Bangkok Post media bias and reliability
Media Bias/Fact Check places Bangkok Post as leaning right. We have seen it on 61 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is Bangkok Post biased?
Media Bias/Fact Check places Bangkok Post as leaning right. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is Bangkok Post left or right?
Media Bias/Fact Check places Bangkok Post as leaning right. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Right.
Is Bangkok Post reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for Bangkok Post are Media Bias/Fact Check: Mixed factuality. These are outlet-level assessments, not a guarantee that every report is correct.
What Bangkok Post has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with Bangkok Post’s own report linked underneath.
Calls for action against smart glasses are growing in Europe due to privacy concerns over covert recording. Norway is considering a ban or stricter regulations, while Oslo has already banned the devices in schools.
Bangkok Post reported it asAnxiety grows in Europe over ‘pervert’ AI glasses (opens Bangkok Post in a new tab)
Canada has suspended trade talks with the United States due to disagreements over Quebec's language laws. Prime Minister Mark Carney stated that US demands threatened Canadian protections for language and culture, which he deemed non-negotiable.
Bangkok Post reported it asHow the French language contributed to the US-Canada trade war (opens Bangkok Post in a new tab)
The US State Department has removed Syria from its list of State Sponsors of Terrorism, a designation it held for 47 years. The move, announced on Monday, also saw Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham removed from a US terrorist list. The designation imposed restrictions on foreign assistance, defence exports, and financial transactions.
Bangkok Post reported it asUS removes Syria from state sponsor of terrorism list (opens Bangkok Post in a new tab)
The United States is pushing for stronger United Nations sanctions against warring parties in Sudan to pressure them into peace negotiations. The conflict has resulted in tens of thousands of deaths and millions displaced, with famine affecting many regions.
Bangkok Post reported it asUS proposes expanding UN Sudan arms embargo to entire country (opens Bangkok Post in a new tab)
A Chinese humanoid robot developed by Honor has run 100 meters in 9.32 seconds, surpassing Usain Bolt's world record. The robot reached a peak speed of 14.5 meters per second during a test.
Bangkok Post reported it asChinese robots beat human 100-metre, 400-metre records at Beijing games (opens Bangkok Post in a new tab)
Fires broke out at two major Russian facilities on Sunday, August 23. A drone attack targeted an Ozon logistics complex in Orenburg, while a large fire erupted at the Izhora industrial site in Kolpino, a suburb of St. Petersburg.
Bangkok Post reported it asAfter Wildberries, Ukraine launches drone campaign on Russia's Ozon (opens Bangkok Post in a new tab)
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky stated that holding elections during wartime poses a great risk and would split the country. His remarks were in response to a call from former Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov for elections, with Zelensky describing potential elections as a 'tsunami' that would 'tear apart' Ukraine.
Bangkok Post reported it asZelensky rejects wartime elections, says would 'split' Ukraine (opens Bangkok Post in a new tab)
More than 100 former French and British ambassadors have called on their governments to enforce international law in Israel and the Palestinian territories. They accuse Israel of compromising a Palestinian state and denounce the humanitarian situation in Gaza and violence in the West Bank.
Bangkok Post reported it asFrance and UK urged to press Israel on Palestinian territories (opens Bangkok Post in a new tab)
The United States announced it would impose 50% tariffs on $20 billion of Canadian products, effective early Saturday. U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer stated Canada declined to finalize a trade deal on previously agreed terms, leading to the tariffs.
Bangkok Post reported it asUS-Canada trade talks fail, high tariffs kick in (opens Bangkok Post in a new tab)
Brazilian President Lula da Silva spoke by phone with US President Donald Trump for 80 minutes on August 21, 2026. Lula argued that US justifications for imposing tariffs on Brazilian goods were unfounded. The leaders agreed on the need to maintain strong commercial ties and proposed resuming bilateral meetings.
Bangkok Post reported it asBrazil's Lula urges tariffs resolution in call with Trump (opens Bangkok Post in a new tab)
U.S. President Donald Trump's threat to impose a 50 per cent tariff on $28 billion of Canadian goods is scheduled to take effect just after midnight. The tariffs will be enacted unless officials finalize a trade agreement.
Bangkok Post reported it asUS and Canada try to wrap up trade deal (opens Bangkok Post in a new tab)
Pope Leo XIV visited San Marino, the world's oldest republic, praising its traditions of liberty and community. He cautioned against political and economic systems that elevate power above human dignity, a message delivered during his visit to the nation surrounded by Italy.
