Bangkok Post
The Bangkok Post is an English-language daily newspaper published in Bangkok, Thailand. It is published in broadsheet and digital formats. The first issue was sold on 1 August 1946. It had four pages and cost one baht, a considerable amount at the time when a baht was a paper note. It is Thailand's oldest newspaper still in publication. The daily circulation of the Bangkok Post is 110,000, 80 percent of which is distributed in Bangkok and the remainder nationwide. It is considered a newspaper of record for Thailand.
| The newspaper you can trust | |
The front page of the Bangkok Post 14 May 2015 | |
| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner(s) | Bangkok Post PCL (SET: POST) |
| Founder(s) | Alexander MacDonald and Prasit Lulitanond |
| Publisher | Kowit Sanandang |
| Editor | Soonruth Bunyamanee |
| News editor | Anucha Charoenpo |
| Sports editor | Wanchai Rujawongsanti |
| Photo editor | Sarot Meksophawannakul |
| Founded | 1 August 1946 |
| Language | English |
| Headquarters | Bangkok Post Building, 136 Sunthorn Kosa Road, Klong Toey, Bangkok 10110 |
| Country | Thailand |
| Circulation | 110,000 |
| Sister newspapers | M2F (defunct) Post Today (defunct; took over by Nation Group in 2022) |
| ISSN | 1686-4271 (print) 0125-0337 (web) |
| OCLC number | 980335362 |
| Website | www |
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From July 2016 until mid-May 2018, the editor of the Bangkok Post was Umesh Pandey. On 14 May 2018, Pandey was "forced to step down" as editor after refusing to soften coverage critical of the ruling military junta.
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