Digital Bangkok Recorder

This site hosts a digital preservation of the first newspapers to be printed in Thailand including the Thai language Bangkok Recorder, both the 1844-45 and 1865-67 editions, the English language 1865-67 edition, จดหมาย เหตุ สยาม ไสมย (“Siam Samai”, 1882-1886), and other related content.

Change Log

• February, 2026

  • จดหมาย เหตุ สยาม ไสมย (Siam Samai): published volume 2 (26 editions) and volume 3 (52 editions).

• January, 2026

  • จดหมาย เหตุ สยาม ไสมย (Siam Samai): published volume 1 (12 editions).
  • Bangkok Recorder (Thai) 1865-1867: published all remaining editions.
  • Bangkok Recorder (Thai) 1844-1845: added summaries

• December, 2025

  • Thai Lunar Calendar 101: article published to provide a basic understanding of the dates in Thai newspapers.
  • Bangkok Recorder (Thai) 1865-1867: published all 1865 editions.
  • Bangkok Recorder (English) 1865-1867: published all remaining editions.

• September, 2025

  • Bangkok Recorder (English) 1865-1867: all 1865 editions.

• November, 2024

  • Experimenting with LLMs for Optical Character Recognition: documenting OCR experiments with LLMs