Digital Bangkok Recorder

This site hosts the digital preservation of the first newspaper to be printed in Thailand, the Bangkok Recorder (1844-45), the later English language 1865-67 edition and related content.

Update Log

2025

• Dec. 3 Publication: Bangkok Recorder (English), 4 editions - April 1866.
• Dec. 1 Publication: Bangkok Recorder (English), 11 editions - January to March 1866.
• Sep. 24 Publication: Bangkok Recorder (English), All 1865 editions.

2024

• Nov. 24 Article: Experimenting with LLMs for Optical Character Recognition