Bangkok Post

The Bangkok Post is Thailand's leading English-language daily newspaper, based in Bangkok. It covers Thai national news, politics, business, and current affairs for domestic and international English-speaking readers. One of the country's oldest and most established English-language papers, it maintains both print and digital editions.

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Bangkok Post at a glance

Country: Thailand
Region: Southeast Asia · Asia
Kind of outlet: Daily newspaper
Editorial leaning: Centrist
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How Crosswire groups Bangkok Post

Crosswire groups Bangkok Post 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 Bangkok Post beside a title of a different orientation and compare the same day's front pages directly.

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Where Bangkok Post sits in Thailand's press

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