Petch Petpailin

Petpailin, or Petch, is a Thai translator and writer for The Thaiger who focuses on translating breakingThai news stories into English. With a background in field journalism, Petch brings several years of experience to the English News desk at The Thaiger. Before joining The Thaiger, Petch worked as a content writer for several known blogging sites in Bangkok, including Happio and The Smart Local. Her articles have been syndicated by many big publishers in Thailand and internationally, including the Daily Mail, The Sun and the Bangkok Post. She is a news writer who stops reading news on the weekends to spend more time cafe hopping and petting dwarf shrimp! But during office hours, you can find Petch on LinkedIn and you can reach her by email at petch@thethaiger.com.
  • Pattaya NewsForeign motorcyclist flees after hitting Thai delivery rider (video)

    Foreign motorcyclist flees after hitting Thai delivery rider (video)

    A Thai food delivery rider is seeking justice after a foreign motorcyclist hit him on a road in Pattaya and immediately sped away, even though he was injured in the accident. The 35 year old victim, Surasak, shared dashcam footage of the incident with various news agencies to locate the foreign motorcyclist. He told Channel 7 that the incident took…

  • Phuket NewsFare play: Bolt driver warns after Indian couple scams free airport ride

    Fare play: Bolt driver warns after Indian couple scams free airport ride

    A Thai Bolt driver took to social media to issue a warning to others after an Indian couple tricked him into providing them with a free ride to Phuket International Airport. The driver urged the Facebook news page โหดจัง จังหวัดภูเก็ต (which translates to Phuket is brutal) to share his story and warn others not to fall victim to similar fraudulent…

  • Bangkok NewsSecret door at Don Mueang Airport sparks investigation

    Secret door at Don Mueang Airport sparks investigation

    A former MP accused a transport minister and officials of corruption, alleging that they allowed people to enter and exit Don Mueang International Airport in Bangkok via a secret door without passing through immigration and customs. Watchara Phetthong, a former MP from the Democrat Party, submitted a complaint to the Office of the National Anti-Corruption Commission (ONACC) regarding a secret…

  • Thailand NewsThai actress suspended, beauty queen removed over soup attack

    Thai actress suspended, beauty queen removed over soup attack

    A production company suspended a Thai actress and the organiser of a beauty pageant cancelled a transgender beauty queen’s title following their alleged involvement with two suspects in the hot soup attack on an LGBTQIA+ university student in Pathum Thani province near Bangkok. Officers from Khlong Luang Police Station arrested two LGBTQIA+ university students from Bangkok University, 22 year old…

  • Bangkok NewsThai soldier dies in Bangkok public park in suspected suicide

    Thai soldier dies in Bangkok public park in suspected suicide

    A Thai soldier reportedly took his own life at a public volleyball court in Wachirabenchathat Park, also known as Rot Fai Park, in the Chatuchak district of Bangkok last night. A group of people playing volleyball fled the court after hearing a gunshot close to them at around 8pm, yesterday, February 10. Once the situation calmed, they returned to the…

  • Phuket NewsRussian woman arrested for smoking in Phuket shopping mall

    Russian woman arrested for smoking in Phuket shopping mall

    Phuket police officers arrested a Russian woman who fled without paying for a haircut and smoked a cigarette inside a shopping mall despite a warning from security guards. The news Facebook page โหดจัง จังหวัดภูเก็ต (which translates to Phuket is so brutal) shared the video of the foreign woman yesterday, February 10, with a caption that read… “What drugs are you high…

  • Krabi NewsForeign woman rescued after six hours floating off Krabi coast

    Foreign woman rescued after six hours floating off Krabi coast

    Thai fishermen rescued a foreign woman who had been floating in the middle of the sea for six hours in the southern province of Krabi yesterday, February 10. A Thai woman, Arun, reported to the community leader in Krabi’s Khlong Thom district that one of her employees found a foreign woman floating in the sea about 6 kilometres from Koh…

  • Phuket News4 foreign hackers behind 560 million baht malware scam arrested in Phuket

    4 foreign hackers behind 560 million baht malware scam arrested in Phuket

    Royal Thai Police (RTP) arrested four foreign hackers who fled Switzerland to evade arrest warrants to hide in Phuket after operating a malware scam that defrauded more than 1,000 victims, causing total losses of over US$16 million, or approximately 560 million baht. Swiss officials sought cooperation from the RTP to extradite the four malware scammers back to Switzerland for further legal…

  • Thailand NewsKenyan man flees call centre scam gang in Myanmar to Thailand

    Kenyan man flees call centre scam gang in Myanmar to Thailand

    A Kenyan man fled a brutal assault by a call centre scam gang in Myanmar and sought help from Thai residents in the Phop Phra district of Tak province yesterday, February 9. Officers from Phop Phra Police Station and residents assisted the 30 year old Kenyan man, Jame Opunde Amunga, who escaped from Myawaddy, Myanmar. He arrived at a local…

