The Latest Breaking News from Pattaya

Pattaya e-cig extortion cop dismissed from service

A Pattaya police officer accused of demanding 60,000 baht from a tourist for possession of an e-cigarette has been temporarily dismissed from the police service pending a serious disciplinary investigation.

Bangkok Post · Feb 8, 2023

Pattaya cop on e-cig extortion charge dismissed from service

CHON BURI: A Pattaya police officer accused of demanding 60,000 baht from a tourist for possession of an e-cigarette has been temporarily dismissed from the police service pending a serious disciplinary investigation.

Bangkok Post · Feb 8, 2023

Thailand tourism needs a trust boost

The beginning of the Year of the Rabbit is a candle of hope for the tourist sector's revival. Thailand, however, does not appear to be off to a good start. The disgraceful saga of Thai police started at the end of last month when a Chinese tourist shared a video…

Bangkok Post · Feb 5, 2023

'Penis enlargement' YouTuber found dead naked from the waist down in apartment

Laith Abdallah Algaz, 34, a YouTuber who also went by Leo Rex, was found dead in Thailand's popular tourist hotspot of Pattaya wearing only a black shirt and naked from the waist down in a room full of prescription drugs and narcotics

Daily Mirror · Jan 31, 2023

Pattaya floating restaurant sinks

A floating pirate-themed café and restaurant was flooded and left partially underwater by rough seas off Pattaya on Monday evening. Nobody was hurt.

Bangkok Post · Jan 31, 2023

Floating restaurant flooded, sinks off Pattaya

CHON BURI: A floating pirate-themed café and restaurant was flooded and left partially submerged by rough seas off Pattaya on Monday evening. Nobody was hurt.

Bangkok Post · Jan 31, 2023

American YouTuber found dead in Pattaya house

CHON BURI: An American YouTuber was found dead in a house at Pattaya Lagoon housing village in Bang Lamung district on Monday night.

Bangkok Post · Jan 31, 2023

Cardi B to headline Rolling Loud Thailand. Okurrr?

Bardigang, have your shmoney ready for a ticket to the inaugural edition of Rolling Loud Thailand, which is scheduled for Apr 13-15 (Thai Songkran) at Legend Siam in Pattaya. Many major American hip-hop artists are in the long lineup.

Bangkok Post · Jan 30, 2023

Tourist behind 'escort' clip has left

The Chinese tourist who posted a video clip showing three Thai police officers offering her a shortcut through immigration and a police escort to her hotel in Pattaya has already left the country, the Tourist Police Bureau (TBP) said on Thursday.

Bangkok Post · Jan 26, 2023

3 cops offered VVIP service to Chinese visitor

A police captain from the Tourist Police Bureau and two traffic police sergeants were involved in providing a controversial VVIP service to a female Chinese visitor, rushing her through immigration and escorting her from Suvarnabhumi airport to Pattaya, according to senior police.

Bangkok Post · Jan 23, 2023