Police in Pattaya have arrested an Indian man for paying for sex with a 14-year-old girl from Ubon Ratchathani and the 17-year-old girl who was the alleged procurer. Pol Maj Gen Surachate Hakparn, deputy commissioner of the Tourist Police Bureau, said on Tuesday that Parmod Kumar was arrested at Jomtien Plaza Residence in Bang Lamung […]
The driver of a pickup truck carrying durian was killed when he ran into a tree at the side of a Chon Buri road on Monday morning. Durian packed in foam boxes was scattered around Ban Bueng-Klaeng Road in Moo 9, Ban Bueng district. Full story: The Nation By The Nation
Pattaya City Officials are declaring war on street carts in areas where they are restricted. Street carts, which technically are against the law as they are not licensed and do not pass health inspections, have always been a part of Thai culture and Thai street food is beloved by both locals and tourists from around […]
CHON BURI: Two Indian nationals have been arrested by Pattaya police after an Indian reporter filed a complaint on Sunday, accusing them of stripping him naked and taking pictures of him before demanding money in return for not posting them on social media. Sumit Kayan, 26, and Rahul Wadhawah, 32, were detained on Sunday by […]
CHON BURI: An Indian reporter filed a complaint with Muang Pattaya police on Sunday, saying that he had been hurt and stripped naked by fellow countrymen who took pictures of him and took from him about 200,000 rupees or about 100,000 Thai baht. Anirban Ghosh, 40, who identified himself as a news reporter from India, […]
Some 70 pupils of a school in Chon Buri’s Bang Lamung district were rushed to a local hospital after suffering from food poisoning. Officials started taking the fourth, fifth and sixth graders of the Wat Nong Ket Yai School to the Bang Lamung Hospital at 5.30pm. Full story: The Nation By The Nation
A Korean boy was in a critical condition after he was saved from drowning in a Pattaya hotel swimming pool. The boy, Yoon Seongmin, 12, was rushed to a hospital at 11.30pm by rescuers from a local foundation after security officers pulled him out of the pool of the Four Seasons Place Hotel. Full story: […]
A four-vehicle accident on the motorway in Chon Buri killed eight people and injured seven others on Friday evening, traffic radio reported. Jor Sor 100 radio quoted a report from the Ariyo Centre, a volunteer rescue unit, as saying the accident took place on the Bangkok-bound expressway in Bang Pakong in Phan Thong district around […]