Bangkok Post reported it asPope to visit San Marino, address Italian political event (opens Bangkok Post in a new tab)
German authorities discovered a weapons cache containing two firearms in a forest near Berlin. Internal intelligence suspects Russian secret services are behind the depot, and a suspect was arrested in Romania.
Bangkok Post reported it asRomania holding suspect linked to weapons cache in Germany (opens Bangkok Post in a new tab)
Guyana's Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett has taken the lead in the second informal vote for UN Secretary-General, surpassing Costa Rica's Rebeca Grynspan. The vote, held by the Security Council, aims to gauge support among candidates to succeed Antonio Guterres.
Bangkok Post reported it asWho are the candidates vying to lead the UN? (opens Bangkok Post in a new tab)
Ghent University suspended Nathan Cofnas, a researcher who accused the late Cambridge professor Jason Arday of plagiarism, after opening a disciplinary inquiry. Cofnas, who describes himself as a 'race realist', was previously dismissed from Cambridge in 2024. Arday died in mid-August amid the allegations.
Bangkok Post reported it asUniversity suspends academic behind Jason Arday plagiarism charges (opens Bangkok Post in a new tab)
President Donald Trump announced a 72-hour pause on 50% tariffs on $20 billion of Canadian imports, claiming a trade deal had been reached. Canada’s supply management system for dairy and provincial restrictions on US alcohol remain unresolved, with details vague and documents not yet finalised.
Bangkok Post reported it asUS, Canada 'very close' to trade deal, Ottawa says, as details emerge (opens Bangkok Post in a new tab)
The Panama Canal Authority will reduce the number of daily ship transits beginning in September, citing low rainfall and the anticipated effects of a severe El Niño event. This decision reverses a previous commitment not to restrict passage.
Bangkok Post reported it asPanama Canal to reduce shipping over El Nino-fueled drought (opens Bangkok Post in a new tab)
Europe's summer heatwaves brought temperatures above 40°C for 80 million people between mid-June and mid-August. Analysis by AFP, using data from the European Drought Observatory and the EU's Joint Research Centre, detailed the impact across several nations.
Bangkok Post reported it asEurope heatwaves scorch 80 million with 40 C heat: AFP analysis (opens Bangkok Post in a new tab)
The United Arab Emirates announced a full suspension of trade, commercial exchanges and financial transactions with Iran on 18 August 2026, citing regional escalation after Iranian ballistic missiles were detected targeting maritime navigation in the Strait of Hormuz. Iran has not claimed responsibility for the attacks on UAE state-owned ADNOC vessels.
Bangkok Post reported it asWhat's behind the UAE's decision to cut Iran trade ties? (opens Bangkok Post in a new tab)
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are moving back to the United Kingdom after six years in the US, but will not resume their roles as working royals. Their children will attend British schools from September, and King Charles III was informed of the decision on 16 August 2026.
Bangkok Post reported it asHuge questions loom over Prince Harry's shock return to UK (opens Bangkok Post in a new tab)
Who says so
One organisation has published a rating for this outlet. Where they disagree, the disagreement is the useful part and it is left standing.
- Media Bias/Fact CheckleanRightCheck it
How reliably it reports fact
A rating of the newsroom in general, by others, and a different thing from the Trust score we publish on each story, which judges one piece of reporting.
Mixed factuality
- Media Bias/Fact CheckmixedCheck it
Who owns it
- Bangkok Post Public Company LimitedMedia Conglomeratedirect owner
Where it publishes from
- Publishes from
- Bangkok, Thailand
- Official site
- bangkokpost.com
- Seen publishing on
- bangkokpost.com
- Access
- Free to read
- Wikipedia
- Entry
What we have seen ourselves
Counted across the stories this site has published, which is the only denominator a reader can check: every one of them has a page, and every page lists the reports it was written from.
- Stories
- 61
- Reports listed
- 62
- We could read
- 3
- First seen
- 4 August 2026
59 of those reports were paywalled or blocked to us. Our reading of this outlet is built on the 3 we could open, not on everything it published.
On 16 of those stories, outlets rated right were largely absent from the coverage and Bangkok Post ran the story anyway.
Across the 61 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, we logged no report earlier than Bangkok Post’s on 1 of them. Overall it filed a median of 21 hours after the earliest report we logged.
Measured 18 September 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 15 September 2026. Ratings pulled 5 September 2026.
Other outlets rated the same way
Publishers carrying the same published leaning as Bangkok Post, also publishing from Thailand, ordered by how often we have seen them on a story. Sharing a rating is not the same as being alike.
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