Pattayaone.net reported that a Norwegian resident of Pattaya was attacked and robbed by three men as he walked back to his home in Jomtien early on Wednesday Morning. Officers were called to Soi Watboon in Jomtien just before 2am and met with the victim, Mr. Richard Dahl aged 67 who appeared to be in an intoxicated state. He refused medical treatment for his head and lower-body injuries and was taken to Dongtan Police Station on Jomtien Beach where he explained that he had spent the night in a bar on Jomtien Beach and when he was walking home he was initially approached by a woman who suggested the pair go for some late night fun. Read Article
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Thai Man Arrested for Raping British Student according to bangkokpost.com. Police have arrested a 26-year-old man for the rape of a 20-year-old British student. Pongpat Bowsoey has confessed to the rape of a 20-year-old British student in Nakhon Si Thammarat. Pongpat Bowsoey, 26, confessed to police that he was out eating late Friday night when […]
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North Korea has threatened the South with “final destruction” saying it could take second and third steps after a nuclear test last week. Speaking at the UN Conference on Disarmament in Geneva, North Korean diplomat Jon Yong Ryong said: “As the saying goes, a new-born puppy knows no fear of a tiger. South Korea’s erratic […]
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Japantimes.com reported that thirty-four people were injured when a tourist bus and a Self-Defense Forces truck collided Saturday on a road in Fukuoka Prefecture, police reported. The truck’s two SDF personnel sustained broken bones, while the tour conductor and 31 passengers on the bus received minor injuries in the accident in Asakura, according to the […]
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bt.com.bn reported that a series of blasts shook a town in the restive Thai south leaving three dead and 17 wounded, officials said yesterday, days after a major attack on a military base in the unrest-hit region. Three bombs have exploded in the provincial town of Pattani since late Saturday, while police said four more […]
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Three American tourists came to the Pattaya police station to complain about being scammed by a Pattaya tour agency. The victims were identified as Mr. Viac Heslavm Akhmetor, age 62; and Mrs. Lyudmila Akhmetor, age 62, an American couple formerly of Latvia. They were visiting Pattaya with their elder sister; Mrs. Svetlana Latvijas Smite, age […]
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pattayadailynews.com reported that at 3:15 a.m., a report by bystanders that a white man was using a rock to bash a parked police pickup truck near Beach Road was received by Pol. Maj. Col. Kowit Sawatmongkol, crime suppression inspector of Pattaya police station. The official police pick-up truck belonged to the Pattaya police station, and […]
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A 20-year-old Scottish tourist was raped by two Thai men in Nakhon Si Thammarat province. She had been drinking heavily with her Scottish boyfriend, who went back to their room to sleep. As she was walking, a pickup truck of Thai men stopped and dragged her to a nearby building and raped her. The incident […]
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According to dw.de, gunmen have stormed a military base in southern Thailand, according to an army spokesman. The assault, which is the most deadly in some eight years of violence, has left at least 16 militants dead. The gun battle between soldiers and at least 60 insurgents happened Wednesday in the province of Narathiwat on […]
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ruvr.ru reported that Seismic activity has been detected in North Korea with an earthquake measuring 4.9 registered by the U.S. Geological Survey. North Korea is not prone to seismic activity and the seismic activity could possibly indicating that the country has carried out a promised nuclear test. Read Article
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