Yearly Archives: 2015
Pattaya Beach drainage-system upgrade on schedule
The 193-million-baht upgrade of the Pattaya Beach drainage system remains on schedule for completion in December. Workers on Oct. 7 were installing a large...
What’s in a name? Pattaya mulls changing monikers for 66 streets
Is Soi Land Office or Soi Sophon Market less confusing than Soi Sukhumvit 33 or 44/2? Banglamung District officials seem to think so. District...
Transport officials check for illegal motorbike taxis
Chonburi transportation officials checked for illegal motorbike taxi operators in Pattaya as they continued their efforts to bring order to the historically chaotic sector....
Pattaya police volunteer busted for 10 thefts
A Pattaya police volunteer was arrested after the discovery he was a suspect in a string of robberies. Pol. Maj. Gen. Thanet Phinmueang-ngam, commander...
Taxi driver attacks Norwegian tourist
Police are searching for a motorcycle-taxi driver who beat and robbed a Norwegian man after an all-night drinking session. Tore Klungeruik, 50, lost about...
Russian arrested for July pitbull killing
A Russian man has been arrested for the July 9 killing of a Pattaya woman’s pitbull terrier. Alexander Ponomarev, 30, was arrested Oct. 7...
1 killed, 2 hurt in Huay Yai crash
One man was killed and two others injured when their car drove off a Highway 331 embankment in Huay Yai. Preecha Santikan, 56, was...
Lax security enables Pattaya hotel thief
A sleeping receptionist and unlocked guest rooms aided a thief in his illicit endeavors at a hotel in South Pattaya. Wimolrath Sirimontree, the 30-year-old...
Police pre-empt Pattaya Beach ladyboys
A group of transvestites circling a group of Indian tourists were stopped in their tracks by Pattaya police suspecting they were about to pickpocket...
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When Expat fixed incomes meet a moving target
The quiet financial squeeze on retired foreigners in Thailand
Retirement is supposed to be the most predictable chapter of life. Income is fixed. Habits are...
Testosterone – Andropause
The short answer to the question, “Are all men destined to become grumpy as they age?” is NO — no man must become a...
Nach dem Countdown fragen Touristen, ob Pattaya ein Strandparadies oder eine Müllhalde ist
PATTAYA, Thailand – Kaum waren die letzten Feuerwerkslichter am Himmel verblasst, zeigte sich am Pattaya Beach ein ganz anderes Bild zum Jahresbeginn. Als Touristen...
Rauchwolken über Zentral-Pattaya nach Brand nahe Beach Road
PATTAYA, Thailand – Am Neujahrstag ist am Nachmittag hinter einem Hotel in der Soi 12 an der Beach Road ein Feuer ausgebrochen. Dichte Rauchschwaden...
Russischer Motorradfahrer stirbt an tödlicher Jomtien-Kurve
PATTAYA, Thailand – Ein russischer Motorradfahrer ist am Neujahrsmorgen tödlich verunglückt, sein Freund wurde verletzt, nachdem ihr Motorrad an der berüchtigten „tödlichen Kurve“ auf...