About/Contact

Saksith Saiyasombut (ศักดิ์สิทธิ์ ไสยสมบัติิ) is a Thai political blogger and journalist. Starting out on his personal website Saiyasombut.com in early 2010, Saksith extensively writes about politics, current affairs and freedom of speech issues in Thailand. Since August 2010, he is part of Siam Voices, a collective group blog on social, political and economic issues in Thailand, on the news and blog network Asian Correspondent.

In 2011, Saksith was on ground in Thailand to cover the general elections and the flood crisis, working as a producer for IHA News Agency, stringer for Channel NewsAsia and fixer for ITN, besides writing exclusive features and interviews for Siam Voices.

Prior to blogging, Saksith worked as a local reporter and editor for various newspapers in his hometown Bremen, Germany, and also worked as an editorial assistant for Asia News Network in Bangkok, Thailand. He also made appearances on The Listening Post and The Stream on Al Jazeera English, World Have Your Say on BBC World Service and ABC Radio.

Saksith currently lives in Hamburg, Germany, studying Southeast Asian Studies at Universität Hamburg.

(Full resume and references available upon request)

Contact & Social Media

• Email: saksith [dot] saiyasombut [at] gmail [dot] com
• You can follow my daily musings, ramblings, rants and also news updates on Twitter @Saksith
• You can ‘like’ my public Facebook page or you subscribe to my Facebook profile (note: I will NOT reply to friend request of complete strangers!)
• I also have profiles on LinkedIn and on Google+, although I do not update these as often as the services above.

Last update: April 22, 2012