Two temporary Pattaya City Police Employees arrested for fining/extorting Chinese tourists at Bali Hai...
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Two Pattaya City temporary employees were arrested for allegedly extorting money from Chinese tourists caught littering at Bali Hai Pier.
Wissanu Ketmuenwai, 27, and Krirkchai Khanthawong, 24, were arrested by Police and the Special Affairs...
What IS the current and future status of Vaping in Thailand? We take an...
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Confusion appear to reign this week as what appeared to be two conflicting statements were issued from the Excise Department of Thailand and the Thai Government. We covered this on our social media feeds...
Local Pattaya Resident makes public complaint about Karaoke violating Thai Law
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The Pattaya News was contacted this morning, November 5th, 2018, around 9:00AM, along with other local press, about a complaint from Mrs. Naruemol Khamla, 60 years old, a long-time resident of a Thai community...
Thai government pushes forward on legalizing medical marijuana
BANGKOK: Thailand is rolling out plans to legalise medical marijuana, an official told AFP Wednesday (Oct 31), as the country hopes to cash in on a multi-billion dollar industry with a product its supporters...
Pattaya Ferry to Hua Hin re-opens after a near two month closure
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The ferry to Hua Hin from Bali Hai Pier has reopened as of November 1st, 2018 after nearly a two month closure. The contractor behind the ferry, Royal Passenger Lines, stated that the closure...
Hotel fire in Jomtien panics tourists and causes chaos, no injuries
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At 1:30AM yesterday morning, Halloween, guests at the Grand Jomtien Palace Hotel were treated to the wrong sort of Halloween surprise when a faulty circuit breaker triggered a blaze in the hotel.
The fire triggered...
Filipino tourist struck by speeding vehicle crossing the road in Pattaya, seriously injured.
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At 12:30AM last evening, October 29th, 2018 in Pattaya near Soi Thepthi 9, a Filipino tourist was struck by a speeding vehicle driven by a 37 year old Thai man while crossing the street...
Local residents near Floating Market complain about market flooding into their village to city...
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Residents of a small village on Moo 4 located behind the popular Pattaya tourist attraction The Floating Market have reached out to the city government to complain about consistent flooding and damage done to...
Pattaya Traffic Police Chief meets with management of Terminal 21 Pattaya to discuss major...
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The head of the Pattaya Traffic Police requested an urgent meeting this afternoon around 1:00PM with the executive management of the Terminal 21 Shopping Mall in Pattaya to discuss major concerns from the public...
Social media effort to find missing son in Koh Tao discovers him safe in...
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Over the past few days Thai language social media websites shared the news that a father in the Netherlands was looking for his missing son, Mr. Dennis Wielaard, who had vanished with no communication...
