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Thairath

Thairath (, ) is a daily newspaper in Thai published in Bangkok and distributed nationwide. The paper is a broadsheet published with two sections. The first section is devoted to news. Although the news section is best known for its sensationalist coverage of crime and accidents, it also includes stories on Thai politics, economy, and society. The second section features coverage of sport and entertainment. Thairath is the best-selling newspaper in Thailand, claiming a circulation in excess of 1 million copies daily. It also became the oldest Thai-language newspaper stills in print, after Siam

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Newspaper.name: Thairath
Newspaper.image: Thai Rath, March 1, 2012.jpg
Newspaper.caption: Thairath front page, 1 March 2012, on which include the following reports: The King and Queen of Thailand received the Duke of York; Worachet Phakhirat, associate professor of the Faculty of Law, Thammasat University, was attacked inside the Faculty by two men disagreeing with Phakhirat's proposal to amend the Criminal Code, section 112, or the lese majeste law; The Pheu Thai Party is to amend the Constitution by dissolving the Administrative Courts and other independent agencies, including the Election Commission; Lana O'Connell, Australian swimsuit model, was crashed to death and found to have failed to wear a helmet.
Newspaper.type: Daily newspaper
Newspaper.format: Broadsheet
Newspaper.founder: Kampol Wacharapol
Newspaper.founded: 5 January 1950 as The Weekly Pictorial as Thai Rath
Newspaper.language: Thai
Newspaper.headquarters: Bangkok,
Newspaper.circulation: 1,000,000
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==History== Thairath was founded on 25 December 1962 by Kampol Wacharapol, who had started two other newspapers, Khaopap Raiwan (, lit. The Weekly Pictorial), which was published between 1950 and 1958, when the newspaper was shut down by the government, and Siang Ang Thong (, lit. Ang Thong Voice) which he rented from Laor Kerdkaew after Khaopap Raiwans shutdown and was published between 1 May 1959 and 25 December 1962.