Yearly Archives: 2022
Phuket on alert after 30 nearby quakes in 2 days
Officials are closely monitoring earthquakes near the Andaman Islands off India as about 30 tremors happened there, about 400-500 kilometers from Phuket province, over...
Thai Health Ministry buys COVID antibodies from AstraZeneca
Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul attended a contract-signing ceremony in which the Ministry of Public Health agreed to buy from AstraZeneca long acting antibodies...
Thailand to destroy 40 tons of seized narcotics
About 40 tons of narcotics will be incinerated at the Bangpoo Industrial Estate in Samut Prakan province on July 5 and 6.
Officials from the...
Bangkok to remove 800-kilometer unused telecom cables by this year
The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA), the Ministry of Digital Economy and Society (DES), National Telecom (NT) and the Office of the National Broadcasting and...
Pattaya hosts Saudi Chamber of Commerce
Pattaya welcomed the Saudi Arabia Chamber of Commerce to Pattaya for the first time in 32 years to discuss trade and investment
Mayor Poramet Ngampichet...
Thailand in ‘tourism war game’, Tourism Council chief says
Thailand has joined a “tourism war game” with its neighbors as Asian countries do everything they can to win back foreign visitors, the chairman...
Pattaya prisoners back on chain gang to clean sewers
Inmates from Pattaya Remand Prison were back on the chain gang again for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic began, scraping out city...
Myanmar sorry for its jets’ incursions into Thai sky
Foreign Affairs Minister Don Pramudwinai quoted his Myanmar counterpart as apologizing for Myanmar fighter jets’ incursions into the Thai sky and promising they would...
Love triangle turns violent in Pattaya
A love triangle turned violent Sunday when one of two rivals for a Pattaya woman sprayed his opponent’s car with gunfire.
Teeraphan Moonma, 34, reported...
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When Thailand expats stop watching Washington: Notes from Pattaya, Phuket and Chiang Mai
PATTAYA, Thailand - I did not begin with a theory. I began with conversations. They happened naturally over morning coffee in Pattaya, sunset drinks...
Young British man found dead in Bangkok hotel after nine days without contact with...
PATTAYA, Thailand – Thai police have confirmed the death of a 22-year-old British man who was found deceased in a hotel room in central...
Pattaya losing control after dark as Soi 6 incident fuels fresh debate
PATTAYA, Thailand – A recent incident on Soi 6, where an intoxicated foreign tourist allegedly attacked a municipal vehicle, has once again drawn attention...
Motorcycle and car collision leaves one woman injured on Sukhumvit Road in Pattaya
PATTAYA, Thailand – A Thai woman was injured after a motorcycle collided with a car in Central Pattaya on January 22, municipal officers confirmed.
The...
Massage shops caught operating without licenses in Pattaya-Naklua Soi 16
PATTAYA, Thailand – A late-night enforcement operation in Pattaya sent businesses scrambling to shut their doors after authorities uncovered illegal massage shops operating without...