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 NewsSouth Korean man injured in restaurant bill dispute with Pattaya women | Thaiger

    South Korean man injured in restaurant bill dispute with Pattaya women

    A South Korean man sustained a cut wound to his hand after attempting to wrest a knife from a Thai woman during a dispute over a restaurant bill in Pattaya. Rescuers from the Sawang Borriboon Dhammasathan Foundation were dispatched to a small alley near Pattaya Walking Street at around 9am, yesterday, April 23, to provide first aid to the 32…

  • Thailand NewsThai pharmacist praised for offering free medicine to struggling family | Thaiger

    Thai pharmacist praised for offering free medicine to struggling family

    A Thai father and his daughter returned to a pharmacy in the central province of Samut Sakhon to express their gratitude after free medicine from the shop helped the girl recover from an illness. The owner and pharmacist of the Baan Look Moo Drug Store in Samut Sakhon, Aoffy, shared the heartwarming story via a video on her TikTok account,…

  • Thailand NewsThai tour guide under fire for serving fruits in the sea | Thaiger

    Thai tour guide under fire for serving fruits in the sea

    An online drama erupted after a Thai tour guide shared a video of her team member serving fruit to foreign tourists while they were swimming in the sea. The tour guide posted the video on her TikTok account but later deleted it following criticism. However, several local news Facebook pages shared screenshots of the footage, further fuelling attention from the…

  • Pattaya NewsThai ex-wife and new partner of foreign man brawl in Pattaya bar | Thaiger

    Thai ex-wife and new partner of foreign man brawl in Pattaya bar

    Drama erupted in the twilight hours of today as a foreign man’s boozy bar night in Pattaya spiralled into chaos. His Thai ex-wife clashed with his new partner, igniting a fierce brawl that left onlookers stunned. Rescuers from the Sawang Borriboon Dhammastan Foundation rushed to a bar in the Jomtien area of Pattaya to transport two injured women to a…

  • Bangkok NewsPregnant Thai woman released on bail after killing mistress | Thaiger

    Pregnant Thai woman released on bail after killing mistress

    Police released a pregnant woman on bail of 150,000 baht after she fatally attacked her husband’s mistress at a love hotel in the Min Buri district of Bangkok on April 21. Police granted bail to a pregnant woman, posting 150,000 baht, after she allegedly launched a fatal attack on her husband’s mistress at a love hotel in Bangkok’s Min Buri district.…

  • Pattaya NewsFake Pattaya taxi rider arrested for stealing from Russian woman | Thaiger

    Fake Pattaya taxi rider arrested for stealing from Russian woman

    Police arrested a Thai man who posed as a motorcycle taxi rider, stole from a Russian woman, and attempted to rob a Thai woman in Pattaya at the weekend. The Thai woman, 21 year old Wichayada, and the Russian woman, Liliia, lodged complaints with Mueang Pattaya Police Station on Sunday, April 20, after being targeted by a man impersonating a…

  • Thailand NewsPain in the neck: American kicks off outside Chiang Mai shop | Thaiger

    Pain in the neck: American kicks off outside Chiang Mai shop

    An American man with a serious neck injury yesterday refused medical treatment and caused a public disturbance outside a convenience store in Chiang Mai province. A witness recorded a video of the foreign man yesterday, April 22, causing a fracas and shared it with the local news Facebook page, Guru Guroo Chiang Mai. The footage, filmed from inside the witness’s…

  • Thailand NewsThai hotel maid stabbed over 50 times by mentally ill guest | Thaiger

    Thai hotel maid stabbed over 50 times by mentally ill guest

    Police arrested a mentally ill taxi driver who fatally stabbed a maid during his stay at a hotel in the central province of Amnat Charoen yesterday, April 22. The victim sustained more than 50 stab wounds. Hotel staff reported the brutal assault on the 61 year old Thai maid, Suwannee, to officers at Mueang Amnat Charoen Police Station. Police responded…

  • Thailand NewsThai taxi driver wins lottery, gives passengers free ride and cash | Thaiger

    Thai taxi driver wins lottery, gives passengers free ride and cash

    A Thai taxi driver promised to offer a free ride plus 200 baht in cash to three passengers if he won a lottery ticket. Guess what? Yes, he indeed won it. A Thai woman shared a video on her TikTok account, @featployda, on Sunday, April 20, capturing the moment she, her friends, and the taxi driver awaited the lottery results…

  • Phuket NewsDrunk foreign man ends Phuket beach party with graveyard nap | Thaiger

    Drunk foreign man ends Phuket beach party with graveyard nap

    Locals in the Bang Tao area of Phuket rescued a drunk foreign man who was found sleeping in a graveyard after attending a beach party. The Phuket Times shared photos of the man lying on a grassy area yesterday, April 21, with the caption: “5.20pm. A foreigner was found lying unconscious in the Bang Tao kubur (kubur means burial ground…

  • Thailand News3 Thai universities deny offering student visas to illegal Chinese workers | Thaiger

