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.
  • Thailand NewsThai teacher caught livestreaming under skirt while teaching

    Thai teacher caught livestreaming under skirt while teaching

    The Teachers’ Council of Thailand banned a teacher from her profession after she livestreamed under her skirt while teaching children at a primary school in the central province of Lopburi. A Facebook news page, Esor News 3, shared a screenshot of the Bigo Live application video of the teacher in class on Thursday, June 27, with the caption: “What do you…

  • Thailand News21 Moroccan held by call centre scam gang seeks Thailand’s help

    21 Moroccan held by call centre scam gang seeks Thailand’s help

    Moroccan nationals held captive by a call centre scam gang in Myanmar, near Tak province in northern Thailand, appealed to the Thai government for help. They reported being forced to commit fraud, physically assaulted and held for ransom. The Moroccans contacted The Exodus Road Foundation in April after being coerced into working as scammers by the gang in Myanmar’s Karen…

  • Thailand NewsPattaya punch-up: Indian men’s street brawl goes viral

    Pattaya punch-up: Indian men’s street brawl goes viral

    A viral video on Thai social media platforms showed three Indian men involved in a physical altercation in the middle of the road in Pattaya. The motive for the incident has not been made public. The video, shared on social media and by several news agencies yesterday, June 30, featured two Indian men in striped shirts attacking another Indian man…

  • Thailand NewsFire under Ramkamhaeng Airport Rail Link Station under control

    Fire under Ramkamhaeng Airport Rail Link Station under control

    A ferocious fire broke out at a house and stalls under the Ramkhamhaeng Airport Rail Link Station in Bangkok at around 4.30am today. The situation is under control, no deaths or injuries were reported and train services resumed at 8.30am, today, July 1. Praram Radio Centre 199 received a report of the blaze at about 4.30am. The fire reportedly started…

  • Thailand NewsFare game: Thai man fights taxi overcharge at Krabi Airport

    Fare game: Thai man fights taxi overcharge at Krabi Airport

    A Thai man lodged a complaint at the Ministry of Interior after a taxi driver at Krabi International Airport attempted to overcharge him 2,500 baht for a 12-kilometre trip. The actual taxi fare is 400 baht. The 30 year old man visited Krabi Provincial Damrongtham Centre, under the Ministry of Interior, yesterday, June 25, to report the cheating taxi driver.…

  • Thailand NewsForeigner’s key theft at Chon Buri hotel unlocks social media storm

    Foreigner’s key theft at Chon Buri hotel unlocks social media storm

    A Thai hotel owner took to social media to expose the behaviour of a foreign man who stole a key to her hotel in Chon Buri and stayed there overnight without permission or payment. A video of the Thai woman arguing with the foreigner was shared with news Facebook page Social Hunter 2022. The page shared the video yesterday, June…

  • Thailand NewsDrug-addicted delivery driver charged for groping woman in Isaan

    Drug-addicted delivery driver charged for groping woman in Isaan

    A drug-addicted delivery driver high on Yaba groped a woman’s breasts while on duty at a motorcycle showroom in the Isaan province of Udon Thani. His wife attempted to settle the matter by paying the victim 1,000 baht but she insisted on legal action. The 28 year old victim, Fon, called officers from Mueang Udon Thani Police Station to her…

  • Crime NewsPattaya ladyboy tricks woman into prostitution with fake debt claim

    Pattaya ladyboy tricks woman into prostitution with fake debt claim

    A Thai ladyboy and her gang members tricked a woman in Pattaya into prostitution, claiming she had a 120,000 baht debt and had to sell sex to repay it. The victim, 22 year old A, shared a video of when the 21 year old ladyboy, Kae, and her gang brutally assaulted her outside her Pattaya condo on June 22. She…

  • Thailand NewsSingaporean man drugged, robbed by Thai girlfriend in Bangkok

    Singaporean man drugged, robbed by Thai girlfriend in Bangkok

    A Singaporean man filed a complaint against his Thai girlfriend after she allegedly drugged him at a hotel in Bangkok and stole cash and valuables worth over 1 million baht. The Singaporean victim, whose identity remains undisclosed, complained to Huay Kwang Police Station yesterday, June 25. He explained that he met the Thai woman, aged about 30, online and had…

  • Thailand NewsThai teacher arrested for sexually assaulting schoolboy for 2 years

    Thai teacher arrested for sexually assaulting schoolboy for 2 years

    Police yesterday arrested a male Thai teacher who sexually assaulted a 14 year old schoolboy for almost two years at a school in the Klong Toey neighbourhood of Bangkok. The boy’s mother only found out about the abuse on June 20 after the young victim, Nat, could no longer stand his teacher’s behaviour. According to Nat, his 38 year old…

