Yearly Archives: 2016
Tourism officials tout road shows, expect 5% visitor growth in 2016
Local tourism officials say overseas efforts to drive more visitors to Pattaya have paid off and they expect the city to top 10 million...
Area police promise crackdown on Pattaya taxis
About 300 area taxi drivers were told that refusing customers, not using meters and exhibiting generally abusive behavior no will longer be tolerated as...
Naval Battalion Combat Team joins Cobra Gold
The commander in chief of the Royal Thai Navy was on hand when the Naval Battalion Combat Team joined mixed international marine forces in...
Russian fugitive nabbed in Pattaya
A Russian fugitive wanted back home on fraud charges was captured hiding out in Pattaya by immigration police. Valery Chabanov, 62, was picked up...
City hall cop punched by drunk Scotsman
A city hall municipal officer was assaulted by a drunk Scottish tourist on Walking Street after the officer intervened allegedly to stop the Scot...
7 arrested, 76,000 speed pills seized
Pattaya-area police arrested seven people and seized 76,000 methamphetamine tablets in a series of arrests aimed at breaking up a local drug-dealing network. ...
Canadian women bruised in Pattaya go-go bar fight, but owner may...
Two Canadian women who ran up a 5,000-baht bill in a Walking Street go-go bar then found they didn’t have enough cash to pay...
Dead baby found in Sattahip dump
Sattahip police are hunting down parents and others responsible for dumping an infant in the Khet Udomsak dump. Police responded to the garbage center...
Overstaying Brit avoids blacklist by turning self in early
A British man who said time got away from him turned himself in to immigration police for overstaying in the kingdom for more than...
Latest Stories
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...