Yearly Archives: 2013
Drug suspect caught after crashing into police cars
A suspected drug dealer was injured when he crashed into police cars during an attempted escape in Sattahip. Kriangwuth Sricharoen, 30, was apprehended...
Banglamung escapes increase in national Songkran death toll
While Songkran carnage on Thailand’s road increased by one nationally from 2012, the Pattaya area suffered no fatalities. A total of 321 people...
Bull dies in fight at Sattahip elephant camp
A bull at Sattahip’s Khao Sheechan elephant camp died after fighting a younger male for a mate. Sompong, 69, suffered a tusk wound...
Sattahip police trying to indentify dead foreigner
Sattahip police are trying to identify a foreigner who died of an apparent heart attack at a Najomtien beach. Officials were called to...
Swiss expat drowns in Wong Amat
A Swiss expat suffering from kidney disease drowned when he went skinny dipping on Wong Amat Beach. The nude body of Hans-Peter Hermann...
Waterproof phone pouches popular during Songkran
Street vendors have found a new source of revenue for Songkran besides ice and powder: telephone covers. In Naklua, water fights continued as...
Water vendors drown in Songkran profits
Perhaps the happiest people in all of Pattaya during Songkran are the ones supplying the water. The annual holiday again had water-truck operators’...
Police attempt to curtail PVC water cannon use
Pattaya police confiscated more than 2,000 PVC water cannons through the first week of Songkran. Police superintendent Col. Suwan Cheaonawinthawat ordered a crackdown...
Water + Songkran: An ancient combination
Songkran wasn’t always a war of water. It began thousands of years ago with disciples pouring water for Lord Buddha. Practiced throughout the...









