Tag: Sonthaya Noichaya
403 marines ship out of Sattahip for troubled south
More than 400 Royal Thai Marines departed Sattahip for Thailand’s strife-torn southern provinces as the military shuffles its personnel in the area. ...
Marine Corps celebrates 58th anniversary
The Royal Thai Marines marked its 58th anniversary with a ceremony in Sattahip. The Royal Thai Navy’s Adm. Surasak Rungrerngrom presided over the July...
Marine Corps Day recalls HM the King’s anthem authorship
Thailand’s Marine Corps marked its 54th anniversary with a Sattahip ceremony recalling HM the King’s 1959 authorship of the division’s anthem. Vice Adm. Sonthaya...
244 hill tribe & Sattahip youths join monkhood to honor royal...
Nearly 250 area youths and hill tribe children honored the royal family by becoming Buddhist novices in ordination ceremonies at two Sattahip temples. At...
Narathiwat officials visit Marine Corps museum
Top government and police officials from Thailand’s embattled Narathiwat Province learned about the history of the Royal Thai Marine Corps during a visit...
U.S., Thai marine chiefs meet to close Cobra Gold
Wrapping up their annual Cobra Gold war games, the heads of the marine forces for the United States and Thailand met to review...
HM the King honors marine killed in south
HM King Bhumibol Adulyadej and the Royal Family honored a Royal Thai Navy petty officer killed in Thailand’s south, ordering a dozen wreaths...
Marine Corps breast-feeding center moves to new offices
A Marine Wives Club program offering breast-milk feeding to navy families has a new headquarters after the opening of a permanent center at...
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When Thailand expats stop watching Washington: Notes from Pattaya, Phuket and Chiang Mai
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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...