Barry Kenyon
Experts begin investigation of Pattaya’s nightclub fire
Initial feedback is warning against the widely-held assumption on social media that the padlocked Nashaa club fire was likely started deliberately. The nitery, strongly...
Debates rage about the five future scenarios for Pattaya
The virus pandemic has certainly turned up the heat on what Pattaya will look like in two or five years from now. Projections range...
Pattaya adopts wait and see approach to upcoming tourist “surge”
The hope by Thai authorities that the final months of the year will lead to a flood of international Sandbox visitors in tourist-starved Pattaya...
Ghost city Pattaya loses some of its chains
Pattaya made the most of its new freedoms on day one of the government’s limited liberalization of red zone provinces. The barbers and salons...
Pattaya Move On Sandbox decides to bite the bullet
Apart from some crabapple expats, everyone wishes success to the proposed Pattaya Sandbox reopening on October 1. Under the plan, fully-vaccinated international tourists will...
Pattaya’s Walking Street mirrored in Siem Reap’s Pub Street
Tired of staring at the bleak pics of what used to be Pattaya’s Walking Street? Spare a thought for the fate of its Cambodian...
Hundreds of Thai visa holders unable to fly to UK
The UK government’s decision to move Thailand from neutral amber to danger red in its idiosyncratic traffic lights travel system has doomed the immediate...
Pattaya dips its toe into the waters of economic revival
The government’s top health committee has taken the plunge. Sort of anyway. The CCSA (Center forCovid-19 Situation Administration) spokesman said the relaxation of some...
Thai nationals banned from entering UK, whilst returning Brits must be...
The UK’s latest revision to the traffic lights travel system has moved Thailand from neutral amber to danger red. This means that from 0.400...
Twilight food queues on Jomtien beach road are lengthening
As the sun dips and before the 21.00 curfew kicks in, Jomtien promenade comes to life. The lockdown restrictions still allow locals and expats...
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The Thai Digital Arrival Card from May 1 causes confusion
The announcement that all foreign arrivals will soon need to fill in a no-cost online TDAC prior to travelling still awaits the detail. It...
Pattaya Bolt driver picks up passed-out foreigner from Soi 6, drops off at police...
PATTAYA, Thailand – Pattaya City Police Station officials found a foreign man lying motionless in the parking lot in front of the station, obstructing...
Homeless man caught stealing electrical wires on Thepprasit Road, South Pattaya
PATTAYA, Thailand – A homeless Thai man was caught stealing electrical wires on Thepprasit Road. The incident was reported to authorities, prompting officers from...
Israeli fugitive with violent assault court warrant found hiding in Pattaya
PATTAYA, Thailand – Immigration Investigation Division 3 apprehended a 27-year-old Israeli fugitive, wanted in his home country for a violent assault case, in response...
Police clarify arrest of British tourist; deny allegations of assault and theft at Pattaya...
PATTAYA, Thailand – Chonburi’s top police officials have publicly addressed allegations from a British tourist who claimed he was assaulted, detained, and robbed by...