Barry Kenyon
Excuses galore from Pattaya expats caught drinking on the graveyard shift
To judge from compiled press reports, over 3,500 people, Thais and foreigners, have been arrested in police raids for illegal drinking and partying in...
Pattaya mayor confirms international consortium is funding city’s rejig
Faced with criticism that the funds to enhance Pattaya promenade could be better spent on feeding the city’s hungry, local mayor Sonthaya Kunplome explained...
Cambodians at Thai border posts have high infection rates
The newly opened border post at Rong Kluea market, in Thailand’s Aranyaprathet district, has seen high infection rates amongst 2,300 Cambodians returning to their...
Thailand’s revival must await quarantine ending, says report
Most European vacationers won’t consider Thailand as a holiday resort until fully vaccinated tourists are spared compulsory quarantine, according to a report by a...
Pattaya’s Walking Street refit now depends on China
The waterfront soul of traditional Pattaya is about the same size as Vatican City even if the similarity ends there. But the bars and...
Confusion abounds for travellers from Thailand arriving in UK
On London’s latest health rulings, British vacationers to Thailand’s Sandbox visitor-cocoon program do not have to quarantine, at home or in a hotel, on...
Cambodia friendliness compared to Thailand shown to be fake news
A report this week in the Phnom Penh Post, repeated by some Thai media, that Cambodia is the fourth friendliest country in the world...
Pattaya Survivors: Big Beautiful Burritoz or 3Bz Burritoz
Pattaya Survivor
Good Mexican food is no stranger to Pattaya, but the take-out cantina on Soi Bongkot (Soi 3) is in a class of its...
Thailand’s cut in bank deposit protection doesn’t mean a collapse is...
From August 11, the maximum deposit protection in individual Thai bank accounts is reduced from 5 million to one million baht, or about 22,000...
August 2021: Covid Pattaya photo album
Poverty marches on
As more and more businesses close, the numbers dependent on food handouts escalate ever higher. At least 15,000 people – mostly Thais...
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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...
Foreign tourists struggle with South Pattaya Road’s alternate-parking rules, facing fines and towing
PATTAYA, Thailand – Pattaya City has recently implemented alternate-day parking regulations on South Pattaya Road to alleviate traffic congestion. Effective February 3, parking is...
Shocking Conditions Inside Pattaya Jail – British tourist alleges police brutality and extortion
PATTAYA, Thailand – A British tourist has alleged that Pattaya police assaulted him, detained him for 36 hours, and extorted 15,000 baht for his...