Thairath

Thairath

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.
Type	Daily newspaper
Format	Broadsheet
Founder(s)	Kampol Wacharapol
Founded	(1950-01-05) January 5, 1950 (age 74) as The Weekly Pictorial (1962-12-25) December 25, 1962 (age 61) as Thairath
Language	Thai
Headquarters	Bangkok,  Thailand
Circulation	1,000,000
Website	www.thairath.co.th

Thairath (Thai: ไทยรัฐ, lit. Thai State) 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 one of the oldest newspapers in Thai and the best-selling newspaper in Thailand, claiming a circulation in excess of 1 million copies daily.^{[1][non-primary source needed]}