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  • THAILAND

    Driving out the gangs

    News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 01/08/2023

    » The Royal Thai Police (RTP) will now look into five major biker gangs based in the country after arresting the leader, an Austrian national, and some members of the Outlaws Motorcycle Club in Pattaya on July 21.

  • LIFE

    The afterlife of Mitr Chaibancha

    Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 06/10/2023

    » In an abrupt moment of life's brutal script, Mitr Chaibancha fell to his death from a helicopter ladder on Oct 8, 1970. He was filming Insee Thong (Golden Eagle), playing an anti-communist masked hero, when he slipped from the rung and plunged to the ground in Pattaya. That same evening, his body was transported to Wat Kae Nang Loeng. Thousands of people, unable to believe that Thailand's most famous actor was really, tragically dead, amassed impromptu at the temple and demanded that his corpse be raised from the coffin and shown to the public.

  • THAILAND

    Impact of pipeline oil spill 'limited'

    News, Post Reporters, Published on 06/09/2023

    » CHON BURI: The oil slick from Thai Oil's ruptured offshore pipeline will not reach Pattaya but may affect Koh Si Chang and Bang Saen beach, according to the provincial governor.

  • THAILAND

    63 Chinese religious refugees detained in raid

    News, Chaiyot Pupattanapong, Published on 01/04/2023

    » CHON BURI: Sixty-three Chinese nationals detained in Pattaya for overstaying their visas are members of a self-exiled Christian congregation seeking United Nations protection from religious persecution, their supporters say.

  • THAILAND

    Vaping-bribe cop suspended

    News, Chaiyot Pupattanapong, Published on 09/02/2023

    » CHON BURI: A Pattaya police officer accused of demanding 60,000 baht from a tourist for possession of an e-cigarette has been suspended pending a disciplinary investigation.

  • OPINION

    Uighurs' plight a lesson for govt

    News, Editorial, Published on 09/04/2023

    » The case of 63 members of the Shenzhen Holy Reformed Church who were arrested for overstaying visas in Pattaya last week brings back memories of the notorious repatriation of another group of Uighur refugees back to China in 2014.

  • OPINION

    Root for city workers

    Oped, Postbag, Published on 03/02/2024

    » Re: "High-perched garbos killed as truck enters underpass", (BP, Jan 24).

  • LIFE

    A tribute to Jamaican heritage

    Life, John Clewley, Published on 30/01/2024

    » Studio One, one of Jamaica's most influential recording studios and labels, was founded by Clement "Coxsone" Dodd in the 1950s on Brentford Road, Kingston. His first recordings were made in 1963 and for the next 20 years, he would help reshape Jamaican popular music and propel it around the world.

  • OPINION

    Cage fight

    Published on 29/01/2024

    » Re: "2 more lion cubs seized in Chon Buri province", (BP, Jan 27) & "Wild animals are not pets", (Editorial, Jan 27).

  • TRAVEL

    Visitors flock to Phichit for worship ceremony

    Life, Published on 25/01/2024

    » Until the end of the month, Wat Tha Luang has been turned into an entertainment venue as the Luang Pho Phet Worship Ceremony and the Muang Phichit Celebration returns to the northern town of Phichit with a wide range of traditional rituals and cultural performances that showcase the beauty of local culture.

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