The Nation Thailand

The Nation is a Thai English-language news outlet based in Bangkok, providing national and regional news, politics, and business coverage. Aimed at English-speaking readers in Thailand and abroad, it operates primarily as a digital publication. It is one of the country's established English-language news sources.

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The Nation Thailand at a glance

Country: Thailand
Region: Southeast Asia · Asia
Kind of outlet: Daily newspaper
Editorial leaning: Centrist
Website: nationthailand.com ↗
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How Crosswire groups The Nation Thailand

Crosswire groups The Nation Thailand 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 The Nation Thailand beside a title of a different orientation and compare the same day's front pages directly.

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Where The Nation Thailand sits in Thailand's press

The Nation Thailand is one of 6 outlets tracked in Thailand, and one of 3 daily newspapers among them — the others being Bangkok Post and Thai Rath. 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 The Nation Thailand outside Thailand, starting with Southeast Asia, are The Star (Malaysia), The Straits Times (Singapore), Philippine Daily Inquirer (Philippines) and Tuổi Trẻ (Vietnam). Opening one of them beside The Nation Thailand is the quickest way to see what is a house style and what is a national one.