Yearly Archives: 2022
Thai Silk Expo set for May 28 in Bangkok
The “11th Celebration of Silk: Thai Silk Road to the World” silk expo is set to take place on May 28. In addition to...
Pattaya City Expats Club: A journey through Thai film making and...
British filmmaker Kaprice Kea landed in Bangkok in January 2000, a few weeks after the skytrain opened. He had arrived with 85kg of personal...
Thai Navy seizes Vietnamese boats over illegal fishing near Songkhla
The Royal Thai Navy has seized a pair of Vietnamese fishing boats and arrested their crews for illegally fishing in Thai territorial waters off...
Tax collection in Thailand exceeds target in first half of fiscal...
Total tax collected in the first half of the 2022 fiscal year has exceeded the Revenue Department’s collection target by 14%. This notable performance...
WHO chooses Thailand to pilot health preparedness review
The World Health Organization (WHO) has asked Thailand to present its experiences in successfully dealing with COVID-19. The kingdom is now among a handful...
Pattaya floating restaurants face new regulations before full reopening
Like the city’s bars, floating restaurants in Pattaya Bay aren’t allowed to reopen yet, but, of course, some of them are.
Now operators want carte...
Rising energy demand, fuel prices hit Pattaya transport
Pattaya businesses are being hit with the double whammy of fuel prices rising at the same time as the demand for energy nationwide is...
Pattaya transgender thieves rob Indian businessman’s gold necklace
Pravin Suresh Sutrave, 43, reported to Pattaya police May 5 that while he was walking along Second Road late at night, two transgender women...
Thunderstorms could increase number of mosquitoes in Thailand
Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has warned people to protect themselves from Plasmodium knowlesi malaria and advised people to see a doctor if they developed...
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Thailand roars into 2026 as MotoGP season opener in Buri Ram, Feb 27–Mar 1
PATTAYA, Thailand – The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) confirms that Thailand will host the opening round of the 2026 MotoGP World Championship from...
Crane collapse on high-speed rail site derails Bangkok-Ubon passenger train, killing at least 28
NAKHON RATCHASIMA, Thailand – At least 28 people have died and over 50 were injured after a crane lifting a high-speed rail bridge segment...
When property agents in Thailand become targets too
Risks in Thailand’s unregulated real estate market
PATTAYA, Thailand - For years, Thailand’s real estate market has been described often half-jokingly as the Wild West....
Drunken tourist causes disturbance near Pattaya school, authorities step in as wife talks him...
PATTAYA, Thailand – Pattaya authorities acted swiftly on January 13 to calm a foreign tourist who became intoxicated and disruptive near Pattaya City School...
Pattaya condo raids find foreign nationals violating immigration laws
PATTAYA, Thailand – Chonburi immigration police, in collaboration with Pattaya City Police and Tourist Police, conducted a coordinated raid at a condominium on Pattaya...