  • Thailand NewsThai couple arrested after woman flees cops with boyfriend’s help

    Thai couple arrested after woman flees cops with boyfriend’s help

    A Thai woman arrested for theft escaped from Sattahip Police Station on Sunday thanks to help from her boyfriend. The couple was later arrested last night, June 24. Sattahip Police Station officers arrested the 20 year old woman, Naranya Areepong, at a shopping centre after she attempted to steal two bottles of imported alcohol at about 10.30am on Sunday, June 23.…

  • Thailand News8 Thai women and transwoman arrested in Taiwan for prostitution

    8 Thai women and transwoman arrested in Taiwan for prostitution

    Taiwanese police arrested eight Thai women and a Thai transwoman at a hotel in the Zhongshan district of Taipei City last week for illegal prostitution. Radio Taiwan International (RTI) news agency reported that police officers in Taipei continued to crack down on illegal prostitution in the city after the arrest of 24 Thai women on May 20 at a bar…

  • Thailand NewsThailand ranked among top 50 in World Happiness Report 2024

    Thailand ranked among top 50 in World Happiness Report 2024

    Thailand ranks among the top 50 countries in the World Happiness Report 2024 as a potential destination for young people seeking happiness, highlighting a high level of joy among those under 30 years old in the country. The World Happiness Report, conducted jointly by the United Nations (UN), the University of Oxford, and the analytics and advisory firm Gallup, drew…

  • Thailand NewsScamming the scholar: Retired professor loses millions to fake cop

    Scamming the scholar: Retired professor loses millions to fake cop

    A 76 year old retired university professor lost 22.8 million baht to a call centre scammer who posed as an officer from Mueang Nakhon Sawan Police Station in central Thailand. The victim, Su, revealed to Channel 7 that he had nearly 23 million baht in savings that he had saved from his teaching days at the university. Unfortunately, he lost…

  • Thailand NewsThai teen allegedly tricks friend into sex with dealer for free drugs

    Thai teen allegedly tricks friend into sex with dealer for free drugs

    Police in the Isaan province of Udon Thani arrested a 15 year old Thai girl and her boyfriend for allegedly tricking a 13 year old friend into having sex with a drug dealer to get free drugs. The 42 year old mother of the 13 year old victim, Bee, took her daughter to Huay Luang Police Station in Udon Thani…

  • Thailand News88 year old Thai man killed after tree branch falls on his head

    88 year old Thai man killed after tree branch falls on his head

    An 88 year old Thai man lost his life yesterday after a tree branch fell onto his head while he was sitting under it at a temple in the Mae On district of the northern province of Chiang Mai. Officers from Mae On Police Station were alerted to the death of the old man, Boonma Do-kaew, by Mae On Hospital,…

  • Thailand News4 Hong Kong men arrested at Bangkok airport for heroin smuggling

    4 Hong Kong men arrested at Bangkok airport for heroin smuggling

    Office of the Narcotics Control Board (ONCB) officers arrested four men from Hong Kong at Suvarnabhumi International Airport in Bangkok on Sunday for attempting to smuggle 14 kilogrammes of heroin from Thailand to Hong Kong. ONCB Secretary Phanurat Lakboon reported the details of the arrest in a press conference yesterday, June 23. Phanurat explained that the ONCB received information from…

  • Crime NewsBurmese man shoots and blinds Thai girl after sexual assault

    Burmese man shoots and blinds Thai girl after sexual assault

    A Burmese man in the Isaan province of Surin shot and blinded an 11 year old Thai girl with a slingshot after the girl told her mother that he sexually assaulted her. The 28 year old woman turned to a social media influencer, Guntouch “Gun” Pongpaiboonwet, after she and her 11 year old daughter received death threats from the 32…

  • Thailand News2 drunk Russian women attack Thai woman after Phuket car crash

    2 drunk Russian women attack Thai woman after Phuket car crash

    Two alleged drunk Russian women crashed their car into a Thai woman’s vehicle on a road in Phuket and physically assaulted the victim to stop them from fleeing the scene. A Thai woman filed a complaint at Choeng Thale Police Station at around 8pm, yesterday, June 23, after the accident. The woman explained that her car was hit in the…

  • Thailand News3 Thai cops face 30 days jail for drinking on duty, abandoning posts

    3 Thai cops face 30 days jail for drinking on duty, abandoning posts

    Three policemen at Mueang Kalasin Police Station in Isaan face 30 days in jail after one of them allegedly got drunk on duty while the two others went home to take a nap during working hours. A Thai man took to TikTok to share a video of himself engaging in a conversation with a drunk police officer at Mueang Kalasin…

