A Hitler billboard in Thailand promoting a local wax museum has locals and foreign governments up in arms. The billboard campaign, which features photos of famous dead people, included a photo of Hitler making the infamous Nazi salute along with the tagline “Hitler is not dead.” The ad was part of a promotion for Louis […]
12 October 09, Pattaya, [PDN]: By the evening of 11 October, after two-three hours of non-stop rain in Pattaya, the city was almost inundated, some locations being under as much as 50 cm. of water, with grid-lock prevailing on all the main roads. Starting from 4.00pm, both sides of Sukhumvit Road, the city’s main arterial […]
BANGKOK, Sept 22 (TNA) – Police arrested three men suspected as members of a gang involved in a jewel heist over Bt50 millon (US$1.7 million) from a gem fair over the weekend. Three men from South America — two Mexicans and one Peruvian – were arrested by the Thai authorities, according to Provincial Police Region […]
Pattaya,September 13th [PDN]: – At 11.00 pm, on September 11, Police Colonel Somnuk Changate, the Banglamung Police Chief and his team went to investigate a robbery case at House No. 323/8 Suansai Village, Soi Banglamung 39/3, after it had been reported by Mrs. U-Taiwan Denjarern [43], the house owner. At her two storey house, police […]
Pattaya – Police arrested and fined an Iranian couple for having sex on the Jomtien beach early Friday. Hashom Abdli, 28, and his girlfriend, Margam Ziyace, 25, were charged with indecency and were fined Bt500 each and were released. Police Captain Chamrasthong Jinda, deputy inspector of the Pattaya police station, was riding his motorcycle to […]
Following a week-long crackdown on bar-closing times by Banglamung police, Pattaya bar owners have ratcheted up their campaign to have hours extended, saying closing entertainment venues at their legal times is costing them money. Representatives from more than 500 city entertainment establishments signed a petition presented to the Chonburi governor’s office Aug. 24, capping several […]
Those who like to visit the seaside city of Pattaya will now find getting there even easier. Last week Pattaya’s U-Tapao airport received the first passengers, who flew in from Korea to receive a warm welcome.
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Visitors to beachside city Pattaya will be familiar with the area’s vibrant bars, shopping malls and other modern attractions. However, this week a new attraction opened that will give visitors an insight into a more traditional side of Thailand.
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