    3 Thai universities deny offering student visas to illegal Chinese workers

    Three universities in northern Thailand denied allegations that they illegally issued student visas to Chinese nationals who were secretly working on construction sites across the country. The Facebook news page, รู้ทันจีน (Roo Than Jeen, meaning “Know China”), claimed yesterday, April 21, that several universities in Thailand provided student visas to Chinese nationals who were not enrolled as students, thereby enabling…

  • Thailand News17 year old Thai girl fatally shot after glance exchange at restaurant | Thaiger

    17 year old Thai girl fatally shot after glance exchange at restaurant

    Police are searching for a gunman who fatally shot a 17 year old girl on Sunday, April 20, while she was riding a motorcycle. The incident allegedly stemmed from an exchange of glances at a barbecue restaurant in the central province of Pathum Thani. Medical staff at Rangsit Hospital alerted officers from Khu Khot Police Station after the victim, known…

  • Thailand News9 month old baby boy survives accident that kills family in Thailand | Thaiger

    9 month old baby boy survives accident that kills family in Thailand

    A nine month old baby boy was the sole survivor of a deadly car accident on Phetchakasem Road in the southern province of Prachuap Khiri Khan, which claimed the lives of his parents and grandmother. A Thai doctor shared the tragic story of the infant on his clinic’s Facebook page, Yingyos Orthopaedic Clinic, yesterday, April 21. He explained that he…

  • Bangkok NewsPregnant woman fatally attacks mistress at Bangkok love hotel | Thaiger

    Pregnant woman fatally attacks mistress at Bangkok love hotel

    An eight-month pregnant woman yesterday fatally attacked her husband’s mistress at a love hotel in the Min Buri district of Bangkok. The man later confessed that he was scared of his wife and did not dare to intervene during the assault. Officers from Min Buri Police Station launched an investigation at the resort and interviewed staff who witnessed the incident. The…

  • Thailand NewsRussian teacher urges Thais to drop ‘Farang’ if ‘Ni Hao’ is deemed racist | Thaiger

    Russian teacher urges Thais to drop ‘Farang’ if ‘Ni Hao’ is deemed racist

    A Russian language teacher urged Thai people to stop using the word “farang” to refer to foreigners if they view the term “Ni Hao” as racist. The controversy surrounding the phrase “Ni Hao” erupted on Thai social media after a former Thai-Scottish park ranger, Siranudh “Sai” Scott, shared a video about the issue last week. In the video, Sai explained that…

  • Phuket NewsArrest warrant issued against Swiss man who kicked Thai doctor | Thaiger

    Arrest warrant issued against Swiss man who kicked Thai doctor

    Phuket Kwaeng Court issued an arrest warrant for a Swiss man who allegedly kicked a female Thai doctor in the back outside his luxury villa in Phuket after he failed to appear in court as scheduled. The 27 year old Thai doctor, Tarndao Chandam, filed a lawsuit against 46 year old Swiss national Urs Fehr in February last year. She…

  • Bangkok NewsThai man stabs ex-girlfriend 12 times in Bangkok rented room | Thaiger

    Thai man stabs ex-girlfriend 12 times in Bangkok rented room

    A Thai man murdered his ex-girlfriend by stabbing her 12 times in a rented room in Bangkok on Saturday, 19 April, after seeing her with a new boyfriend. Officers from Wat Phraya Krai Police Station, along with a medical team from Charoenkrung Pracharak Hospital, rushed to assist the victim, 28 year old Nattacha Tojeen, and arrested the perpetrator, 29 year old…

  • Pattaya NewsPattaya tourists use water guns to put out fire on food cart | Thaiger

    Pattaya tourists use water guns to put out fire on food cart

    A group of tourists attending the Wan Lai Festival, an extension of the Songkran Festival in Pattaya, helped to extinguish a fire on a food cart using their water guns. A video capturing the remarkable moment when tourists assisted a Thai vendor in suppressing the fire on his cart was shared by Channel 7 yesterday, April 20. The incident occurred…

  • Thailand NewsDrug-fuelled gay man arrested after stabbing and setting monk on fire | Thaiger

    Drug-fuelled gay man arrested after stabbing and setting monk on fire

    Police arrested a gay man for attacking a monk with a Stanley knife and setting him on fire at a temple in the northeastern province of Buriram. The monk remains in critical condition. Officers from Huayrat Police Station were called to assist the severely injured monk, 70 year old Suppatin Taewonrum, at Ta Sao Temple in Huayrat district, Buriram, on…

  • Thailand NewsUdon Thani train station security guard accused of sexual assault | Thaiger

    Udon Thani train station security guard accused of sexual assault

    An 18 year old Thai woman accused a security guard at a train station in the northeastern province of Udon Thani of sexually assaulting her. The guard denied the allegation. The young woman called officers from Mueang Udon Police Station to Udon Thani Railway Station at 3.30am on Saturday, April 19, reporting that the 53 year old security guard, identified…

  • Thailand News7 deaths and over 30 injuries reported in Prachin Buri bus accident | Thaiger

