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Rare whale shark spotted near Pattaya
A rare whale shark was captured on video in the waters off Pattaya. Terawatt Thongchai, an 18-year-old crewman on a tourist boat based at...
16 fake army rangers detained for working security at Pattaya seminar
Pattaya police arrested 16 people masquerading as army rangers to provide security for a seminar at a well known beach resort. Officers stopped the...
South Pattaya shisha joints raided
Banglamung officials raided South Pattaya bars and restaurants selling shisha after new restrictions banning sales and possession went into effect. District and Chonburi provincial...
2 ladyboys nabbed for bag snatch
Two transvestites were arrested for allegedly stealing a handbag from a Japanese tourist. Wichai In-Sawang, 29 from Suphanburi, and Na Sonjan, 19 from Cambodia,...
Navy defends response to capture of Thai fishing boats
Royal Thai Navy officials defended their response after three Thai fishing boats were captured fishing illegally in Cambodian waters, saying the navy did move...
Pattaya police-checkpoints Facebook page ordered closed
A Pattaya-based Facebook page has stirred the ire of the national police chief for tipping off the public to police checkpoints in the area....
Pattaya man swindled by foreign-Thai grifter gang
Pattaya police have joined the search for a well-known foreign swindler who added a local man to his list of victims. Jettarin Boonmarong, 21,...
2 die in Rayong pickup-big rig collision
Two people were killed when their pickup truck collided with a tractor-trailer on Highway 36 in Rayong. Jaruk Boonyungyeung, 65, and an unidentified woman...
Locals turn in 21,000 baht dropped on street
Money was flying around in central Pattaya, but local residents taking pity on a motorcyclist who dropped it turned it in to police. About...
Two disasters at sea narrowly averted
Speedboats swarm to the rescue to evacuate tourists as smoke billows from the engine room of the Rungorawan 2. Two disasters at sea were...
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A better property deal for foreigners could mean saving or selling Thailand
Unofficial government adviser Thaksin Shinawatra this week reaffirmed his desire to see a new comfort zone for foreign property buyers and long lease holders....
Illegal foreign workers caught in lottery scandal in Pattaya, confident of let loose by...
PATTAYA, Thailand – Chonburi provincial police held a large-scale operation to tackle illegal foreign workers and those occupying jobs meant for Thai nationals on...
Woman found unconscious in car at red light in Pattaya, taken to police station
PATTAYA, Thailand – The Sawang Boriboon Rescue Center received a report of an unconscious woman inside a car at a red light on Pattaya...
The fireworks have arrived! Get ready for an incredible show in Pattaya
PATTAYA, Thailand – The 20,000 fireworks from 5 countries have now arrived in Pattaya, after being transported from Samut Sakhon. Join us for an...
Regional police crackdown on cross-border loan shark gang, Kuwaiti street racing in Pattaya
PATTAYA, Thailand – Pol. Lt. Gen. Yingyot Thepchamnong, Acting Commander of Region 2 Police, led a press conference at Pattaya City Police Station to...