Bangkok Post
| Bangkok Post | |
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| description | thai newspaper |
| language | English |
| Headquarters | Bangkok |
| Frequency of publication | Every day |
| editor | Pichai Chuensuksawadi |
| Web link | bangkokpost.com |
| Article archive | online archive |
| ISSN (print) | 0125-0337 |
| ISSN (online) | 0125-0337 |
The Bangkok Post is an English language daily newspaper published in Bangkok .
The Bangkok Post was founded in 1946 by the US citizen Alexander McDonald (previously a secret service employee) and the Thai Prasit Lulitanond in order to counter the then only Soviet embassy in Southeast Asia with a Western press vote . Allegedly, the start-up investments for the newspaper came from US State Department funds . The long-time editor-in-chief, the US journalist Darrell Berrigan , shaped the paper until his murder in 1965.
Under Berrigan's leadership, the Bangkok Post showed itself to be independent and made space available to many young journalists, such as Peter Arnett and TD Allman , who later also became internationally known. Although censorship is an everyday occurrence in Southeast Asia , the Bangkok Post has always been relatively free in its reporting, albeit with a few restrictions, some of which still apply today and have led to accusations of self-censorship:
- A great respect for the monarchy is taken for granted in Thailand and must also be observed by the local press;
- Furthermore, it is considered inappropriate to directly accuse high government officials of corruption ;
- During the Vietnam War it was forbidden to report on US Air Force operations from Thailand to Vietnam , Laos and Cambodia .
After the newspaper was bought by the Thompson Group , Berrigan left the paper to work at rival Bangkok World , which no longer exists after it was bought by the Bangkok Post in the 1980s . As early as 1971, some editors who originally worked for the Bangkok Post founded The Nation .
Today's chief editor is Pichai Chuensuksawadi .
See also
Web links
- Official website (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ On the person and circumstances of death, see Peter A. Jackson: An American Death in Bangkok. The Murder of Darrell Berrigan and the Hybrid Origins of Gay Identity in 1960s Thailand. In: GLQ. A Journal of Gay and Lesbian Studies. Volume 5, No. 3, 1999, ISSN 1064-2684 , pp. 361-411 ( muse.jhu.edu [accessed November 9, 2019]).