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Farewell to two fine former colleagues
Roger Crutchley, Published on 10/12/2023
» Far too many of my former Bangkok Post colleagues have passed away this year and this week things got even worse with two more old pals gone.
Renowned journalist John McBeth dies at 79
News, Published on 08/12/2023
» New Zealand-born John McBeth, one of Asia's preeminent journalists with a record of scrupulous and ground-breaking reporting, has died after a short illness in Jakarta, Indonesia. He was 79.
The hostage crisis solved in the name of the King
Spectrum, Published on 23/10/2016
» In 1972, armed Palestinian "Black September" guerrillas seized the Israeli Embassy in Bangkok, threatened to execute the six Israelis inside and blow up the building. But just as suddenly they surrendered, saying "We love your king" when told that King Bhumibol Adulyadej was appointing his son as sole heir to the throne that very day.
Rodney Tasker: a hard worker and true to his trade
Spectrum, Published on 29/03/2015
» It was a reminder of the days not long ago when correspondents, some of them foreign, were part of the fabric of political and diplomatic conversation in Southeast Asia: the death a few days ago of Rodney Tasker, a resident of Thailand for more than 30 years and former chief correspondent of the Far Eastern Economic Review (FEER).