I'm Saksith Saiyasombut (ศักดิ์สิทธิ์ ไสยสมบัติิ), an international journalist. I write about Thai politics and current affairs on Siam Voices at Asian Correspondent.
I currently work for Channel NewsAsia and have previously for various media organizations such as ITN, IHA. Also, I made appearances on Al Jazeera English, BBC World Service and Radio Australia.
3 years on after the bloody crackdown on the #redshirt protests of #May19 - 3 years of hardly any progress. *sigh* 1 day ago
Re. PAD's new "Thai Social Democratic Paty", another term hijacked by the ultra-conservatives, nothing in common with its European namesakes 1 day ago
*Cough* RT @tumbler_p: The New Politics Party, formerly the PAD's electoral arm, has renamed itself to the "Thai Social Democratic Party". 1 day ago
.@Biz_TheNation tweeted earlier this AM the dream of a #F1 BKK GP is dead b/c of “ad rules” - no further explanation by anybody. Fishy…! 1 day ago
RT @Thai_Talk: What happened in May 2010 was tragic, esp. given truth and justice remain elusive and many Thais are still unable/unwilling … 2 days ago