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Incinerator on Pattaya's Koh Lan set for trial
News, Chaiyot Pupattanapong, Published on 22/06/2025
» CHON BURI: Pattaya City is set to begin operation of a long-delayed waste incinerator on Koh Lan in mid-August, to tackle a waste crisis that has plagued the island for over a decade and hurt its tourism appeal.
Sri Lankan tourist attacked in Pattaya after gender dispute with transwoman
Chaiyot Pupattanapong, Published on 01/06/2025
» PATTAYA: A Sri Lankan tourist was assaulted by a transgender woman armed with high heel shoes on the city’s beach road Saturday night after he daringly touched her genitals twice to verify her gender--then refused to pay or proceed with any services.
Tourist hurt by debris falling from Pattaya condo
News, Chaiyot Pupattanapong, Published on 29/05/2025
» PATTAYA – An Australian man was injured by debris that fell from a condominium building in Pattaya, with some parked motorbikes also damaged.
Pattaya police arrest 13 foreign prostitutes
Chaiyot Pupattanapong, Published on 09/05/2025
» PATTAYA — Thirteen foreign nationals have been arrested in this beach town for prostitution and immigration offences.
Drunken Briton injured by Good Samaritans on ride home
Chaiyot Pupattanapong, Published on 19/11/2024
» PATTAYA — A British tourist, too drunk to get into a taxi, ended up in a fistfight with two Good Samaritans who volunteered to drive him home in the early hours of Tuesday in this eastern seaside tourist town.
Pattaya residents protest 'sin city' label
News, Chaiyot Pupattanapong, Published on 12/07/2024
» Residents in Pattaya have protested against the label "sin city, heaven of prostitutes" used by the Thai media outlet Thairath, demanding that the city's positive aspects be highlighted.
Big-biker dies in flames after hitting bus
Chaiyot Pupattanapong, Published on 24/06/2024
» CHON BURI: A motorcyclist died when his big bike collided with a bus making a U-turn and caught fire in Bang Lamung district, near Pattaya, on Sunday night.
Land dispute on Koh Lan escalates
News, Chaiyot Pupattanapong, Published on 19/10/2023
» CHON BURI: Pattaya City has filed a legal complaint against a group of businesses for allegedly encroaching on forest land on Koh Lan, according to Deputy Mayor Manote Nongyai.
2 Russians killed in Pattaya car accident
Chaiyot Pupattanapong, Published on 11/06/2023
» CHON BURI: Two Russian nationals - a man and a woman - were killed after a car they were travelling in crashed into a palm tree on the median strip of Sukhumvit road in Bang Lamung district early on Sunday.
Russian basketballer electrocuted in Pattaya
Chaiyot Pupattanapong, Published on 16/12/2022
» PATTAYA: A young Russian tourist was electrocuted when he leaned against a lamp pole during basketball practice with his club at a court outside a school in Bang Lamung district on Thursday night.