  • Thailand NewsHeartbreak leads to drink driving arrest of former Buriram monk

    Heartbreak leads to drink driving arrest of former Buriram monk

    Police charged a former Thai monk with drink driving after he was found sleeping with four cases of beer in a sedan car at Pa Kluay Intersection in the Isaan province of Buriram. The suspect claimed he drank hard because a woman tricked him into leaving his monastery before breaking his heart. A local who stumbled upon the former monk,…

  • Thailand NewsRussian woman loses shoulder bag to snatcher in Phuket

    Russian woman loses shoulder bag to snatcher in Phuket

    A Russian woman last night lost her shoulder bag to an opportunist thief while sitting on a motorcycle outside her condominium in Phuket. Alisa Makarenko, the victim, reported the theft at Mueang Phuket Police Station at 9.30pm, yesterday, June 23. She informed the police that she had left Supalai Vista condominium on her motorcycle around 8.40pm. According to her account,…

  • Thailand NewsForeigner criticised for hammock stunt on Bangkok billboard (video)

    Foreigner criticised for hammock stunt on Bangkok billboard (video)

    A foreign man is facing backlash after he created a video of himself lying in a hammock hung from a large advertisement billboard near Asoke Intersection in Bangkok. Thai social media account Red Skull shared a video of the foreign man yesterday, June 23, with a caption that read, “Is this the same foreigner from the previous viral video, where he…

  • Thailand NewsForeign man caught urinating on tuk tuk amid traffic jam in Phuket

    Foreign man caught urinating on tuk tuk amid traffic jam in Phuket

    A foreign man was caught on camera taking the p*ss on a red tuk tuk in the Patong neighbourhood of Phuket on Friday. A video of the incident quickly went viral on Thai social media on Friday, June 21. A Thai baht bus driver shared the video on his Facebook account, เบส ซาโจ้, on Friday with a caption that read,…

  • Thailand NewsTeen girl narrowly escapes attempted rape in Samut Prakarn (video)

    Teen girl narrowly escapes attempted rape in Samut Prakarn (video)

    Police are searching for a Thai man who attempted to rape a 15 year old girl in her apartment at the Mueang Mai Bang Phli National Housing Authority in Samut Prakarn province near Bangkok. The suspect was reportedly released from prison in February. The 15 year old victim, dressed in a high school uniform, screamed for help and managed to…

  • Thailand NewsDead man’s spirit leads Thai couple to his body in Udon Thani

    Dead man’s spirit leads Thai couple to his body in Udon Thani

    A Thai couple believe the spirit of a dead man led them to the discovery of his body at an abandoned plot of land in the Isaan province of Udon Thani today. The 30 year old Thai woman, Areya Saengchart, and her husband, 57 year old Anumart Kajornkundate, stumbled upon the lifeless body of a 39 year old Thai man…

  • Thailand NewsKhon Kaen w*nker found to have mental illness and AIDS infection

    Khon Kaen w*nker found to have mental illness and AIDS infection

    Officers from Thapra Police Station in the Isaan province of Khon Kaen discovered that a perverted Thai man, who repeatedly masturbates in public, suffers from a mental illness and has acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). However, they have been unable to locate him thus far. The 32 year old man, identified only as Billy, has masturbated in front of women in…

  • Thailand NewsThai nurse’s affair leads to bedside BDSM sex scandal

    Thai nurse’s affair leads to bedside BDSM sex scandal

    A Thai man turned to social media influencer Guntouch “Gun” Pongpaiboonwet for help after his wife, who worked as a nurse, allegedly cheated on him and became addicted to sadistic BDSM sex with the director of the hospital in the central province of Nonthaburi. The 30 year old man, named Boy, revealed during a press conference with Gun and multiple…

  • Thailand NewsThai transwoman fights for justice after ex’s deadly betrayal

    Thai transwoman fights for justice after ex’s deadly betrayal

    A Thai transwoman in the central province of Uthai Thani is seeking justice after her ex-boyfriend conspired with his girlfriend to murder her by drugging. They then stole her car, mobile phone, and 15,800 baht in cash. The 54 year old transgender victim filed a complaint against her 30 year old ex-boyfriend and his girlfriend at Mueang Uthai Thani Police…

  • Thailand NewsRussian man steals bag with 15,000 baht cash & phone in Phuket

    Russian man steals bag with 15,000 baht cash & phone in Phuket

    A Thai woman issued a warning to locals in Phuket after a Russian man stole her bag, containing 15,000 baht in cash and a mobile phone, at a bar in the Karon neighbourhood on Wednesday. The victim shared the story with Phuket Times yesterday, June 20, stating that she worked at a bar in the Karon area of Phuket and…