1 August 1946
Bangkok Post is launched
A new English-language daily paper, founded by former Office of Strategic Services (OSS) officer Alexander MacDonald and Thai nationals Sern Panyarachun, Prasit Lulitanond, Dr Thawee Tavedikul, Maj Vitas Osathanon, Ajint Unhanatana, Damrong Duritrak and Chavala Sukumalnantana, hit Siam’s streets.
The four-page broadsheet Bangkok Post sold at a cost of one baht per copy and was issued every afternoon. At the time of its launch, Bangkok had more than 30 newspapers. Critics alleged the paper was funded by the US government in an attempt to foster pro-American views to counteract the influence of communism in the region. MacDonald, however, insisted on the paper’s impartiality. The cash-strapped paper was published from a two-storey shophouse on Krung Kasem Road and relied on a salvaged wartime Japanese printing press from Singapore.
1 August 1946
Bangkok Post is launched
A new English-language daily paper, founded by former Office of Strategic Services (OSS) officer Alexander MacDonald and Thai nationals Sern Panyarachun, Prasit Lulitanond, Dr Thawee Tavedikul, Maj Vitas Osathanon, Ajint Unhanatana, Damrong Duritrak and Chavala Sukumalnantana, hit Siam’s streets.
The four-page broadsheet Bangkok Post sold at a cost of one baht per copy and was issued every afternoon. At the time of its launch, Bangkok had more than 30 newspapers. Critics alleged the paper was funded by the US government in an attempt to foster pro-American views to counteract the influence of communism in the region. MacDonald, however, insisted on the paper’s impartiality. The cash-strapped paper was published from a two-storey shophouse on Krung Kasem Road and relied on a salvaged wartime Japanese printing press from Singapore.