The Latest Breaking News from Pattaya

PATTAYA: A young Russian tourist was electrocuted when he leaned against a lamp pole during basketball practice with his club at a court outside a school in Bang Lamung district on Thursday night.

NAKHON RATCHASIMA: The former Thai wife of a foreigner whose Cambodian employee was cruelly assaulted by two Polish men last month has denied threatening the woman.

A Russia native wanted there in a murder case has been arrested by immigration police at the request of the Russian embassy in Thailand, the Immigration Police Bureau revealed on Sunday.

A Russian man, wanted in his country in a murder case, has been arrested by immigration police at the request of the Russian embassy in Thailand, Immigration Police Bureau deputy commissioner Pol Maj Gen Panthana Nuchanart revealed on Sunday.

CHON BURI: Two pubs in Pattaya were found operating without permits and opening beyond the 2am closing time in separate raids by teams of police and administrative officials early on Sunday.

A photo depicting two minors smoking pot along Pattaya Beach that went viral has prompted Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul to call on the police to enforce the law.

PATTAYA: A 10-year-old runaway has been sent to a detention centre in Rayong province after he and another boy were photographed smoking marijuana from a hookah at a pier in south Pattaya last week.

Residents of Koh Larn, a popular tourist island off Pattaya, are preparing to draft a set of rules called the "Koh Lan charter" for visitors and businesses to ensure that their way of life and the tourism industry can go hand-in-hand.

A charter flight from Russia carrying 230 passengers destined for Pattaya City landed at U-Tapao Rayong-Pattaya International Airport yesterday, a sign that the popular coastal city's tourism industry is on the road to recovery.