Prachatai
Prachatai is an independent, non-profit Thai online newspaper founded in 2004 with support from civil-society organizations. It focuses on human rights, labor, and political reform, giving space to voices critical of the establishment, and is consistently characterized as progressive and pro-democracy. It publishes in Thai alongside a companion English-language edition.
Prachatai at a glance
- Country
- Thailand
- Region
- Southeast Asia · Asia
- Kind of outlet
- Digital-native outlet
- Editorial leaning
- Left-leaning
- Website
- prachatai.com ↗
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How Crosswire groups Prachatai
Crosswire groups Prachatai as Left-leaning for comparisons within Thailand's directory. This is an approximate Crosswire label, not a verified rating of its individual articles or a claim that every journalist shares one position. In Thailand, Bangkok Post and The Nation Thailand are listed as Centrist — so you can open Prachatai beside a title of a different orientation and compare the same day's front pages directly.
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Where Prachatai sits in Thailand's press
Prachatai is one of 6 outlets tracked in Thailand, and one of 2 digital-native outlets among them — the other being Khaosod English. 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 39 of the 191 digital-native outlets in the directory. The nearest counterparts to Prachatai outside Thailand, starting with Southeast Asia, are The Irrawaddy (Myanmar), Cambodianess (Cambodia), Laotian Times (Laos) and The Scoop (Brunei). Opening one of them beside Prachatai is the quickest way to see what is a house style and what is a national one.
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