Pattaya Mail
Thailand overwhelmed by influx of foreign tourists
The Thai travel industry has called on the government to urgently increase the number of personnel in the tourism sector to cope with...
Active economic growth drives Thai GDP up 0.2%
Thailand’s gross domestic product (GDP) will be raised 0.2 percent higher in the next two years, the Bank of Thailand (BoT) announced last...
Are women better than men?
A recent report by consultants Rothstein Kass suggests that over the last five years, up to 31st December of last year, hedge and alternative...
2 Brits arrested for fake ATM card use
Two British men were arrested for allegedly using fake ATM cards to loot Pattaya-area banks. Jacob Elliot Gatrill, 35, and Rocky Williams, 26,...
Man arrested for shooting in air
A Huay Yai man was arrested for firing gunshots into the air in an early morning show of bravado on Third Road. Sarawut...
Former Chonburi politician arrested with 14,000 ya ba tablets
A former Chonburi elected official was arrested for allegedly operating a large methamphetamine-dealing network on behalf of a Chonburi Prison inmate. ...
Norwegian, 68, drowns at Dongtan Beach
An elderly Norwegian drowned off Jomtien Beach after a day of drinking and sunbathing. The lifeless body of Leif Anders Lonvik, 68, was...
2 trillion baht investment projects to undergo feasibility study
BANGKOK, 16 April 2013 - Finance Minister Kittiratt Na Ranong has said that the 340 billion baht loan for the development of the...
Thailand aims at South Africa as high-potential export market
BANGKOK, April 16 – Thailand is eyeing South Africa as an emerging market for its exports, predicted to grow at least five per...
Latest Stories
Afternoon alcohol ban ends in Thailand, critics warn of dangerous spillover
PATTAYA, Thailand – Academics and public health observers have raised concerns following the Royal Gazette announcement on May 28 allowing expanded alcohol sales hours...
Mystery body washes ashore at Navy Beach in Sattahip, foul play not ruled out
PATTAYA, Thailand – Police and naval authorities are investigating after the body of an unidentified man was discovered washed ashore at Toei Ngam Beach...
Pattaya firefighters contain grass fire near Thapprasit Soi 17 before it spreads
PATTAYA, Thailand – Firefighters from the Pattaya City Fire Station (Jomtien Division) responded to a grass fire late at night in the Thapprasit Soi...
Pattaya Beach seizes illegal rentals, fines operators, restores public space
PATTAYA, Thailand – Pattaya municipal enforcement officers, working together with special affairs officials, have carried out a continued inspection and enforcement operation along Pattaya...
Pattaya Soi 6 walkways reclaimed after obstruction removal operation
PATTAYA, Thailand – Municipal enforcement officers in Pattaya have carried out a clean-up operation in Soi 6 and Soi 6/1, removing carts, containers, and...