In a surprise move, the Thai government has formally adopted poker officially as a sport. It’s just in time for the World Poker Tour Thailand championships, July 30-August 5, which will attract ...

Pattaya’s vibrant beachfront and bustling streets are once again under scrutiny—not for tourism highs, but for an ...

Brilliant recital by Siwat Chuencharoen (piano) and Anna Takeda (violin) If you take an interest in classical music, you may have noticed that these days we hear more music by women composers. They ...

What began as a drunken argument over unpaid services between a foreign tourist and a transgender woman ended in a violent ...

A meal without wine is like a day without sunshine”, wrote Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, the French lawyer, politician and author of the influential book Physiologie du goût (The Physiology of Taste) ...

According to local agencies, a new internal rule has been introduced in the Banglamung (Pattaya) and Rayong offices of Land Transportation.  In effect since July 17, a foreigner with a visa valid for ...

Dr. Chula Sukmanop, Secretary-General of the Eastern Economic Corridor Office of Thailand (EECO) gave a lecture to members of the British Chamber of Commerce Thailand (BCCT) at the Pullman Pattaya ...

More than 200 secondary school students from Bang Mueang Municipality in Samut Prakan province took part in a large-scale ...

City officials from Pattaya’s municipal enforcement team recently investigated an illegal sand removal operation behind Wat ...

After several days of heavy rains, strong winds, and turbulent seas caused by Tropical Storm Wipha, Pattaya is finally seeing clearer skies and a return to normalcy. The tropical storm, which weakened ...

A Welsh young man is reportedly back in UK after a near-death experience in Thailand.  Ashton Jones, a 29 year old vacationer ...

In the eyes of many long-term foreign residents, Pattaya stands at a crossroads: poised for a rebirth or spiraling further into stagnation. While city officials talk up recovery and tourism campaigns, ...