  • Thailand NewsThai girl reunited with Swiss hero who saved her life in car accident

    Thai girl reunited with Swiss hero who saved her life in car accident

    A 15 year old Thai girl expressed her gratitude to a Swiss man who saved her from a road accident in the Isaan province of Buriram last year. The 46 year old Thai woman, Rattanaporn, and her 15 year old daughter, Piyathida, had been searching for the foreign man who helped Piyathida after the accident last year. With the help of…

  • Phuket NewsWitnesses overturn car to save motorcyclist who later dies in hospital

    Witnesses overturn car to save motorcyclist who later dies in hospital

    Nearly 20 Thai, Burmese, and foreign witnesses worked together to overturn a sedan to save a motorcyclist who was trapped beneath the vehicle on a road in Phuket yesterday, February 9. They successfully retrieved the rider but he later succumbed to his injuries in hospital. The Phuket Times shared a touching video showing a group of people working hard to…

  • Bangkok NewsJealous Thai man sets fire to ex-wife’s boyfriend leading to fatality

    Jealous Thai man sets fire to ex-wife’s boyfriend leading to fatality

    A jealous Thai man set fire to his ex-wife’s boyfriend in a temple parking lot in Bangkok on Friday, February 8, leading to the victim’s death. Officers from Bang Pongpang Police Station and rescuers from the Poe Teck Tung Foundation rushed to the Dokmai Temple’s car park after reports of a fire. Upon arrival, they found a Suzuki pickup ablaze, with…

  • Phuket News5 foreigners, 2 Thais arrested at illegal nurseries and Muay Thai gym

    5 foreigners, 2 Thais arrested at illegal nurseries and Muay Thai gym

    Police arrested five foreigners and two Thai citizens at illegal nurseries and a Muay Thai training gym in Phuket on Friday, February 7. Phuket Provincial Police officers raided three suspicious businesses in the province on Friday, including two nurseries in the Thalang district and a Muay Thai training gym in the Mueang district. At the first nursery, police encountered 10…

  • Thailand News3 suspicious men spotted near scene of suitcase with dead body

    3 suspicious men spotted near scene of suitcase with dead body

    A local Thai woman encountered two suspicious vehicles and three dubious men near the scene where a suitcase containing a naked body was discovered in the eastern province of Rayong. A local fisherman noticed an unpleasant smell coming from the suitcase while fishing in a canal near a shopping mall in Rayong province on Friday, February 7, and decided to…

  • Thailand NewsForeign TikToker goes viral for innocent mistake with Thai monks

    Foreign TikToker goes viral for innocent mistake with Thai monks

    A foreign man went viral on Thai social media for his TikTok video featuring an innocent mistake with two Thai monks at an airport in Thailand. The TikTok account @thibo_fockenoy shared a video of him requesting to take a picture with two Thai monks at the airport last week. The foreign man captioned the video, “Very loving people, though. #thailand…

  • Thailand News2 Thai LGBTQIA+ university students arrested for soup attack

    2 Thai LGBTQIA+ university students arrested for soup attack

    Police arrested two LGBTQIA+ university students in a soup attack on another student in Pathum Thani province near Bangkok on Friday, February 7, and denied their bail requests. The victim, whose name remains undisclosed, filed a complaint with Khlong Luang Police Station on Friday following the attack at a restaurant, reportedly over financial issues. At the station, the victim happened…

  • Phuket NewsForeign man steals iPhone worth nearly 60,000 baht from Phuket shop

    Foreign man steals iPhone worth nearly 60,000 baht from Phuket shop

    A foreign man remains at large after stealing an iPhone worth nearly 60,000 baht from a local shop near Chalong Intersection in Phuket. A Thai man took to social media in an attempt to track down the foreign thief who stole from his younger sister’s mobile phone shop near Chalong Intersection on Wednesday, February 5. He shared CCTV footage of the…

  • Bangkok News8 South Koreans arrested for illegally teaching in Bangkok schools

    8 South Koreans arrested for illegally teaching in Bangkok schools

    Officers from the Immigration Bureau arrested eight South Korean nationals for working illegally as teachers at two language schools in Bangkok. The officers raided two language schools in the Bang Na and Ratchada areas of Bangkok yesterday, February 6. The schools had multiple separate classrooms, each equipped with students’ tables and teachers’ tools, including whiteboards, student exercises, Korean textbooks, and…

  • Thailand NewsThai MP with history of sexual assaults accused of raping Taiwanese woman

    Thai MP with history of sexual assaults accused of raping Taiwanese woman

    Police issued an arrest warrant for a Thai Progress Party MP for allegedly raping a Taiwanese woman at a hotel in Chiang Mai province on January 9. The Taiwanese woman filed a complaint against MP Chaiyamphawan “Puaut” Munpianjit at Mueang Chiang Mai Police Station following the incident, which took place at 2am on January 9. The alleged assault occurred at…

  • Phuket NewsScouting trouble: Russian woman nabbed after uniform theft in Phuket

