Reissue: Daily News on the Southeast Asian Region

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Daily News on the Southeast Asian Region

8 January 2021 (pm) - 11 January 2021 (am)

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This is a reissue of the Daily News released on 11 January 2021 due to receiving feedback on links not going to the news articles as intended. We apologize for the inconvenience caused.

Today’s issue includes the following articles and citations attributed to the Institute and its researchers. You can click on their names to go to these articles directly.

No. 33: Dr Francis Hutchinson, Senior Fellow
No. 38: Ms Moe Thuzar, Fellow
No. 49: Dr Malcolm Cook, Visiting Senior Fellow
No. 60: ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute
No. 66: ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute

Brunei Darussalam..

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

No. 1-3

No. 4-10

No. 11-34

No. 35-40

No. 41-49

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

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

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

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

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

South China Sea ....

Special Topics ........

No. 50-55

No. 56-57

No. 58-60

No. 61

No. 62-63

No. 64-74

Cambodia

1. ASEAN-Hong Kong FTA set for Feb 12

Phnom Penh Post, 10 January 2021

2. Chinese construction in Cambodia’s ‘next tourism hotspot’, Kampot, has residents and NGOs worried

South China Morning Post, 9 January 2021

3. Can We Trust the Cambodia Microfinance Association?

Diplomat, 8 January 2021

Indonesia

4. Identifying lawfare in FPI dissolution

Jakarta Post, 11 January 2021

5. Indonesia arms maritime force to deter Chinese, Vietnamese fishing vessels from entering Natuna seas

South China Morning Post, 10 January 2021

6. How local wisdom upholds commitment to common good

Charles Beraf is a social researcher at the Detukeli Research Center, East Nusa Tenggara.

Jakarta Post, 9 January 2021

7. Editorial: A New Face for the Ulema Council

Tempo, 9 January 2021

8. Abu Bakar Bashir and the Renewed Jihadi Threat in Indonesia

Diplomat, 8 January 2021

9. Germany-FPI incident: What happened to trust?

Dino Patti Djalal is the founder and chairman of the Foreign Policy Community of Indonesia (FPCI) and former Indonesian ambassador to the United States.

Jakarta Post, 8 January 2021

10. The triple work burden of Indonesia’s women unionists

Andi Cipta Asmawaty

New Mandala, 8 January 2021

Malaysia

11. Tiada peluang, gaji sikit punca rakyat Malaysia berhijrah [Lack of opportunities, low salaries reason for Malaysian emigration ]

Berita Harian (Malaysia), 11 January 2021

12. Battle of Malay parties ‘could make DAP the kingmaker’

Robin Augustin

Free Malaysia Today, 11 January 2021

13. Learn from Warisan’s defeat, Sarawak coalition told

Free Malaysia Today, 11 January 2021

14. How arrogance, myopia stalled Malaysia’s automotive dreams

Free Malaysia Today, 11 January 2021

15. PKR and PSB cross swords months before S'wak polls

Malaysiakini, 11 January 2021

16. Muhyiddin to name Hisham as DPM

Malaysian Insight, 11 January 2021

17. Perikatan Nasional government still in control'

Arfa Yunus

New Straits Times, 11 January 2021

18. Proklamasi darurat solusi terbaik akhiri drama politik? [Emergency proclamation is the best solution to end political drama?]

Khairil Anwar Mohd Amin

Sinar Harian, 11 January 2021

19. Tamak, khayal sokongan besar rosakkan politik Melayu-Islam [Greed, imagined overwhelming support damaging Malay-Muslim politics ]

Dr Mohd Noor Yazid adalah Profesor Madya di Fakulti Sains Sosial dan Kemanusiaan, Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS)

Berita Harian (Malaysia), 10 January 2021

20. Commentary: KL-Singapore HSR termination risks Malaysia falling behind on transport connectivity

Stewart Nixon is a research scholar at the Crawford School of Public Policy, The Australian National University and a recent research visitor at the University of Malaya.

