Yearly Archives: 2011
Police crack down further on motorbike helmets
Stepping up its campaign to get motorcyclists to wear helmets, the Pattaya Police staged a high-profile checkpoint on Beach Road in North Pattaya...
Democrat election billboards destroyed in Jomtien
In what could be a sign of things to come, ten campaign billboards of Democratic Party electoral candidates have been vandalized, with fears...
City aids workers displaced by Naklua boatyard fire
The Pattaya government is providing temporary shelter and will donate funds to workers at a Naklua boatyard whose quarters were destroyed by fire...
Kunplome family party hopes independence wins seats in July election
With the establishment of a new political party, Chonburi’s powerful Kunplome family is hoping a visage of independence from Thailand’s warring red and...
Arrest could help police crack motorbike-theft ring
Police believe they found a lead into one of the area’s largest motorbike-theft rings when they pulled over an 18-year-old driving a bike...
Angry lovebirds suspected of setting off gas leak fear
Guests fled a Pattaya hotel amid fears of a gas leak later suspected to be pepper sprayed used during an argument between a...
Shopping mall raided; 5 million baht in counterfeit clothes seized
Police raided three Pattaya storage lockers containing 5 million baht in copies of designer-brand goods and arrested 14 on intellectual property charges. ...
South Korean carjacked in Nong Plalai
Four armed motorcyclists robbed a South Korean man of his truck and valuables in a late-night carjacking in Nong Plalai. ...
Man shot twice defending girlfriend’s honor
A drunken contractor beat up after making a lewd proposition to another man’s girlfriend took revenge by shooting his rival as he fled...













