Yearly Archives: 2018
Coffee shop’s photos a bit too hot for police
A Plutaluang coffee shop that tried to stimulate business by featuring a scantily clad model in its social media posts was slapped with a...
World’s top female golfers head to Pattaya for Honda LPGA
Golf fans are invited to cheer on the most talented golfers in the women’s game and enjoy Thailand’s premier golf tournament when the Honda...
Garbage bins overflow at Pattaya viewpoint
Trash bins on Pratamnak Hill have been left uncollected until the waste inside turned into a rotting mess.
The smell of stinking refuse filled the...
Pattaya officials drum up tourists in India
Although Pattaya already is a huge drawn for Indian tourists, city and tourism officials spent three days on the subcontinent trying to entice even...
UK allows doctors to make babies with DNA from 3 people
London (AP) - Britain’s fertility authority says it has granted permission to doctors at clinics in northeastern England to create babies from the DNA...
US OKs 1st drug aimed at women with inherited breast cancer
U.S. regulators have approved the first drug aimed at women with advanced breast cancer caused by an inherited flawed gene.
The Food and Drug Administration...
Thailand’s former top cop grilled over brothel owner’s loan
Bangkok (AP) — Thailand's former national police chief, who currently heads the Thai Football Association, met Thursday with investigators to explain his financial links...
Forensic evidence found in Italian Thai CEO’s car
Bangkok - Forensic police have made progress in inspecting a vehicle used by Italian Thai Co Ltd CEO Premchai Karnasutra and three others on...
4 fetuses found in trash at Thai resort town
Bangkok (AP) — Garbage collectors have found four fetuses in the trash at the popular resort town of Hua Hin, police said Wednesday.
Police Lt....
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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...