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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.
Incinerator on Koh Lan 'almost done'
News, Chaiyot Pupattanapong, Published on 17/04/2025
» CHON BURI — The waste incineration project on Koh Lan, located off Pattaya, is now 70% complete and could open in six months, said Kiatsak Sriwongchai, the permanent secretary of Pattaya City. Construction started on May 2, 2023, and was expected to wrap by March 28 of last year.
Japanese man found hanged near Pattaya viewpoint
Chaiyot Pupattanapong, Published on 07/03/2025
» PATTAYA - A Japanese man has been found hanged from a tree on Koh Larn, an island popular with day-trippers just off the coast of this beach town in Chon Buri province.
Russian dies on tourist boat after using slide
Chaiyot Pupattanapong, Published on 12/02/2025
» PATTAYA - A Russian man collapsed and died after using a water slide on a tourist boat in the sea off this tourist city on Tuesday evening.
Exhausted Russian found naked in sea off Pattaya
Chaiyot Pupattanapong, Published on 09/12/2024
» PATTAYA - An exhausted, naked Russian man has been rescued from the sea by a Koh Lan-bound speedboat driver about six kilometres off Pattaya.
Pattaya welcomes 12m-plus visitors
News, Chaiyot Pupattanapong, Published on 17/08/2024
» Pattaya welcomed more than 12 million tourists in the first six months of this year, a million more than in 2023, according to the local Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) office.
Water shortage on Pattaya's Koh Lan
Chaiyot Pupattanapong, Published on 30/04/2024
» CHON BURI: The popular tourist island of Koh Lan, off Pattaya, is facing a water shortage, with residents forced to pay high prices for tap water brought in and sold by private suppliers.
Pattaya ponders new water supplier on Koh Lan
Chaiyot Pupattanapong, Published on 16/02/2024
» PATTAYA: Pattaya City is considering a business partnership with a new company to produce fresh water on Koh Lan to alleviate a severe shortage due to a rise in tourists and businesses that have followed them to the nearby island.
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.
Young tourist found dead after hit by off-limits speedboat
Chaiyot Pupattanapong, Published on 27/09/2023
» PATTAYA: The body of a missing 22-year-old Russian swimmer hit by a Pattaya speedboat that entered an off-limits zone was found on rocks off Haad Tian on Koh Larn on Wednesday morning.