Yearly Archives: 2018
More than 11.9 billion baht spent through state welfare cards over...
Bangkok - According to Thailand's Comptroller General's Department (CGD), more than 11.9 billion baht was spent during the first four months of the state...
Pattaya neglecting cleanup of Naklua beaches
PATTAYA - Works crews disappeared long ago from the northern end of Pattaya Beach, but the debris left over from the suspended sand-refill project...
Thailand welcomes UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson
Bangkok (AP) — British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson met Monday with Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha and other Thai officials and discussed neighboring Myanmar's persecution...
Transport Ministry says Japan still interested in high speed train project
Bangkok - Officials from the Ministry of Transport have shot down claims being made on social media that Japan has withdrawn interest in investment...
US criticizes Thailand for deporting Cambodian shoe thrower
Washington (AP) — The U.S. has criticized Thailand for repatriating a Cambodian labor activist wanted for throwing a shoe at a billboard depicting Cambodian...
Police name possible coordinator of ItalThai CEO’s illegal hunting trip
Kanchanaburi - Thailand's Natural Environment Police (NE Police) have secured a warrant for Noppadol Prueksawan after he was identified as being the coordinator for...
Pattaya’s garbage crisis expands to Naklua
Pattaya’s garbage crisis expanded to yet another neighborhood last month with residents of Naklua’s Rongmaikeed Community complaining that the city has left 800 tons...
Dept. of National Parks denies plan to fire officers involved in...
Bangkok - The Department of National Parks has denied rumors that a plan has been initiated to fire an officer and a park ranger...
Crowds continue flocking to winter festival
Bangkok - People from across the country have been visiting the royally-initiated winter festival, Oon Ai Rak Klay Kwam Nao, which got underway on...
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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...