Top Pattaya News From The Last Week: Korean Kidnapping Victim Found in Reservoir, Migrant Beggars Busted, and More

Greetings to all our readers and supporters!

We have gathered together here our top LOCAL stories that happened in our areas, Pattaya and Chonburi, in the last week from Monday, May 6th, to Sunday, May 12th, 2024.

The stories are chosen by our editorial team and are not in any particular order of importance but roughly in order of publishing.

1. Pattaya Police Bust Massive Motorbike Theft Ring, Reclaim 14 Stolen Motorbikes

The police arrested four suspects during this operation.

Pattaya Police Bust Massive Motorbike Theft Ring, Reclaim 14 Stolen Motorbikes

2. Pattaya Aims to Attract More Tourists from the Middle East with Health and Wellness Tourism

Pattaya City officials hope this will help increase tourism overall.

Pattaya Aims to Attract More Tourists from the Middle East with Health and Wellness Tourism

3. Pattaya Residents Complain About Illegal Migrant Workers Stealing Jobs and Begging in the City

Some of the beggars were eventually arrested following the complaints. However, police are still searching for illegal immigrants that some locals believe are taking jobs away from Thai people.

Pattaya Residents Complain About Illegal Migrant Workers Stealing Jobs and Begging in the City

4. Pattaya Tourist Bus Driver Hits Foreign Cyclist and Escapes

Pattaya police are in the process of contacting the injured cyclist to gather more information and are also searching for the bus driver and the bus’s registration number.

Pattaya Tourist Bus Driver Hits Foreign Cyclist and Escapes

5. Police Find Body of Missing Korean Man in Plastic Barrel in Pattaya Reservoir

The victim was believed to have been kidnapped for ransom.

Police Find Body of Missing Korean Man in Plastic Barrel in Pattaya Reservoir

That’s all for this week, as always thanks for your support!

The original version of this article appeared on our sister website, The Pattaya News, owned by our parent company TPN media.

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Tanakorn Panyadee
The Latest Local News Translator at The Pattaya News. Aim is a twenty-two year old who currently lives and studies in his last year of college in Bangkok. Interested in English translation, story-telling, and entrepreneurship, he believes that hard-working is an indispensable component of every success in this world.