Yearly Archives: 2013
Monday, February 25 is Makha Bucha Day
Banks, offices will be closed This year, Makha Bucha Day (Buddhist All Saints Day) falls on Monday, February 25. Government offices,...
More drain cleaning on Second Road
Pattaya engineers were out again cleaning more drains to mitigate flooding and odors on Second Road. Ampol Saengsawang took nine workers, a water...
City planners look overseas for ways to improve Thai infrastructure
Civic planners are looking to infrastructure systems from Japan to the Netherlands as they brainstorm ways to better build out Pattaya in coming...
Broken-down taxi destroyed by fire
Three taxicab employees pushing a broken-down vehicle to start it gave up and ran after the cab burst into flames. No one was...
Fugitive Belgian pedophile captured hiding in Pattaya
A Belgian man who escaped Europe after being sentenced to eight years in prison for raping his young stepdaughter was captured hiding out...
American busted in drug sting
An elderly Swedish born man with an American passport has been arrested for allegedly dealing crystal methamphetamines in North Pattaya. Hans Henric Reiman,...
Boy, 13, drowns at Mabprachan Reservoir
A teenager rope swinging into Mabprachan Reservoir died when he jumped too far out and drowned. Sawang Boriboon Foundation rescuers pulled the body...
Kazakhstani motorcyclist hit by bus, dies
A Kazakhstani man died after crashing his motorbike and getting run over by a bus. Rustem Sadri, 33, was killed instantly when the...
Surin woman arrested for exploiting disabled 13-year-old niece as beggar
A Surin woman has been arrested for forcing her disabled 13-year-old niece to work as a beggar in South Pattaya. Raporn Bunjanthuk, 34,...
Latest Stories
Rotary clubs promote road safety for children in Bangkok
BANGKOK, Thailand – On 16 March 2026, Rosemarie Gamito, president of Rotary Club Global Pattaya, together with Charter President Dr. Rungpailin Rattanacheeworn and members...
Man fined 10,000 baht for jumping into Moo Deng hippo enclosure at Khao Kheow...
PATTAYA, Thailand – A Thai court has fined a man 10,000 baht after he illegally entered the enclosure of “Moo Deng,” a pygmy hippopotamus,...
American rider killed in Pattaya in cement truck crash during turn onto Sukhumvit Road
PATTAYA, Thailand – A 69-year-old American motorcyclist has died following a collision with a cement mixer truck at a major intersection in Pattaya on...
Pattaya officials detain theft suspect targeting tourists on beach
PATTAYA, Thailand – Municipal officers in Pattaya Beach have apprehended a Thai man accused of stealing from tourists in a beachside incident on April...
Jomtien noise complaints rise as loud car music fuels frustration ahead of Pattaya Songkran
PATTAYA, Thailand – Authorities in Jomtien Beach have stepped up enforcement after complaints over loud car audio disturbing nearby residents, highlighting growing tensions as...