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Yearly Archives: 2022

Thailand household debt stems from credit cards, auto and motorbike loans

The Fiscal Policy Office (FPO) has set up a committee to address the issue of household debt. FPO Director-General Pornchai Thiraveja said the committee is...

Thai authorities arrest 6 Vietnamese merchants using unfair scales in durian...

Efforts are underway to crack down on durian traders who cheat by manipulating weighing scales. Arwut Wongsawas, deputy director-general of the Department of Internal Trade...

Pattaya area kindergarten opens for new term

Tiny tots in Takhiantia subdistrict north of Pattaya went to school for the first time as classrooms reopened for a new year. The public Takientia...

Weekdays showing signs of life in Pattaya

Only weeks ago, Pattaya tourist businesses bemoaned weekdays. Not so much anymore. Unlike a few months ago, when weekends and holidays seemed busy in Pattaya,...

Le Tenor Yves Baron at a PCEC Words and Music Meeting

Yves Baron was the presenter at the May 18 meeting of the Pattaya City Expats Club (PCEC). The PCEC periodically invites musicians to a...

Thailand logs macaque malaria patients in Koh Chang, Trat

Ten people were diagnosed with malaria caused by Plasmodium knowlesi parasites which are transmitted from macaques to humans. Trat governor Chamnanwit Terat said the patients...

Thailand welcomes over one million tourist arrivals Jan-May

Prime Minister Gen. Prayut Chan-Ocha is satisfied with more than one million international tourist arrivals, having visited Thailand since the beginning of this year,...

Thailand starts screening arrivals for monkeypox at airports today

The Department of Disease Control has set up an emergency operations center (EOC) to cope with monkeypox as officials concerned are screening arrivals from...

Thailand monitors ‘monkeypox’ at airports and keeps tracks of travelers

Additional screening measures are now in place for visitors traveling from countries where monkeypox has been reported. According to the Department of Disease Control (DDC),...

Latest Stories

Pattaya officials act after construction dirt spills across Pattaya Third Road

PATTAYA, Thailand – Pattaya municipal officers moved swiftly to address traffic safety concerns after large amounts of soil from a construction project were found...

Chinese suspect held as Pattaya police find two guns in condo raid

PATTAYA, Thailand – Pattaya police raided a condominium on South Pattaya Road and arrested a Chinese national after discovering two handguns and ammunition hidden...

Rider runs red light, motorcycles collide at Central Pattaya Intersection, several injured

PATTAYA, Thailand – Several people were injured in a late-night motorcycle collision at the Central Pattaya intersection after a food delivery rider allegedly ran...

Pattaya wakes to cool air, fog, and breezy beach roads

PATTAYA, Thailand – The Thai Meteorological Department (TMD) reported that much of Thailand will experience cool weather with morning fog, including dense fog in...

PATTAYA, Thailand – A recent marine survey in the upper Gulf of Thailand has recorded more than 40 Irrawaddy dolphins concentrated near the Bang...