Daily News on the Southeast Asian Region

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26 March 2021 (pm) - 29 March 2021 (am)

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This alert service contains articles focusing on Southeast Asia and special topics in line with the research interests of the ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute.

Today’s issue includes the following articles contributed by or citing ISEAS - Yusof Ishak Institute and its researchers.

No. 6: Dr Leo Suryadinata, Visiting Senior Fellow
No. 49: Mr Dien Nguyen An Luong, Visiting Fellow
No. 55: Dr Ian Storey, Senior Fellow
No. 57: The State of Southeast Asia: 2019 survey report

Brunei Darussalam..

Cambodia ...............

Indonesia ................

Laos ........................

Malaysia ..................

Myanmar .................

Philippines ..............

Singapore ................

No. 1-7

No. 8-9

No. 10-33

No. 34-36

No. 37-39

Thailand .................

Timor-Leste.............

Vietnam ..................

ASEAN/SEA ..........

Asia Pacific ............

South China Sea ....

Special Topics ........

No. 40-46

No. 47-50

No. 51-59

No. 60-62

No. 63-66

No. 67-68

Indonesia

1. Terrorism a latent threat

Editorial Board

Jakarta Post, 29 March 2021

2. World Bank holds Indonesia’s GDP growth forecast for 2021

Jakarta Post, 29 March 2021

3. Indonesia slows down vaccine rollout amid delayed supplies

Jakarta Post, 29 March 2021

4. Internet bills rise for 71 percent of Indonesians: Survey

Jakarta Post, 29 March 2021

5. Survei Charta Politika: PDIP Paling Banyak Dipilih [Charta Politika survey: PDIP has the most votes]

Republika, 29 March 2021

6. Mencari Posisi Kho Ping Hoo dalam Kesastraan Indonesia [Finding Kho Ping Hoo's Position in Indonesian Literature]

CNN Indonesia, 28 March 2021

7. Indonesia’s move towards electric vehicles and clean energy will be slow but rewarding

Akhmad Hanan and Luky Yusgiantoro

South China Morning Post, 28 March 2021

Laos

8. NA closes with state leaders elected, development targets approved

Vientiane Times, 29 March 2021

9. Laos’ Austerity Fantasies Reveal the Communist Party’s Weaknesses

David Hutt

Diplomat, 26 March 2021

Malaysia

10. Umno-PAS dream romance heading for the rocks?

Minderjeet Kaur

Free Malaysia Today, 29 March 2021

11. Peninsular pressure will test GRS unity, Sabah Umno’s autonomy, says analyst

Willie Jude

Free Malaysia Today, 29 March 2021

12. Using ECRL to swing voter support for MCA, MIC?

Rosli Khan

Free Malaysia Today, 29 March 2021

13. Three things we learned from: Umno’s 75th AGM

Syed Jaymal Zahiid and Danial Dzulkifly

Malay Mail Online, 29 March 2021

14. Umno had to work with 'dwarf' party to keep DAP out of govt - Ahmad Jazlan

Malaysiakini, 29 March 2021

15. Depletion of EPF savings through i-Sinar points to bigger problems, analysts say

Bernard Saw

Malaysian Insight, 29 March 2021

16. Severing of ties with Bersatu to boost Zahid's standing, says analyst

Adib Povera, Nuradzimmah Daim, Dawn Chan

New Straits Times, 29 March 2021

17. Umno affirms break with Malaysia's PM Muhyiddin, ready to face polls alone

Shannon Teoh

Straits Times, 29 March 2021

18. UMNO can withdraw from Perikatan Nasional 'any time' if polls are not called soon: Ahmad Zahid

Vincent Tan

Channel News Asia, 28 March 2021

19. Will It Ever Be Anwar Ibrahim’s Turn?

Azeem Ibrahim

Foreign Policy, 28 March 2021

20. LDP votes to join Perikatan

Free Malaysia Today, 28 March 2021

21. We won’t cut ties in Sabah, says Bung Moktar

Willie Jude

Free Malaysia Today, 28 March 2021

22. COMMENT | Umno AGM - an epic battle that fizzled out

Al-Abror Mohd Yusuf

Malaysiakini, 28 March 2021

23. The trouble with anti-hopping laws

Kenneth Cheng Chee Kin

Malaysian Insight, 28 March 2021

24. PM will lose Pagoh in GE15, says Johor MB

Mohd Farhan Darwis, Hailey Chung Wee Kye, Chan Kok Leong, Diyana Ibrahim

Malaysian Insight, 28 March 2021

25. 谁来解救巫统的困境 [Who will save Umno from its predicament]？

刘惟诚.

Sinchew 星洲网, 28 March 2021

26. In push to regain dominance, Umno insists split with Malaysian PM Muhyiddin no threat to Malay unity

Straits Times, 28 March 2021

27. Umno rela korban 24 kerusi untuk PAS, kata Tajuddin [Umno willing to sacrifice 24 seats for PAS, says Tajuddin]

Mohd Farhan Darwis, Chan Kok Leong, Hailey Chung Wee Kye, Diyana Ibrahim

Malaysian Insight, 27 March 2021

28. Reminding PAS on Democratic Dignity and Islamic Justice

Professor Dr. Mohd Tajuddin Mohd Rasdi

Sinchew 星洲网, 27 March 2021

29. Youth protest in front of Malaysian Parliament over delay in lowering voting age

Straits Times, 27 March 2021

30. Umno wings prefer pact with PAS, reject others who covet premiership

Nadirah H. Rodzi

Straits Times, 27 March 2021

31. Why Muhyiddin won’t reopen Malaysia’s parliament

Nile Bowie

Asia Times, 26 March 2021

32. Debunking 3 Myths About Chinese Investment in Malaysia

Xianbai Ji is an assistant professor at the School of International Studies, Renmin University of China in Beijing. Chen Li is an assistant professor at the Centre for China Studies, The Chinese University of Hong Kong. Guanie Lim is an independent project consultant based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Diplomat, 26 March 2021

