Yearly Archives: 2013
ECPAT International chooses Pattaya as site to research child migration
ECPAT International has chosen Pattaya as a site for research into migration of children who often end up homeless or exploited. Mark Capaldi, head...
370 tourism-sector workers trained to spot human trafficking
Nearly 400 taxi drivers, rental car agents, restaurant employees and tourism-sector workers were trained to recognize signs of human trafficking and transnational crime at...
Gift-wrapped present hides marijuana shipment
A mid-30s Thai woman carrying a gift box wrapped in floral wrapping paper didn’t fit the profile of a drug dealer, but inside the...
Sattahip police arrest 5, seize 2,400 ya ba pills
Sattahip police arrested seven people and seized 2,400 methamphetamine tablets in a raid of a Soi Bonkai apartment. Alleged local drug kingpin Bunruan “Nok...
Korean couple leaves 100,000 on beach after midnight, surprised to find...
A Korean couple that left more than 100,000 baht in a bag on Pattaya Beach after midnight while they went swimming unsurprisingly returned to...
Naked, drunk Russian flashes Jomtien 7-Eleven clerks
A drunk Russian man was detained for allegedly stripping naked inside a Jomtien Beach 7-Eleven. Flabbergasted employees called police after the unidentified man dropped...
12 Chinese hurt as tour bus runs red light in Rayong
Twelve Chinese tourists were hurt when they’re tour bus driver ran a red light in Rayong, lost control and crashed into a restaurant. ...
Pregnant motorcyclist dies in Sukhumvit collision
A pregnant motorcyclist died after being hit by a pickup truck that ran a red light on Sukhumvit Road. The unidentified woman, presumed to...
Thailand, Indonesia launch joint military exercise
Thailand and Indonesia kicked off a month of joint naval exercises aimed at strengthening the relationship between the two countries and mutually improving military...











