Yearly Archives: 2015
Colors of the East festival highlights culture, history of 4 provinces
A kilometer-long parade and blossoms from four eastern provinces ushered in the 8th Colors of the East festival on Pattaya Beach last weekend. The...
Don’t Worry – Be Grumpy
The author of the book reviewed this week is a Buddhist monk, Ajahn Brahmavamso Mahathera (known to most as Ajahn Brahm). He was born...
Sparse crowds attend Future of Sound concert
It may have been the “Future of Sound,” but few heard it as the Tourism Authority of Thailand-organized deejay concert, scheduled against other Valentine’s...
Thanapat Hengtrakul
3 March 1980-27 February 2015 Top local officials and former national politicians paid their condolences to a former Education Ministry advisor and head of...
Kenneth W. Crow
Kenneth W. Crow passed away the night of 28 February after fighting cancer for several months. Ken is survived by three sisters in Missouri,...
Thai Red Cross in need of blood donations
BANGKOK, 4 March 2015 - The Thai Red Cross Society is encouraging people to make blood donations on the occasion of Makha Bucha Day...
Workers in certain occupations may need to be authorized before getting...
BANGKOK, 4 March 2015 - The Department of Skill Development (DSD) is planning to make a list of occupations that require verification in order...
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A strong Baht, who wins, who loses and why expats are paying attention
PATTAYA, Thailand - “The baht is strengthening.” It sounds like an ordinary line from an economic report. For expats living in Thailand, it is...
Pattaya authorities enforce sidewalk rules, ticket cars blocking pedestrian paths
PATTAYA, Thailand – Pattaya municipal officers cracked down on vehicles obstructing sidewalks, issuing a ticket to a white Honda Jazz parked on South Pattaya...
Pattaya bustles with festive cheer on Christmas Eve
PATTAYA, Thailand — Pattaya came alive on Christmas Eve as tourists and locals flooded the city’s famous Walking Street, soaking up the festive atmosphere....
Foreign tourist injured in fight outside Jomtien beer bar in Pattaya
PATTAYA, Thailand — At around 2:00 a.m. on December 25, police at Pattaya City Station were notified of a brawl with injuries in front...
Foreign tourists clash in street fight along Pattaya Beach over minor bump
PATTAYA, Chonburi — A street brawl between two foreign tourists erupted along Pattaya Beach, causing alarm among onlookers and disrupting the area’s normally festive...