1 hour ago, JimHuaHin said:

Just clicked on today's editorial "'Por Thip' scam must go" (Please credit and share this article with others using this link: https://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/opinion/3302892/por-thip-scam-must-go. View our policies at http://goo.gl/9HgTd and http://goo.gl/ou6Ip. © Bangkok Post PCL. All rights reserved.) [Moderator - please delete if illegal].

The article heading and first paragraph are visible - the rest of the article is behind a paywall, Tried 3 web browsers - same result.

I checked too, this morning the whole of BP is behind a paywall now.

11 hours ago, Alpha84 said:

It’s hard to imagine Bangkok Post is going to be heartbroken by your departure from this love affair. It’s not as though you were paying them anything to begin with and have now decided to take your business elsewhere.

Perhaps you are exactly the type of reader they were hoping to part ways with. After all, they gave you their content for free for 11 years and have now decided they would like to charge for some of it. You have every right to say no, but it’s difficult to see what the complaint actually is.

The romantic interest seems to have been rather one sided. You got their content for free, they got your readership, and now they have decided they would prefer some money as well. You can certainly have a moan about it, but expecting sympathy because a newspaper has stopped giving you something for nothing is perhaps asking a bit much.

BP's revenue presumably came from readers exposed to advertising so that would no longer apply if folk bogged-off to the Nation or elsewhere instead. This morning everything is behind the paywall so off elsewhere. Seeing my favourite suddenly worshipping Mammon is hardly a 'Christian Blessing'!

There’s far better news outlets to consider as Thaiath, Khaosod, Daily News, Matichon, and local media such as an example of…Lanna Post, Lampang Post and CM108, etc. Go to other countries news sources for those countries. Most recycled news medias tend to pick and choose how and what they publish. Opinions are just that, opinions of which are inherently subjective and biased. A single news source does not, by itself, establish strong empirical credibility, is why some news articles that are posted is just a joke to poke at.

Edited August 17Aug 17 by novacova

1 hour ago, novacova said:

There’s far better news outlets to consider as Thaiath, Khaosod, Daily News, Matichon, and local media such as an example of…Lanna Post, Lampang Post and CM108, etc. Go to other countries news sources for those countries. Most recycled news medias tend to pick and choose how and what they publish. Opinions are just that, opinions of which are inherently subjective and biased. A single news source does not, by itself, establish strong empirical credibility, is why some news articles that are posted is just a joke to poke at.

I guess you are right but the strong point of BP for me was the ability to post and exchange views with other readers, something that it seems no other site has unless you know different? Reading only news gets boring, commenting and reading responses madw it far more interesting.

BP are clearly having a mental breakdown, this morning everything behind a paywall, this afternoon news is open again. What is wrong with them? Free/not free/free/not free/free - makes one dizzy!

On 8/16/2026 at 9:18 AM, cliveshep said:

For 11 years I have read and contributed to Bangkok Post as pretty much my first-of-the-day web site. Now no more because as of this morning it has become available to all incuding existing members only on payment of a subscription.

Even the BBC in it's many world-wide iterations doesn't do that knowing full well that readership would fall away instantly. But BP is Thai and everyone knows how the Thai mind views the Farangs - they're packed to the brim with cash for the taking. Well, there are other news sites for the discerning farang seeking Thailand news in English, sites like Thaiger and The Nation and of course here.

So sadly I have to delete my BP membership if I can do so without first paying the upfront fee.

I guess I'll have to wear the "tight-fisted ol' curmudgeon" label on here now. I can live with that, at 80 on a UK pension which supports 2 families things get tight sometimes so paying for something available for free elsewhere is off the menu. So bye-bye Bangkok Post.

Will I be the only rat deserting that ship?

No. As I said in the other thread, I always thought I was doing them a favor when I read it.

On 8/16/2026 at 9:56 PM, MoneyPenny said:

the Bangkok Post putting some of its content behind a paywall

The irony is that you can research and find sometimes BP articles openly republished by other news media without subscription.

I was just on the BP online site...it's free!

Edited Tuesday at 05:45 AM5 days by 241195_1469957797

On 8/16/2026 at 2:11 PM, OJAS said:

Are you in Thailand at the moment, though?

Yes, I am

15 hours ago, cliveshep said:

BP are clearly having a mental breakdown, this morning everything behind a paywall, this afternoon news is open again. What is wrong with them? Free/not free/free/not free/free - makes one dizzy!

Not free once more this morning, wondering if it costs only at certain hours, like mornings?

5 hours ago, 241195_1469957797 said:

I was just on the BP online site...it's free!

And this afternoon it's free again. Looks lke the paywall is only for certain hours of the day on the main page but is 24/7 for Business and Opinion parts

32 minutes ago, cliveshep said:

Not free once more this morning, wondering if it costs only at certain hours, like mornings?

And this afternoon it's free again. Looks lke the paywall is only for certain hours of the day on the main page but is 24/7 for Business and Opinion parts

Maybe on and off for a certain period to make readers aware that they should use the introduction month to get the cheaper price of 99 Baht for the first month?

On 8/16/2026 at 5:01 PM, saakura said:

What has changed? I am still able to access and read today's (16th Aug 2026 2pm Thai time) Bangkok Post online and I do not have a paid subscription.

I get a popup asking me to subscribe but when I close it I can read the article on that page. Maybe this is just a grace period and eventually the popup will not have the close link (x)

What does "subscribers only" actually mean?

I already have a subscription and get the paper delivered to my door every day. Surely I should be able to read all the website content. If so, how do I do that? Or am I expected to pay twice for the same content?

(I did email them a few days ago to ask, but no response.)

get mine delivered every morning.