A minivan carrying ten Russian tourists from Pattaya to Chanthaburi province for visa extensions crashed into a tree, resulting in one tourist sustaining a broken leg. The driver said he was spooked by a screaming tourist who mistook him for napping while driving. Police officers in Rayong province took the van driver, Mr. Mongkol Srichand, […]
RAYONG, Feb 28 (TNA) – The multinational military exercise Cobra Gold 2023 began today with 7,394 participants from 30 countries and will run until March 10. Gen Chalermpol Srisawat, Chief of Thai Defence Forces , Robert F. Godec, the U.S. Ambassador to Thailand and Admiral John C. Aquilino, Commander of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command jointly […]
An early morning pursuit ended with two injuries after a guest opened fire at a Rayong resort owner for denying him a free stay. Police were called to the resort in Klaeng district at 3am on Saturday to respond to a reported shooting. A team of officers arrived and found resort owner Thanapisit Thanaratpiwat, 42, […]
Representatives from the Rayong Immigration Office told the Pattaya News that they have arrested Mr. Cao, a Chinese national, 43, at a Chinese restaurant in Pluak Daeng this week. Mr. Cao told officers that he used to work at the restaurant before but this time he came to eat. He is now at 401 days of […]
BANGKOK (NNT) – The Cabinet has approved in principle a plan to massively expand U-Tapao Airport in Rayong province to develop its capacity for accommodating commercial flights by adding a new runway, taxiways and facilities. According to Government Spokesperson Ratchada Dhnadirek, the expansion will serve business operations based in the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC). Full […]
A patrol police pickup truck from the Map Ta Phut Police Station rammed into high-mast lighting in Rayong during a heavy rain storm around midnight of Thursday, September 22nd, killing one officer and seriously injuring two more officers. Map Ta Phut police officials and rescue volunteers arrived at the scene on Sukhumvit Road around 12:30 […]
A murdered woman was found floating in a large public pond in Klaeng district of Rayong province on Tuesday morning, with marks on her neck indicating she had been strangled. The body was in Roi Rai pond (100-rai pond) in Nong Waen, beside a bypass road in tambon Thangkhwian. It was discovered by a local […]
A doctor and nurses from Klaeng district hospital in Thailand’s Rayong province helped a pregnant woman give birth to a healthy baby on a pickup truck, which was marooned in heavy flooding in front of the hospital last night. A medic said that the truck could not get to the hospital in time, because the […]