33. 华裔生育率与“华小变质” [Fertility rate of the Chinese community and the "metamorphosis" in Chinese primary schools]

唐南发

Malaysian Insight, 26 March 2021

Myanmar

34. Myanmar military flexes and preens amid a bloodbath

Asia Times, 27 March 2021

35. Could Myanmar’s ethnic armed groups turn the tide against the junta, with a little help from Beijing?

Maria Siow

South China Morning Post, 27 March 2021

36. India’s Dangerous Myanmar Policy

Sudha Ramachandran

Diplomat, 26 March 2021

Philippines

37. More aid needed

Philippine Daily Inquirer, 29 March 2021

38. Duterte signs CREATE bill into law

[Link to Department of Finance website on CREATE Act]

Julie M. Aurelio, Leila B. Salaverria

Philippine Daily Inquirer, 27 March 2021

39. A Philippine Plebiscite That Rebuked President Duterte and China

Mong Palatino served for two terms in the House of Representatives in the Philippines representing the youth sector.

Diplomat, 26 March 2021

Thailand

40. No-one suitable for prime minister's post - Nida Poll

Bangkok Post, 29 March 2021

41. Pheu Thai boss strives for modern look

Bangkok Post, 29 March 2021

42. Clear EV plan is a must

Editorial

Bangkok Post, 29 March 2021

43. People worried by presence of migrant workers: poll

Bangkok Post, 28 March 2021

44. Cracks in the coalition?

Bangkok Post, 27 March 2021

45. Rebels feel wrath over defiance

The ruling Palang Pracharath Party (PPRP) has taken action against the Dao Rerk (Star) faction for failing to toe the line in the censure debate vote. PPRP leader and Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon said yesterday that the group, whose members include list-MP Wathanya Wong-opasee, had been removed as government whips and suspended from political positions for three months.

Aekarach Sattaburuth

Bangkok Post, 27 March 2021

46. Mekong hurt by sweet talk

Editorial

Bangkok Post, 27 March 2021

Vietnam

47. 33 Party Central Committee members appointed ministers and to ministerial-level positions

VietNamNet, 29 March 2021

48. Vietnam’s Communist Party changes horses in midstream

Hai Hong Nguyen

Asia Sentinel, 28 March 2021

49. Why China’s Vaccine Diplomacy Has Not Worked In Neighboring Vietnam?

Eurasian Times, 28 March 2021

50. Vietnam set to become second largest economy in Southeast Asia

VietNamNet, 28 March 2021

ASEAN/Southeast Asia

51. Sharing the Mekong

Paritta Wangkiat

Bangkok Post, 29 March 2021

52. Indonesia targets electric car production, posing challenge for VN auto industry

VietNamNet, 29 March 2021

53. The Arena - Southeast Asia in the Age of Great-Power Rivalry

Bilahari Kausikan

Foreign Affairs, 28 March 2021

54. Mismanaged plastic waste threatening key economic sectors' in Thailand, Philippines, Malaysia

Nation, 28 March 2021

55. What does the UK's Indo-Pacific 'tilt' mean for S-E Asia?

Ian Storey is senior fellow at the ISEAS - Yusof Ishak Institute.

Straits Times, 28 March 2021

56. Joint Press Statement – 28th ASEAN-EU Joint Cooperation Committee (JCC) Meeting Convenes Virtually

ASEAN Secretariat News, 26 March 2021

57. Strengthening Southeast Asia-North Korea Engagement in the Post-COVID-19 Era

Diplomat, 26 March 2021

58. Cambodia and Singapore’s 2020 bilateral trade reaches $4 billion

Khmer Times, 26 March 2021

ASEAN-US

59. Why Biden Should Pursue “Minilateralism” With Asean

Richard Javad Heydarian

Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative, 26 March 2021

Asia Pacific

60. From Bandung conference to Indo-Pacific strategy (Part 1 of 2)

Phar Kim Beng and Osman Erdoğdu are, respectively, the founding CEO and chief knowledge officer at Strategic Pan Indo-Pacific Arena

Jakarta Post, 29 March 2021

61. Malign or benign? China–US strategic competition under Biden

Jia Qingguo, Peking University

East Asia Forum, 28 March 2021

62. Biden Looks to Contain China—but Where’s the Asian NATO?

Jack Detsch

Foreign Policy, 26 March 2021

East/South China Sea

63. In the South China Sea, Biden is outdoing Trump in bluff and bluster

Mark J. Valencia

South China Morning Post, 29 March 2021

64. Philippines: Occupation/Invasion Or Exaggeration?

Anna Malindog-Uy

ASEAN Post, 28 March 2021

65. New potential irritant: PH to raise China buildup on Zamora Reef

Leila B. Salaverria

Philippine Daily Inquirer, 28 March 2021

66. Spratly Islands: are Chinese boats baiting fish, or the Philippines?

South China Morning Post, 27 March 2021

Climate change/Environment

67. Red River needs to be planned under ‘Thuan Thien’ principle

Tran Huy Anh

VietNamNet, 28 March 2021

Superpower relations and the region

68. The Illiberal Tide: Why the International Order Is Tilting Toward Autocracy

Alexander Cooley and Daniel H. Nexon

Foreign Affairs, 26 March 2021

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