Niha Masih

Seoul

Breaking news reporter focusing on U.S. and global events

Education: Delhi University, BA in English; Columbia Graduate School of Journalism, MA in Journalism

Niha Masih is a reporter at The Washington Post's Seoul hub, where she covers breaking news in the United States and across the world. Previously, she was The Post's India correspondent where she covered the rise of majoritarian nationalism, conflict in Kashmir, the Covid crisis and digital surveillance of citizens. In 2022, she covered the political crisis in Sri Lanka as protesters toppled the president. She was the joint recipient of South Asian Journalism Association's 2022 Daniel Pearl Award for a series of reports into the surveillance and hacking of Indian activists jailed for terrorism
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Latest from Niha Masih

Russia-Ukraine war: Biden and Zelensky agree: Ukraine will join NATO only after war ends

G-7 countries issued a joint declaration of “unwavering” support for Ukraine on day two of a summit for NATO leaders in Vilnius, Lithuania.

July 12, 2023

NATO says it will invite Ukraine to join when ‘conditions are met’; Zelensky calls lack of timeline ‘absurd’

The summit is a show of Western unity against Russia — but there are divisions over Kyiv’s candidacy and the U.S. decision to supply it with cluster munitions.

July 11, 2023

Historic and deadly Northeast floods trap residents, destroy roads

One person was killed in the Hudson Valley, and New York City urged people to leave basements and watch out for flooded roadways.

July 10, 2023

Ukraine live briefing: Ukraine joining NATO is ‘premature,’ Biden tells CNN before summit

Ahead of a NATO summit, President Biden said Ukraine cannot join the alliance until the war with Russia ends.

July 9, 2023

Ukraine live briefing: Wagner’s Prigozhin returns to Russia; Rights group urges Washington not to provide Kyiv with cluster munitions

Lukashenko said Wagner Group chief Yevgeniy Prigozhin is no longer in Belarus and is in St. Petersburg. A Russian cruise missile attack caused devastation in Lviv, killing four people, Ukrainian officials said.

July 6, 2023

What is happening in Jenin in the occupied West Bank, and why now?

Disaffected, mainly young Palestinians from refugee camps are rising up against the Israeli occupation and Western-backed Palestinian leadership.

July 5, 2023

Israeli troops leave Jenin after two-day incursion, trade fire with Gaza

The two-day incursion, the biggest in two decades, left at least 12 Palestinians dead and some 100 injured.

July 4, 2023

Fundraiser for French officer who killed teen raises over $1.5 million

The GoFundMe campaign for the officer’s family received far more donations than one for the mother of Nahel M., who was shot during a traffic stop outside Paris.

July 4, 2023

Israeli forces launch major operation in West Bank city, killing at least 8

The Israel Defense Forces said it targeted a command center in Jenin that militants were thought to be operating in a refugee camp.

July 3, 2023

Twitter sued Indian government for ‘arbitrarily’ silencing critics. It lost.

A judge in the Karnataka High Court dismissed Twitter’s lawsuit and ordered the company to pay a fine for taking up the court's time.

July 2, 2023