Chon Buri

  • Covid-19 NewsPattaya commences ‘restricted access’ from April 9 onwards

    Pattaya commences ‘restricted access’ from April 9 onwards

    Today, Chon Buri’s governor Pakkhathorn Thianchai has approved the Pattaya City’s proposal to restrict access to the town at 2pm from tomorrow (April 9) for 21 days. It is not a new curfew, but a limitation on people travelling in and out of the city region. Pattaya City will commence a 24 hour lock down of the city’s borders where…

  • Covid-19 NewsRestrictions on movement and closure of hotels in Chon Buri as Covid-19 cases rise

    Restrictions on movement and closure of hotels in Chon Buri as Covid-19 cases rise

    The governor of Chon Buri, along with district chiefs, mayors and health personnel decided at a top level meeting yesterday on a 10 point plan to fight the spread of the Covid-19 coronavirus, set to be signed and implemented today. The measures leave any tourists still in Pattaya at the whim of hotel owners as to whether they will stay…

  • Pattaya NewsJetsada’s Cunning Plan – Drunk man asks to be jailed to escape his boss

    Jetsada’s Cunning Plan – Drunk man asks to be jailed to escape his boss

    A man man in Chon Buri decided he needed a vacation, so he drank a bottle of whisky, walked into a police station and asked to be jailed. Puzzled police say the man thought jail would be a good way to get away from his boss. According to Thai Residents the man is a construction worker on a site right…

  • Covid-19 NewsChon Buri bans alcohol sales 6pm to 6am

    Chon Buri bans alcohol sales 6pm to 6am

    Chonburi’s governor has banned the sale of alcohol in the province, including Pattaya, from 6am to 6pm, effective immediately, and restaurants are now only allowed to offer takeaways – all to fight the spread of the Covid-19 coronavirus. The order is over and above all other closures in the province over the past two weeks. The provisions of the order…

  • Pattaya NewsChon Buri crane collapse injures 3, damages homes – VIDEO

    Chon Buri crane collapse injures 3, damages homes – VIDEO

    A crane collapse in Chon Buri’s Banglamung district this morning has severely injured three and damaged six adjacent buildings. Authorities rushed to the scene after they were notified at 10:30am of the incident in the Naklua subdistrict, near Soi Sukhumwit Pattaya and Soi Esso. Officers, emergency responders and reporters arrived find the collapsed crane which had fallen and badly damaged six buildings,…

  • Pattaya NewsChon Buri police say illegal beauty clinics dumped dozens of syringes in canal

    Chon Buri police say illegal beauty clinics dumped dozens of syringes in canal

    Police in Chon Buri province are investigating after dozens of needles and blood capsules were found yesterday in a canal in the Samae San area near Sattahip. The Chonburi Public Health Department and Provincial Health Administration confirms that none of the needles or capsules came from local hospitals, clinics or government organizations. After investigating the needles and samples, officials say…

  • Crime NewsChon Buri sugarcane vendor dragged behind motorbike after thief steals his phone

    Chon Buri sugarcane vendor dragged behind motorbike after thief steals his phone

    An elderly sugarcane vendor in Chon Buri province’s Sattahip district sufferered multiple injuries when a potential customer stole his phone and tried to speed off on his motorbike, leading the vendor to grab onto the bike in a desperate attempt to to get it phone back. 63 year old Chaiyapat Warawan says a young Thai man about 20 years old…

  • Pattaya NewsDisabled Belgian man busted by Chon Buri’s “smart car”

    Disabled Belgian man busted by Chon Buri’s “smart car”

    A 57 year old Belgian man, who is disabled and uses a walker for mobility, was arrested earlier this week in Chon Buri province for overstaying his visa. Immigration officers found the man behind the Burapha hospital in the Bang Saen area on Thursday. They were using Chonburi Immigration’s new “smart car,” which allegedly identified the man using facial recognition…

  • Pattaya News20 kilogram python caught after dog gives warning in Sri Racha

    20 kilogram python caught after dog gives warning in Sri Racha

    A three meter long python was caught yesterday after a dog in Chon Buri province’s Sri Racha district barked out multiple warnings. Authorities were notified of in the afternoon of an incident at a house in Nongkham. Rescue workers arrived at the house to find the huge python near the house where the dog was barking at it and keeping…

  • Central Thailand NewsDanish man dies in Chon Buri skydiving incident

    Danish man dies in Chon Buri skydiving incident

    A 30 year old Danish man is dead after his parachute failed to open in central Thailand on Saturday. The incident occurred at a jump site in the Sri Racha district of Chon Buri province. Police were alerted at 12:30pm. The 30-year-old Danish national, Stefan Eiriksson Andersen, was found lying face-up and unconscious, blood coming from his mouth and nose.…

