Tag: Songkran
Police arrest 3 in methamphetamine crackdown
Police seized about 5 grams of crystal methamphetamines and 74 ya ba tablets in the arrests of three alleged members of a local drug-dealing...
2 arrested for using fake passports to open bank accounts
Two foreigners were arrested after a French embassy official determined that the passports they used to open a Pattaya bank account were fake. ...
Police arrest South African with huge cache of meth, heroin, other...
A South African man traveling under two names and two passports has been arrested with a large cache of heroin, ecstasy, methamphetamines and other...
Police round up 60 Beach Road loiterers
About 60 Beach Road loiterers were rounded up, fined and released in the Pattaya police’s latest sweep of Pattaya Beach. A...
Suspected drug dealer arrested for shooting death of gang leader
A suspected drug dealer has been arrested in the shooting death of a Naklua gang leader. Viroj Yuusabai, 47, was apprehended...
American found dead in Third Road room
A heart attack or other natural causes are being blamed for the death of an American man found dead in his Third Road apartment....
Final segments of artificial reef to be laid in Jomtien Beach
Concrete pipes lying on Jomtien Beach will soon be home to fish and other sea life when they are dropped into the ocean a...
Zoom Festival starts tonight
Pattaya will thump to the beat of electronic dance music tonight and Saturday when the Zoom Festival kicks off for the second year at...
Thailand & Canada hail 50th anniversary of close ties
To expand cooperation Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra on Friday, March 23 welcomed her Canadian counterpart Stephen Harper, who was here on a three-day...
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When “Tax Exempt” doesn’t mean “Tax-Free”: The quiet obligation facing LTR residents in Thailand
PATTAYA, Thailand - There is something seductive about the phrase tax exemption. It sounds clean. Final. Liberating. For many holders of Thailand’s Long-Term Resident...
Schuldzuweisungen nach Strandüberfall in Pattaya verschärfen Debatte über Touristenverhalten und Straßenkriminalität
PATTAYA, Thailand – Ein jüngster Übergriff auf einen deutschen Touristen am Pattaya Beach hat die Debatte darüber neu entfacht, wer Verantwortung trägt, wenn es...
Großfahndung in Pattaya nach Überfall durch maskierte Bande auf britischen Koch
PATTAYA, Thailand – Die Polizei hat eine intensive Fahndung eingeleitet, nachdem drei maskierte Täter in der Nacht gewaltsam in ein Wohnhaus in Pattaya eingedrungen...
Behörden in Pattaya kontrollieren Entertainment-Lokale in Soi Chaiyapoon und entdecken zwei Minderjährige
PATTAYA, Thailand – Behörden führten am Abend des 26. Februar koordinierte Kontrollen in zwei Unterhaltungslokalen in der Soi Chaiyapoon in Süd-Pattaya durch, nachdem Hinweise...
Kho-Phai-Gemeinde in Süd-Pattaya warnt vor Verkehrsrisiken, Jugendrennen und Streunerproblemen
PATTAYA, Thailand – Bewohner der Kho-Phai-Gemeinde in Süd-Pattaya haben bei einer jüngsten Bürgerversammlung an der Pattaya City School 8 ihre Sorgen über Verkehrssicherheit, laute...