Thai Rath

Thai Rath, founded in 1962 and owned by the Vajiraphol family's Wacharaphol company, is Thailand's best-selling daily newspaper. Known for bold headlines and crime and human-interest reporting alongside political coverage, it also operates Thai Rath Online and Thairath TV, together forming one of the country's largest mass-market Thai-language news operations.

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Thai Rath at a glance

Country: Thailand
Region: Southeast Asia · Asia
Kind of outlet: Daily newspaper
Editorial leaning: Centrist
Website: thairath.co.th ↗
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How Crosswire groups Thai Rath

Crosswire groups Thai Rath as Centrist for comparisons within Thailand's directory. Center includes both centrist outlets and outlets for which the directory has no confident classification. It is not evidence that this outlet is neutral or more accurate. In Thailand, Prachatai is listed as Left-leaning — so you can open Thai Rath beside a title of a different orientation and compare the same day's front pages directly.

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Where Thai Rath sits in Thailand's press

Thai Rath is one of 6 outlets tracked in Thailand, and one of 3 daily newspapers among them — the others being Bangkok Post and The Nation Thailand. By outlets tracked, Thailand ranks 11th of the 33 countries on Crosswire's Asia hub, which lists 169 outlets in all.

Across Asia, Crosswire tracks 67 of the 396 daily newspapers in the directory. The nearest counterparts to Thai Rath outside Thailand, starting with Southeast Asia, are Tuổi Trẻ (Vietnam), Eleven Media Group (Myanmar), The Phnom Penh Post (Cambodia) and Vientiane Times (Laos). Opening one of them beside Thai Rath is the quickest way to see what is a house style and what is a national one.