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.

[1][non-primary source needed] Thairath was founded on 25 December 1962 by Kampol Wacharapol, who had started two other newspapers, Khaopap Raiwan (Thai: ข่าวภาพรายวัน, lit.

The Weekly Pictorial), which was published between 1950 and 1958, when the newspaper was shut down by the government, and Siang Ang Thong (Thai: เสียงอ่างทอง, lit.

Ang Thong Voice)[2] which he rented from Laor Kerdkaew after Khaopap Raiwan's shutdown and was published between 1 May 1959 and 25 December 1962.

[3] In the aftermath of the April 2006 general election, Thairath welcomed Thaksin's resignation announcement, arguing in an editorial that Thaksin should acknowledge that "The election result showed that the anti-Thaksin feeling had actually spread out among city residents who had a democratic mind and opposed all types of (alleged) corruption".