Channel News Asia, 10 January 2021

21. Sabah parties standing up for political autonomy, says analyst

Durie Rainer Fong

Free Malaysia Today, 10 January 2021

22. Let PH form a new stable unity govt, says Mahfuz

Free Malaysia Today, 10 January 2021

23. My work continues from behind the scenes, says Nurul Izzah

Free Malaysia Today, 10 January 2021

24. Zafrul's post on high foreign investment invites backlash, ridicule

Malaysiakini, 10 January 2021

25. Umno in a quagmire? It only has itself to blame

Kenneth Cheng Chee Kin

Malaysian Insight, 10 January 2021

26. Industrialists challenge Zafrul’s rosy picture of investor confidence

Malaysian Insight, 10 January 2021

27. Umno, PKR & DAP: Gabungan terbaik masa kini? [Best alliance for now?]

Muhammad Hafeezzur Rahman

Malaysian Insight, 10 January 2021

28. Hala tuju politik Malaysia selepas ini [The direction of Malaysian politics henceforth]

Stephen Ng

Malaysian Insight, 10 January 2021

29. Elections now will have dire consequences, says health think-tank

Malaysian Insight, 10 January 2021

30. Sarawak Pakatan ‘delusional’ over chances in polls

Malaysian Insight, 10 January 2021

31. GRS key to political success in Sabah, says analyst

Avila Geraldine

New Straits Times, 10 January 2021

32. Apa kata semua ambil cuti politik [What do you say if everyone takes political leave ]

A Kadir Jasin

Sinar Harian, 10 January 2021

33. What derailed the Singapore-Malaysia high-speed link, and where now for neighbours’ troubled relationship?

South China Morning Post, 10 January 2021

34. Beginning Of The End As Malaysia’s FDI Dries Up?

Jason Loh

ASEAN Post, 9 January 2021

Myanmar

35. Solar Power Use In Myanmar

ASEAN Post, 10 January 2021

36. The dirty business of doing deals with Myanmar’s military

Htwe Htwe Thein is a professor at Australia’s Curtin University

Asia Times, 10 January 2021

37. COVID-19 eroding electoral democracy in Southeast Asia

James Gomez & Khin Mai Aung

Mizzima, 10 January 2021

38. China seeks to shore up its influence in Myanmar

Bangkok Post, 9 January 2021

39. Rakhine Campaigners Demand Myanmar Releases Political Prisoners

Irrawaddy, 8 January 2021

40. Myanmar Government Says Rakhine Elections Require Security Guarantees

Radio Free Asia, 8 January 2021

Philippines

41. PH ‘well-positioned’ to sustain trade gains—NEDA

Manila Bulletin, 11 January 2021

42. PH exports to US lose GSP privileges

Manila Bulletin, 11 January 2021

43. Taxing vehicle imports

Philippine Daily Inquirer, 11 January 2021

44. No political amendments in the Constitution, says House panel chair

Philippine Daily Inquirer, 11 January 2021

45. Opinion: In tussle for influence, US and China may have to woo another Duterte

Straits Times, 11 January 2021

46. Senate must do its job

Philippine Daily Inquirer, 10 January 2021

47. Picking up the pieces of PH labor market as recovery beckons

Philippine Daily Inquirer, 10 January 2021

48. The need to extend Bangsamoro transition

Philippine Daily Inquirer, 10 January 2021

49. Rappler Talk: Malcolm Cook on Duterte’s foreign policy in 2021

Rappler, 9 January 2021

Thailand

50. Public going sour on PM over bug response

Bangkok Post, 11 January 2021

51. Money to be made, on and off the tables

Bangkok Post, 11 January 2021

52. Four key factors, Biden’s policies will shape Thai economy this year: state think-tank chief

Nation, 11 January 2021

53. Clear direction badly needed

Bangkok Post, 9 January 2021

54. Pressure mounts against MP Sira Jenjaka

Bangkok Post, 9 January 2021

55. Thailand's murky jab considerations

Bangkok Post, 8 January 2021

Vietnam

56. Vietnam’s Communists convene away from prying eyes to choose leaders

Financial Times, 10 January 2021

57. Vietnam’s tight lid on the coronavirus leaves many citizens desperate to return, with illegal border crossings on the rise

South China Morning Post, 8 January 2021

ASEAN/Southeast Asia

58. Edges of South-east Asia: Go 'glocal' to grow in Asean

Ambassador (Ret) Michael W. Michalak is senior vice-president and regional managing director at the US-Asean Business Council and a former US Ambassador to Vietnam and Apec. Marc Mealy is senior vice-president - policy at the US-Asean Business Council.

Straits Times, 11 January 2021

59. Outlook 2021: ASEAN vaccine solidarity in focus as virus looks likely to stay

Jakarta Post, 9 January 2021

ASEAN-China

60. When US anger rises at China’s Confucius Institutes, Southeast Asia thinks of the consequences

South China Morning Post, 9 January 2021

Asia Pacific

61. How Asian SMEs can manage energy to win

Bangkok Post, 11 January 2021

East/South China Sea

62. US-China ‘grey zone’ rivalry in South China Sea may be about to intensify

South China Morning Post, 9 January 2021

63. South China Sea: A Biden-Duterte Reset

Richard Javad Heydarian

Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative, 8 January 2021

Climate change/Environment

64. Making palm oil more sustainable

Bangkok Post, 11 January 2021

65. There's still hope for the Mekong

Bangkok Post, 11 January 2021

66. 亚细安民众调查：应对气候变化与抗疫同等重要 [Asean public survey: tackling climate change is as important as fighting the epidemic]

Lianhe Zaobao 联合早报, 11 January 2021

67. Let's be bold for climate action, sustainability

Simone Galimberti

New Straits Times, 11 January 2021

68. Mekong drowned in water politics

Bangkok Post, 10 January 2021

69. Malaysia needs climate advocate in governance

Ronald Benjamin is secretary for the Association for Community and Dialogue.

Malaysian Insight, 10 January 2021

70. Kingdom meets climate deadline

Phnom Penh Post, 10 January 2021

71. Mountain of masks: Growing environmental problem emerges amid Covid-19 pandemic

Straits Times, 9 January 2021

Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) / Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP)

72. Opinion: With Trump’s exit, America’s return to reason and multilateralism is finally imminent

South China Morning Post, 11 January 2021

Regional Outlook Forum 2021

73. Malaysia needs a political reset in 2021, says Shafie Apdal

Avila Geraldine

New Straits Times, 8 January 2021

US-China

74. Will Congress Be a ‘Spoiler’ in Biden’s China Policy?

Diplomat, 8 January 2021

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