    Scouting trouble: Russian woman nabbed after uniform theft in Phuket

    Police arrested a Russian woman in Phuket after breaking into a local’s house and stealing a scout uniform before leaving. The homeowner took to social media to share details of the unusual theft with his followers. He posted a picture of a leopard-print shirt along with a caption that read… “Beware of a Russian woman walking around in a scout…

  • Thailand News4 Israeli men arrested and deported after chaos at Pai Hospital

    4 Israeli men arrested and deported after chaos at Pai Hospital

    Immigration Bureau officers arrested and deported four Israeli men who caused chaos at Pai Hospital and within the community in the northern province of Mae Hong Son. The disruption at the hospital and in Pai district came to light after a medical team shared details of the incident on the Facebook page AggressiveDoctor. A doctor reported feeling exhausted and unsafe,…

  • Thailand NewsThai man accidentally stabs New Zeland son-in-law in Buriram

    Thai man accidentally stabs New Zeland son-in-law in Buriram

    A Thai man accidentally stabbed his New Zealand son-in-law at their shared home in the Isaan province of Buriram yesterday while attempting to attack his drug-addicted nephew. Officers from Prakhonchai Police Station investigated the stabbing at a house in the Ban Bordin community in Prakhonchai district, Buriram, yesterday afternoon, February 6. They found the 60 year old New Zealand man…

  • Thailand NewsThai Grab rider shocked after being booked to transport corpse at 53 baht

    Thai Grab rider shocked after being booked to transport corpse at 53 baht

    A Thai Grab motorcycle rider took to social media to share his experience of being booked for 53 baht to transport a corpse to a temple in Pathum Thani province near Bangkok. The Grab rider shared a screenshot of the booking and his conversation with the female passenger on a Facebook group for Grab drivers on Wednesday, February 5. The…

  • Thailand News4 Israeli men fined for causing chaos at hospital in Mae Hong Son

    4 Israeli men fined for causing chaos at hospital in Mae Hong Son

    Police fined four Israeli men 3,000 baht each for causing chaos at Pai Hospital in the northern province of Mae Hong Son on February 2 by entering an emergency room without permission. The medical professionals at Pai Hospital expressed their dissatisfaction with Israeli nationals in the province to Channel 7 following the incident. One of the doctors revealed that a…

  • Thailand NewsThai woman confesses to burning father alive over money dispute

    Thai woman confesses to burning father alive over money dispute

    A Thai woman confessed to burning her father to death in a hut in the Isaan province of Kalasin after he refused to give her money. The 73 year old man, Boonliang Jannsri, was burned to death in a hut in the Khong Chai district of Kalasin. His body was discovered on January 31, with clear signs of foul play, as…

  • Thailand NewsCall centre scams stay lit while Burmese locals suffer Thai power cut

    Call centre scams stay lit while Burmese locals suffer Thai power cut

    Innocent Burmese nationals, affected by Thailand’s measures to combat call centre scams, visited petrol stations to stock up, causing the price to rise. As part of a solution to tackle the call centre scam issue, the Thai government cut off power in five key areas of Myanmar, which were believed to be the headquarters of the scam gangs. In addition…

  • Thailand NewsThai man assaulted by seller for trying on shoes without buying

    Thai man assaulted by seller for trying on shoes without buying

    A Thai woman took to social media to seek justice for her family after a shoe seller at a shopping mall in the Si Racha district of Chon Buri physically assaulted her husband when their son tried on a pair of shoes but did not buy them. The woman named Ploysai shared videos of the assault on her TikTok account,…

  • Phuket NewsPublic debate erupts after over foreign foot masseur in Phuket

    Public debate erupts after over foreign foot masseur in Phuket

    Thai netizens demanded action from relevant government departments after a viral video showed a foreign man working as a foot masseur in Phuket. The video showing the foreign man providing a foot massage service to two customers was shared by the Phuket Times yesterday, February 5. In the video, the foreigner was seen cleaning the feet of male and female…

  • Bangkok NewsForeign man stabs Thai app-based motorcycle rider in car park

    Foreign man stabs Thai app-based motorcycle rider in car park

    A foreign man refused to pay a transport fare and stabbed a Thai app-based motorcycle rider in the car park of a shopping mall in Bangkok’s Pathum Wan district on January 24. A video of a foreigner arguing with a Thai app-based motorcycle rider was shared on a Thai social media platform last month but it only gained attention from…

  • Pattaya NewsEscaped Thai inmate from Nonthaburi caught on Chon Buri beach

    Escaped Thai inmate from Nonthaburi caught on Chon Buri beach

    Police arrested an inmate who had escaped from Nonthaburi Provincial Prison on February 2 while enjoying the beach in Chon Buri. The 32 year old prisoner, Wasan Obnual, seized an opportunity while working for the Department of Corrections at the Corrections Museum in Nonthaburi to escape. He immediately took a taxi back home, which was close to both the museum…