For departing veteran corespondent, big events matched by small moments

By Pravit Rojanaphruk, Senior Staff Writer -

 

Nirmal Ghosh, as president of the Foreign Correspondents Club of Thailand, looks on during a keynote address by former Prime Minister Anand Panyarachun on March 23 at the InterContinental Bangkok. Photo: Nirmal Ghosh / Courtesy

 

BANGKOK — Thirteen years of reporting has led him throughout Thailand, from tsunami tragedy to political upheaval and beyond. But now Nirmal Ghosh, a doyen of the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Thailand, is leaving the kingdom.

 

The Southeast Asia Bureau chief for The Straits Times of Singapore and two-time club president is heading west to Washington D.C. to lead the paper’s bureau there.

 

Full story: http://www.khaosodenglish.com/news/2016/09/30/moving-13-years-veteran-correspondent-nirmal-ghosh-reflects-roads-well-traveled/

 

-- © Copyright Khaosod English 2016-09-30

What a painfully frustrating job it would be! I wonder if he can't wait to be able to tell the truth?

Tell the truth in Washington. Yeh right. 

I wonder if the foreign ministry told him the current government may not renew his work permit next year.

21 hours ago, Father Fintan Stack said:

Pulling him out of harm's way before the sh*t hits the fan.

 

Or maybe just a well earned promotion?

Pulling him out of harm's way before the sh*t hits the fan.

"The end of the world is nigh" so predicts Father Fintan Stack. That jungle music is making you paranoid, try some relaxing jazz.

I read a lot of news and sorry this guy doesn't stick out to me. I have heard criticism of him now that he is going abroad where he will have his freedom to speak. Will he choose to leave what he created in Thailand as the real and only truth? We will see. Well, I am glad to see more Khaosod stories here. It should be noted there there are some stories from this newspaper which seem to be avoided due to their sensitive content but boy would they make great topics of discussion.

There hasn't been full and complete coverage of regional events since The Far Easter n Economic Review ceased publication, about 7 or 8 years ago: and its circulation was limited by the fact that it was censored, outlawed, banned, sued by half the countries , including China, Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, others.

Ever increasingly we have to read between the lines.

13 minutes ago, Prbkk said:

There hasn't been full and complete coverage of regional events since The Far Easter n Economic Review ceased publication, about 7 or 8 years ago: and its circulation was limited by the fact that it was censored, outlawed, banned, sued by half the countries , including China, Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, others.

Ever increasingly we have to read between the lines.

Used to socialize with the Chief Editor of FEER, heard many interesting and amazing stories over dinners in Hong Kong. Truly a loss though started going downhill after Dow Jones acquisition with News Corp. That kind of reporting will likely never return.

20 minutes ago, keemapoot said:

Used to socialize with the Chief Editor of FEER, heard many interesting and amazing stories over dinners in Hong Kong. Truly a loss though started going downhill after Dow Jones acquisition with News Corp. That kind of reporting will likely never return.

News Corpse - the kiss of death.