Bangkok World

The Bangkok World was an English-language daily newspaper in Thailand founded in February 1957 whose first editor was Mr. Darrell Berrigan, a United Press correspondent in Asia, and Far East correspondent for The Saturday Evening Post. It replaced the newspaper Liberty, founded by the Thai publishing magnate, Mr. Manit Vasuvat (Thai: นาย มานิต วสุวัต), which was published between 5 September 1945 and 29 December 1956.^[1][2][3][4]

Bangkok World

17 April 1975 issue of Bangkok World
Type	Daily (except Sunday) newspaper
Editor	Anusorn Thavisin
Founded	February 1957
Language	English
Ceased publication	29 August 1987
Headquarters	Bangkok, Thailand

From its inception until early spring 1970, the Bangkok World was owned by Ital-Thai, a large construction company, of which General Phao Siyanon, who hired Darrell Berigan in 1957 to become editor of the Bangkok World, was a major shareholder. Ital-Thai sold in 1970 "a large interest in the enterprise" to Time Inc. whose resources enabled the paper to buy news presses and printing equipment.^[5][6] In 1971, the Bangkok Post and the Bangkok World were merged, The Post serving as the morning newspaper and The World as the afternoon paper.^[7][8] The Bangkok World's last issue was published on 29 August 1987. It closed due to financial losses.^[9][10]

A magazine was published on Sundays from 1957 entitled Bangkok World, Sunday Magazine Section.^[11] It was merged on 14 April 1968 with Standard International to form Standard Bangkok magazine.^[12][13] On 1 April 1972, the magazine was renamed "Impact".^[14]

See also

• Timeline of English-language newspapers published in Thailand
• List of online newspaper archives - Thailand
• Bernard Trink - Author of the popular "Nite Owl" column

References

1. Yerkey, Gary G. (2019). A Fever in My Blood: The American Life and Tragic Death of Darrell Berrigan. Washington D.C., USA: GK Press. pp. 122–123. ISBN 978-1-09-153688-3.
2. Sangchan, Dangtoi (1976). "Freedom of the press in Thailand" (PDF). North Texas State University, Denton ; P.26. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
3. "Liberty". Library of Congress. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
4. "Liberty". Center for Research Libraries. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
5. Yerkey, Gary G. (2019). A Fever in My Blood: The American Life and Tragic Death of Darrell Berrigan. Washington D.C., USA: GK Press. p. 123. ISBN 978-1-09-153688-3.
6. Horgan, Denis (2013). The Bangkok World. Bluefoot Books. pp. 197–198. ISBN 978-1626201767.
7. Sawetawan, Wareemon (1990). "A content analysis of two English-language newspapers in Thailand : 1988-1989". Iowa State University ; P.18. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
8. "Newspaper pact". The Straits Times. 15 April 1971. Retrieved 20 September 2023 – via NewspaperSG.
9. "English-language Thai tabloid goes under". Pacific Stars And Stripes. 1 September 1987. p. 13. Retrieved 8 August 2022 – via Newspaperarchive.com.
10. "In The Red Bangkok World Says Goodbye". The Straits Times. 30 August 1987. Retrieved 20 September 2023 – via NewspaperSG.
11. "Bangkok world. Sunday magazine section". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
12. "Standard Bangkok magazine". Cornell University Library. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
13. "Standard Bangkok magazine". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
14. "Impact". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 23 February 2022.

Further reading

• Yerkey, Gary G. (2019). A Fever in My Blood: The American Life and Tragic Death of Darrell Berrigan. Washington D.C., USA: GK Press. ISBN 978-1-09-153688-3.
• Horgan, Denis (2013). The Bangkok World. Bluefoot Books. ISBN 978-1626201767.

External links

• "The Bangkok World". Retrieved 17 November 2021.
• "The Bangkok World book - Facebook pictures". Facebook. Retrieved 17 November 2021.