Pattaya Mail
2011 car sale to touch 900,000 units
BANGKOK, 20 April 2011 – Kasikorn Leasing (KLeasing) is enjoying a better leasing business operation thanks to the rapidly growing car market while...
Govt criticized for pegging diesel prices
BANGKOK, 20 April 2011 – An academic has criticized the government’s decision to keep subsidizing diesel prices below 30 baht a liter in...
KResearch: Banks to enjoy rising profit in Q1/2011
BANGKOK, 20 April 2011 – Kasikorn Research Center (KResearch) has expected that commercial banks will be enjoying a higher net profit of about 15%...
IBM selected Chiangmai to be a Smarter City
CHIANGMAI, 18 April 2011 -IBM has chosen Chiangmai province among 22 other cities around the world to become “Smarter City” with the information...
TAT moving to promote tourism on islands hit by floods
BANGKOK, 19 April 2011 – The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) has teamed up with related agencies to promote traveling to southern islands,...
Untreated waste water off of Jomtien beach
Our reporter walked down to Jomtien beach opposite Soi 11 to check on complaints by tourists that about 150 meters from the shore...
Alms giving to monks to mark a bright new year
99 monks received alms from Naklua people on the morning of the Wan Lai water festival at Larn Pho Public Park. The monks...
Alcohol abuse suspected in death of British national
A 69 year old British man named Mr. George Francis Clarke was found dead in his apartment room in central Pattaya. No signs...
Elderly American commits suicide
At 5.40 am on April 17th 76 year old Anong Tintachart reported death of her husband at her house in Soi Paniadchang, central Pattaya....
Overweight and Obesity
When I first came to Thailand, I wondered: given the healthy Thai cuisine, why are so many people - especially expats - overweight?...
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The Thai government’s rush to recriminalize cannabis by Christmas will be a titanic challenge
Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin now states that he expects an act recriminalizing cannabis to be operational by the end of 2024. Although this is...
Drug-impaired man sparks chaos at Pattaya restaurant
PATTAYA, Thailand - Chaos erupted at the Prachanban Rice Porridge Shop on Central Pattaya Road when a 30-year-old Thai man, identified only as Ton,...
Teenager stabs grandfather after smoking dispute in Sattahip
SATTAHIP, Thailand - A 14-year-old boy stabbed his 68-year-old grandfather with a knife after a heated argument at Chaiyapruek Village in Sattahip on May...
Chonburi Governor provides potable water relief to Koh Larn Island
PATTAYA, Thailand - Responding to the severe water shortage exacerbated by the current dry season, Chonburi Governor Thawatchai Srithong, along with Pattaya officials, visited...
Pattaya sees surge in demand for school uniforms this year
PATTAYA, Thailand - As preparations for the upcoming academic year are underway, local stores are witnessing a remarkable surge in demand for school uniforms,...