Yearly Archives: 2019
Police insist no Chinese mafia in Pattaya
Just as they did during the peak of the area’s Russian-tourism boom, local law enforcement officials again are insisting there is no Chinese organized...
Khao Talo dog lover told to relocate 10 canines
A Soi Khao Talo woman with 10 dogs has been told to move the animals or herself.
Khao Talo Community President Somkiat Dechpaiboon and Nongprue...
Prisoners help build Nong Plalai playground
Pattaya Remand Prison inmates built a new playground for kids in Nong Plalai.
Sub-district engineers led the 10 well-behaved convicts to the Municipal Children Center...
Experimental app might spot drug overdoses in time to help
Washington (AP) - Too often people die of an opioid overdose because no one’s around to notice they’re in trouble. Now scientists are creating...
Odds and Ends – Friday January 25, 2019 – January 31,...
Giant rotating ice disk
draws attention, visitors
Westbrook, Maine (AP) - Think of it as a crop circle, but in a river. A curious formation that’s...
Luck runs out for Sattahip lottery seller
Luck ran out for an underground lottery vendor busted in Sattahip.
Taranee Auiaimsub, 58, was captured in a sting operation at her Soi Rungroj home...
Asteroid-circling spacecraft grabs cool snapshot of home
Cape Canaveral, Fla. (AP) - An asteroid-circling spacecraft has captured a cool snapshot of home.
NASA’s Osiris-Rex spacecraft took the picture days before going into...
Motorcyclists break limbs in Sattahip wreck
Two people were injured when they plowed their motorcycle into the side of an SUV making a U-turn in Sattahip.
Driver Manoon Reungrit, 25, suffered...
Motorcycle-taxi driver brings government wrath down on coworkers with online vest...
A Pattaya motorcycle taxi driver was arrested for allegedly trying to sell his licensed vest on Facebook for 120,000 baht.
Banglamung-based National Council for Peace...
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Thailand’s rule of law stands still as the world moves on
BANGKOK, Thailand - On 17 December in Bangkok, a new report quietly confirmed what many people in Thailand already feel in their daily lives:...
Pattaya’s Soi Siam Country Club Road resurfacing nears completion with final manhole adjustments
PATTAYA, Thailand – Motorists passing through Phornprapanimit Road or Soi Siam Country Club in Pattaya may notice construction crews carefully cutting around manhole covers...
Indian tourist cuts across road, motorcyclist seriously injured in Pattaya
PATTAYA, Thailand – A 41-year-old woman from Buriram province was seriously injured after her motorcycle lost control and crashed on Pattaya Beach Road early...
Kazakh tourist asked to remove tent from Pattaya Beach
PATTAYA, Thailand – Pattaya municipal officers on morning patrol found a Kazakh tourist camping on Pattaya Beach near Soi 6/1 on Saturday, setting up...
Even–odd parking rules in Pattaya welcome, but residents say problems run deeper
PATTAYA, Thailand – Pattaya City’s renewed enforcement of even–odd day roadside parking along South Pattaya from Sukhumvit Highway entrance to Wat Chaimongkol intersection, has...