Yearly Archives: 2015
Student diver dies on Sattahip shipwreck
A scuba-diving student drowned taking a course on Sattahip’s current-swept Hardeep shipwreck. Poonsak Thipburin, 39, was on a course with 20 other Thai and...
Pattaya massage parlor raided for trafficking Thais overseas
Authorities raided a Pattaya massage parlor that allegedly was trafficking Thai masseuses to South Korea. Pattaya police and representatives from the Chonburi Employment Office...
Thai women attack Russian tourist
A Russian man was attacked and robbed by two Thai women he brought back to his South Pattaya bungalow. Lazare Ksouri, 42, suffered multiple...
Sunflowers sprout at Nernplabwan 5 workshop
Pattaya’s Nernplabwan 5 Community encouraged residents to embrace organic foods at a sunflower-sprouting workshop. Nongprue Mayor Mai Chaiyanit opened the Feb. 10 event for...
Crane truck torched after touching power lines
A careless crane driver touched high-voltage lines, in turn touching off the torching of his vehicle. Firefighters were called to extinguish the burning Mitsubishi...
Pattaya aids 2 abandoned grandparents
A Pattaya mayoral advisor came to the assistance of two elderly Soi Chaiyapornvitee residents who were abandoned by their families. Patsakorn Yusomboon and members...
Sattahip police say rock-throwing attack video bogus
Sattahip police say a viral video of a rock-throwing attack allegedly ignored by authorities likely is a fake. Col. Metawit Praditpol, superintendent at Sattahip...
Woman surprised with baby in Sattahip
A woman who claimed she didn’t know she was seven months pregnant surprised herself and her employer when she gave birth in her Sattahip...
Dog lovers come to the aid of man with 32 pets
Sattahip-area dog lovers have come to the aid of an elderly man who quit his full-time job to care for 32 dogs, one of...