  • Transport NewsDramatic video shows high speed impact, eight British tourists injured on their way to Pattaya – VIDEO

    Dramatic video shows high speed impact, eight British tourists injured on their way to Pattaya – VIDEO

    Dramatic highway CCTV has now been released of the crash of the passenger van, injuring eight British tourists travelling from Suvarnabhumi Airport to Pattaya. Three were seriously injured in the high speed crash which scattered contents of the van over the road and grassed verge between the two sides of the motorway. Eight British tourists are in hospital after their…

  • Bangkok NewsEight British tourists injured in Thai passenger van crash – VIDEO

    Eight British tourists injured in Thai passenger van crash – VIDEO

    Eight British tourists are in hospital, three seriously injured, after their passenger van crashed into the median railing on the Bangkok-Chon Buri motorway. The incident occurred about 10:30am on the Pattaya-bound side of the road. The driver, 53 year old Thanakorn To-iam, said he picked up the passengers at Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok and was taking them to Pattaya when…

  • Thailand NewsBaby in a rush in Chon Buri, born with 12 fingers and 12 toes

    Baby in a rush in Chon Buri, born with 12 fingers and 12 toes

    PHOTOS: sanook.com A mother has given birth to a healthy baby girl on the side of the road in Chon Buri. It does happen, sometimes the baby can’t wait until mum arrives at hospital. But this special bundle of joy has 12 fingers and 12 toes. But this was no surprise to the mother and grandmother who also have six…

  • Pattaya NewsRunners run into a herd of Thai wild elephants, two injured

    Runners run into a herd of Thai wild elephants, two injured

    Runners in a Chon Buri trail running event over the weekend ran into a herd of wild elephants. One of the runners was injured during yesterday’s encounter. Volunteers revealed that the injured runner was among those participating in the 25 kilometre run along the Ploung Thong Trail in Chon Buri’s Bo Thong district. A volunteer told national park officials that…

  • Pattaya NewsNavy officer and two others killed in Chon Buri road smash

    Navy officer and two others killed in Chon Buri road smash

    PHOTOS: พัชรพล – ณัฐภูมินทร์ ปานรักษ์ A navy officer and two other people have died after a pickup truck collided with a sedan in Chon Buri earlier today. Plu Taluang Police were notified of the incident on Sattahip Pier Road in Sattahip at 4.30am this morning. Police and emergency responders arrived to find a completely wrecked sedan on the road. 27…

  • Thailand News56 elephant skeleton fragments found in a Chon Buri mine

    56 elephant skeleton fragments found in a Chon Buri mine

    PHOTOS: DNP 56 bones from an elephant skeleton have been found inside a mine area in Chon Buri yesterday. The Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation (DNP) reports that officials and veterinarians yesterday examined the 56 skeleton fragments of a male elephant found inside a mine in Chon Buri, just 300 metre from a protection zone. The elephant was…

  • Pattaya NewsCAAT probe crash of light-aircraft that killed South African pilot

    CAAT probe crash of light-aircraft that killed South African pilot

    The Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand (CAAT) has inspected the wreckage of a private light aircraft that crashed in Chon Buri’s Sri Racha district yesterday. The crash precipitated a fire that killed the 60 year old pilot, Mike Romberg from South Africa. The turboprop light aircraft crashed to the ground when it was about to make a landing at Rajamangala…

  • Thailand NewsChild porn and fraud arrests among festive season stings

    Child porn and fraud arrests among festive season stings

    by Suriya Patathayo “Eight suspects arrested over child pornography charges.” As the annual ‘silly season’ rolls out, immigration police chief Pol Maj-General Surachate Hakpal in Bangkok wanted to make sure we hadn’t forgotten him. In a media scrum yesterday he reported four recent arrests – “Net Idol” fraud suspects, the arrest of an alleged con artist using the lure of…

  • Pattaya NewsFamous 52 year old hippo gets a new home

    Famous 52 year old hippo gets a new home

    Mae Mali, the celebrated 52 year old hippo, has settled into a new home in the Khao Kheow Open Zoo in Chon Buri. Atthaporn Sriheran, director of the Khao Kheow zoo, said the longest living hippo in Thailand was moved from the closed Dusit Zoo in Bangkok to Khao Kheow on December 18. He said Mae Mali has fully rehabilitated…

  • Pattaya News72 year old fined 500 baht for blocking ambulance

    72 year old fined 500 baht for blocking ambulance

    by Preewadi Khunnaklad. PHOTO: The Nation A 72 year old white sedan driver, caught on camera as the person behind the wheel of a car blocking an ambulance on Sukhumvit Road in Chon Buri’s Muang district, has been fined 500 baht as he acknowledged the charge of driving in a manner to block traffic. Muang Chon Buri superintendent Pol Colonel Atinan…