, in...
Cars or motorbikes in Pattaya safety, speed, and the price of getting around
PATTAYA, Thailand – Among Pattaya’s long-term visitors and expat community, one statement is repeated with increasing certainty: a cheap car is safer than a...
Pattaya City warns against using suspended Waterfront Condominium as paid parking area
PATTAYA, Thailand – Pattaya City has issued an urgent warning after a video circulating on social media showed individuals directing vehicles into the Waterfront...
Pattaya bustles as cruise ship ‘Westerdam’ brings over 2,500 visitors to the city
PATTAYA, Thailand – Pattaya came alive in the early hours of Wednesday, December 17, as the Vista-class cruise ship Westerdam, operated by Holland America...