Friday, August 29, 2008

Weekend Schedule

Darryl, recently returned from Beijing, will be manning the Asia Desk this weekend at the usual times.

K

Saturday, August 16, 2008

Hishiyama-san to leave the Asia Desk

Friends,

Today Miyawaki-san, the bucho, informed me that Hishiyama-san is being reassigned from the Asia Desk to be a Kanmon Desk editor from the beginning of next month. I'm sure I speak for everyone in saying that I'm sorry to see him go, but also congratulate him on his new gig.

Although this means the Asia Desk will only have three full-time editors, a former Kanmon editor now working part-time will from October work on the desk every Monday and Tuesday, so in terms of manpower we should be OK.

Kurt

Friday, August 15, 2008

Weekend schedule

I'll be hosting the Asia Desk show this weekend at the usual times.

Kurt

Wednesday, August 13, 2008

Schedule update

Friends,

There will be only one editor on the desk on Thursday and Friday this week, and also Monday and Tuesday next week from 3 p.m. to midnight, for the reasons explained earlier. If there's breaking news before 3 p.m., please call the Kanmon Desk to get out an urgent story.

Kurt

Monday, August 11, 2008

More blog arrivees

I was off for much of last week, so was glad to see today that three more have found their way to the shores of this humble blog.

Aoki-san is Kaigai-bu's reporter-at-large who's been stationed in Beijing for the past few years. Besides covering China's slowly improving relations with Japan, she heads up our coverage of that long-running soap opera known as the North Korean denuclearization process.

Myat is our point man in Myanmar, keeping us up to date on the goings on in the military-ruled country. He was busy recently covering the devastation and aftermath of Typhoon Nargis which tore through the country's delta region. 

And rounding out the trio is Darryl, who's currently in Beijing on Olympics-related business.

Saturday, August 2, 2008

More arrivals to the blog

This week has seen three more of our correspondents arrive at the ADB. Quick intros are in order.

First up is Dario, Our Man in Manila. Cool, calm, and collected, he's been providing us with accurate and timely reports for many moons on everything from the macanations in the Malacanang Palace to the unrest down in Mindanao Island. 

Varunee is the other half of our amazing Bangkok team. She's been busy recently covering the border standoff with Cambodia and the ongoing opposition-led protests against the government. 

Christine anchors our coverage of Indonesia, giving us the big picture and the nitty gritty of the world's largest Islamic nation. She has a nose for interesting stories on nature and wildlife.

Friday, August 1, 2008

Weekend schedule remnder

I'll be the one working this weekend (yay!) at the usual times (3 p.m. to midnight Saturday, and 3 p.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday).
If you have an urgent story, please call the kanmon desk to get it out.

Looks like it might be busy with the SAARC summit in Colombo. Good luck to Shahid and Manik, who will be covering it.

Kurt