Yearly Archives: 2015
Cut ties with Bangkok tours, mayor tells travel agents
Pattaya’s mayor wants the city’s tourism industry to cut ties with problem-plagued Bangkok and create original tour packages focusing on the sea, sports and...
Eastern officials mark King Taksin Day
Eastern-region officials and business leaders marked the 245th anniversary of the coronation of King Taksin the Great, who was adopted by Pattaya as its...
Nongprue checkpoint aimed to reduce accidents
Nongprue officials did their part to reduce road accidents during the New Year’s holiday by setting up a checkpoint at the Mitkamon intersection on...
Pattaya Color Run to brighten Big Buddha Hill Jan. 18
About 500 people are expected to bring some color to Big Buddha Hill when the Rotary Club of Jomtien-Pattaya hosts the Pattaya Color Run...
Vendor surrenders for attacking tourist; claims Swiss man wanted drugs
A Pattaya vendor surrendered to police on charges of attacking a Swiss man with a bamboo stick, but only after the tourist allegedly harangued...
Fugitive terrorist bomber arrested in Pattaya
Police and military officers raided an East Pattaya house, apprehending a fugitive Sikh terrorist convicted for masterminding a 1995 bombing that killed 18 people,...
2 killed in car-motorbike collision
Two 20-year-olds joined the list of casualties during the “seven dangerous days” after dying in a collision with a light pole in Nongprue. Driver...
Faulty repair blamed for car fire
A faulty repair job is being blamed for a car fire in Sattahip. Driver Singhnart Wattanasri, 50, escaped injury in the Jan. 2 accident...
Transvestite arrested for stealing 2,000-euro ‘tip’
A transvestite was arrested for allegedly stealing about 80,000 baht from a Sri Lankan tourist who picked him up off Pattaya Beach. The Sri...













