[2] The gazette was first published in 1858 at the behest of King Mongkut (Rama IV) as a channel for his government to communicate its information to the public, especially in regard to the issuance of laws.

[11][2][3][9] According to the announcement, this gazette was intended to convey information from the government to the public, in order to prevent incorrect rumours which might affect the "governmental affairs" and the "dignity of the Country".

[11] Some scholars, including Manit Suksomjit, believe that the initiation of the gazette was driven by the information previously published by American missionary Dan Beach Bradley in the Bangkok Recorder and considered "inaccurate" by King Mongkut.

[9] The office was under an independent department, called Akson Phimphakan (Thai: อักษรพิมพการ), to which the king directly appointed a director general.

[14] But due to excessive workload of its staff, the gazette was again discontinued after having been published for a while, and the king again revived it on 28 December 1884, announcing that, this time, he intended to "allow no interruption as before".

[22] Also in 1893, King Chulalongkorn established a cabinet ministry called Murathathon and had the Royal Scribal Department affiliated to it.

[26] After the Siamese revolution of 1932, the scribal works of the Murathathon ministry were transferred to the Secretariat of the Cabinet (SOC) newly established in the Office of the Prime Minister.

[10] As of 2023,[update] the gazette is only published online[12] and each issue is only available in four physical copies, one to be archived at the SOC, the others at the National Library of Thailand in Bangkok.