English Language Newspapers in Thailand: Where are they?
By Janpha Thadphoothon
In the not-too-distance past, Thailand was a vibrant market for printed media. After the introduction of smartphones, however, things started to fall apart.
Magazines have been severely affected. Nowadays, if you want to newsstands in Thailand, you will be lucky to find more than ten covers. Newspapers, especially, the English language ones have been hard hot. The Nation, after over 50 years in operation, decided to pull the plug on its printed version. Now, it only offer a digital news.
I walked past one of the newsstands and discovered, to my dismay, that I could not longer purchase a printed copy of any of the two English language newspapers in the country - The Nation and the Bangkok Post.
This realization, as an English teacher, saddened me as I am a regular customer /reader of the newspapers.
I walked past one of the newsstands and discovered, to my dismay, that I could not longer purchase a printed copy of any of the two English language newspapers in the country - The Nation and the Bangkok Post.
This realization, as an English teacher, saddened me as I am a regular customer /reader of the newspapers.
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