    7 deaths and over 30 injuries reported in Prachin Buri bus accident

    A coach bus collided with a 12-wheel truck in the central province of Prachin Buri in the early hours of this morning resulting in seven deaths and more than 30 injuries. Officers from Wang Khon Daeng Police Station responded to the scene on Highway 304 in the Nadee district at around 1.30am, today, April 21. According to reports, the coach…

  • Thailand NewsRayong locals affected by pollution and flood from illegal land filling | Thaiger

    Rayong locals affected by pollution and flood from illegal land filling

    Residents in the eastern province of Rayong are seeking justice after a 10-metre-high illegal land filling, allegedly developed by a Chinese investor, caused severe air pollution and flooded their homes with mud during recent rainfall. Locals living in a housing development adjacent to the plot of land in Makham Khu sub-district, Nikhom Phatthana district, Rayong, raised the issue publicly, hoping…

  • Bangkok News4 Indian nationals rescued from kidnapping gang in Bangkok | Thaiger

    4 Indian nationals rescued from kidnapping gang in Bangkok

    Police today successfully rescued four Indian nationals from a kidnapping for ransom operation carried out by fellow countrymen at a house in Bangkok. An Indian man named Sanjeeve Kumar filed a complaint with officers at Yannawa Police Station on Wednesday, April 16 after learning that his two friends, Ramesh Sharmar and Amandeep Kajal, were detained by a criminal gang. Sharmar’s…

  • Thailand NewsDrunk pickup driver crashes into family and blocks medical aid | Thaiger

    Drunk pickup driver crashes into family and blocks medical aid

    A 70 year old drunk Thai man crashed his pickup into a motorcycle carrying a family of four on a road in the southern province of Phatthalung and obstructed rescue workers from providing medical assistance to the injured. The Phatthalung Rescue Foundation responded promptly to the incident, which occurred on Manora Road in the Kuan Maphrao district on the night…

  • Bangkok NewsDead baby on street: Thai woman claims she mistook labour for urge to urinate | Thaiger

    Dead baby on street: Thai woman claims she mistook labour for urge to urinate

    A Thai woman, who gave birth and left her newborn to die on a street in Bangkok during the Songkran festival, claimed she took drugs and mistook the signs of labour for the need to urinate. The 27 year old woman, Piyathida, shocked the public when her newborn daughter’s body was discovered on a street outside a village in Bangkok’s…

  • Thailand NewsReckless BMW driver shifts blame in viral pickup pile-up crash | Thaiger

    Reckless BMW driver shifts blame in viral pickup pile-up crash

    The aggressive BMW driver captured in a viral video intentionally ramming into a pickup, arrogantly insisted that both he and the injured pickup driver were at fault, the public disagrees. The incident occurred on the Bangkok Outer Ring Road motorway in Pathum Thani and quickly gained public attention after the Facebook page Here on Board (เฮียขับรถ) shared multiple dashcam videos of…

  • Thailand NewsBig splash: Thai swimming coach denies sexually assaulting trainee | Thaiger

    Big splash: Thai swimming coach denies sexually assaulting trainee

    A Thai swimming coach denied sexually assaulting a female trainee at a condominium pool in Nonthaburi province near Bangkok and countersued her for allegedly damaging his reputation. The 26 year old Thai woman, whose identity remains undisclosed, filed a complaint against the swimming coach with officers at Bang Sri Mueang Police Station. She alleged that the coach touched her excessively, beyond…

  • Thailand NewsThai influencer apologises after wearing Islamic attire to promote pork | Thaiger

    Thai influencer apologises after wearing Islamic attire to promote pork

    A Thai social media influencer issued an apology after sparking criticism for wearing Islamic attire while promoting grilled pork at his restaurant in the northern province of Phetchabun. The 48 year old influencer, Charoensak “Tony” Phosichai, better known online as Uncle Tony, posted a TikTok video promoting his restaurant, ครัวลุงโทนี่ (Krua Lung Tony which translates to Uncle Tony’s Kitchen). In the…

  • Thailand NewsAngry Swedish man refuses help after crashing pickup in Buriram | Thaiger

    Angry Swedish man refuses help after crashing pickup in Buriram

    A Swedish man refused assistance from a rescue team and expressed anger after crashing his pickup into a streetlight in the Isaan province of Buriram on Tuesday, April 15. The man’s Thai wife told rescue workers not to take her husband’s anger personally, stating he’d had brain surgery. The Hook 31 Rescue Foundation rushed to the accident scene on the Rahan…

  • Thailand NewsThai-Scottish park ranger resigns after row with racist foreigner | Thaiger

    Thai-Scottish park ranger resigns after row with racist foreigner

    A renowned half-Thai, half-Scottish park ranger announced his resignation following a conflict with an allegedly racist foreigner in the sea off Krabi in southern Thailand. The Thai-Scottish park ranger, 29 year old Siranudh “Sai” Scott, better known on social media as Sai Merman, made headlines in February after an argument with an Italian tourist. The Italian man reportedly violated a national…