Ladyboy-Loving Lithuanian Killed Surin Girlfriend, Partied in Pattaya, Police Say
A Lithuanian man has been arrested for allegedly bludgeoning his transgender girlfriend to death in Surin, killing her dog and using her bank account...
Reckless, Illegal Driving Kills 2 Pattaya Pedestrians in 1 Day
Reckless and illegal driving by motorcyclists claimed the lives of two Pattaya pedestrians this week, one who was simply trying to walk around his...
Alleged British Pedo Captured Near Pattaya After 8 Years on Run
Immigration police captured a British fugitive wanted on child-pornography charges back home near Pattaya. William Dempster, 45, was arrested by Chonburi Immigration Police on visa-overstay...
2 Pattaya Neighborhoods to Vote Again Sunday for Mayor, But Outcome...
Pattaya on Sunday will hold new votes for mayor in two city constituencies, but even if the current runner-up wins 100% of the votes,...
Poll Snafus May Force New Pattaya Election
Pattaya may have to rerun ballots due to irregularities preventing even unofficial vote tallies. City Manager Pramote Tubtim, who served as election director, admitted that...
Pattaya Rape Suspect Rearrested After Victim Gives Statement
Police rearrested a man accused of trying to rape a Russian jogger after they finally got a statement from the victim. Kantheepob Thanachotsomboon, 37, was...
Pattaya Vote Count on Hold After Ballot Sheets Go Missing
Unofficial results of Pattaya’s mayoral and city council elections have been withdrawn while officials investigate ballot sheets that went missing from two city polling...
‘More of Same’ as Kunplome Pick Leads Pattaya Mayor Race
Pattaya is headed for four more years under the rule of the Kunplome clan after handpicked successor Poramet Ngampichet won the unofficial vote count. The...
Accused Pattaya Rapist Set Free Without Charge
A Pattaya-area man arrested for allegedly trying to rape a Russian jogger has been released without charge, at least for now. Kantheepob Thanachotsomboon, 37, was...
Pattaya Man Arrested for Attempted Rape of Russian Jogger
Pattaya-area police arrested a local man for allegedly trying to rape a Russian jogger at an area reservoir. The unidentified suspect was apprehended and reportedly...
Teen Cellphone Lust, Acquiescing Parents Fat Targets for Online Fraudsters
Teenagers’ incessant lust for the newest mobile phones – and parents’ willingness to spoil their offspring – continues to open the door to fraudsters. This...
Sin City Returns to Form with 2 Attacks on Foreigners Outside...
The tourists are back in Pattaya and so are the attacks on them by thugs working for the city’s bars. On April 13 alone, an...
Drunk Benz Driver Runs Checkpoint, Kills 3 Utility Workers
Three people were killed and two injured when a drunk Mercedes-Benz driver broke through a police checkpoint and plowed into a group of electrical...
7 More Boys Possibly Molested by Chonburi Coach Arrested for Raping...
Chonburi police say as many as 10 young boys may have been molested by a school coach arrested last week for allegedly raping three...
Only in Pattaya: Dead Yank with Bag on Head, Safe Open...
Pattaya police are saying an American man who died with a plastic bag over his head and his hotel room safe open died of...
Pattaya Elections: Sonthaya Won’t Run for Mayor as Big Names Queue...
Pattaya’s appointed mayor Sonthaya Kunplome will not stand for election, instead tapping a former MP to run in the May 22 poll against a...
On 8th Anniversary of Coup, Bangkok, Pattaya Finally Will Go to...
Bangkok and Pattaya voters will get to cast ballots for their local leaders for the first time nearly 10 years on May 22, the...
Pattaya Gets Chance to Oust Kunplomes in 1st City Elections in...
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Move Forward Party names lifetime Pattaya resident, banker as mayor candidate
7,500 Russians, Ukranians Trapped in Thailand with No Cash, No Way...
Thousands of Russian tourists are stranded in Thailand after their country’s invasion of Ukraine triggered global economic sanctions, Russian diplomats say. There are about 6,500...
Efforts Underway to Prevent Further Oil Leaks in Rayong
A troubled Rayong refiner was given permission Monday to seal a second leak in its underwater pipeline blamed for repeatedly fouling local beaches with...
Pattaya Councilman Suggests Creating ‘Hooker Zone’
Prostitution long has been illegal in Thailand and, if you asked some senior government officials in recent years, it doesn’t exist at all in...
Oil Spill Makes Water Unsafe at 2 Rayong Sites
Rayong’s Pollution Control Center found contamination at two of six locations where its officials earlier collected seawater samples off Mae Ramphueng Beach in Muang...
Frenchman Held for ฿6.3 Million Pattaya Expat Scam
Police have arrested a Frenchman for allegedly swindling Pattaya expats out of 6.3 million baht. Herve Christian Robert Leonard, 59, was taken into custody Saturday...
Pattaya Nurse Steals Cash, ATM Card from Dying Patient
A nurse at a Pattaya hospital confessed to stealing cash and an ATM card from a dying man under her care. Siriphan Lamyoong, an intensive...