Daily News on the Southeast Asian Region

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20 January 2021 (pm) - 21 January 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 attributed to the Institute and its researchers. You can click on their names to go to these articles directly.

Brunei Darussalam..

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

No. 1-2

No. 3-10

No. 11

No. 12-24

No. 25-26

No. 27

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

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

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

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

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

South China Sea ....

Special Topics ........

No. 28-32

No. 33-34

No. 35-40

Cambodia

1. Will Cambodia’s oil drops be a curse or a blessing?

Khmer Times, 21 January 2021

2. NBC: Financial sector thrives in 2020, beats Covid-19 blues

Phnom Penh Post, 21 January 2021

Indonesia

3. [COMMENTARY] Jokowi must not be tempted to follow Trump's lead

Kornelius Purba is a senior editor at The Jakarta Post

Jakarta Post, 21 January 2021

4. New antiterror plan must not violate basic rights: Groups for students:

Jakarta Post, 21 January 2021

5. Strengthen mutual support and create a better future together

Xiao Qian is Chinese ambassador to Indonesia.

Jakarta Post, 21 January 2021

6. Mencegah Ekstremisme [Preventing extremism ]

Azyumardi Azra

Republika, 21 January 2021

7. Govt Boosts Ambitious Food Estate Program in Kalimantan

Tempo, 21 January 2021

8. The Indigenous people of Urat village in Lake Toba have been left out of rural tourism development

Ringkar Situmorang, Lecturer, Universitas Multimedia Nusantara; Arnold Japutra

Senior lecturer, University of Western Australia; Teddy Trilaksono, Lecturer, Universitas Prasetiya Mulya

Conversation, 20 January 2021

9. For Indonesia, Chinese 5G Cooperation Brings Promise and Peril

Muhammad Zulfikar Rakhmat is a lecturer at the Universitas Islam Indonesia.

Diplomat, 20 January 2021

10. Paying bribes in Indonesia: A survey of business corruption

Paul Kenny & Eve Warburton

New Mandala, 20 January 2021

Laos

11. Elite family ties still bind the Lao Peoples’ Revolutionary Party

Martin Stuart-Fox, UQ

East Asia Forum, 21 January 2021

Malaysia

12. Pakatan nominates ex-ministers Loke, Saifuddin and Dzulkefly to sit on bipartisan Emergency committee to advise Agong

Yiswaree Palansamy

Malay Mail Online, 21 January 2021

13. Asean member states mulling digital infrastructure fund, says PM Muhyiddin

Malay Mail Online, 21 January 2021

14. MP SPEAKS | Covid-19 cannot be defeated by laws lacking legitimacy

William Leong Jee Keen

Malaysiakini, 21 January 2021

15. PM moots suing errant digital platforms, using existing laws on cyberspace

Malaysiakini, 21 January 2021

16. Bersih keeps up call for local govt election

Malaysiakini, 21 January 2021

17. Pressure in and outside Umno for Zahid to step down, say observers

Kamles Kumar

Malaysian Insight, 21 January 2021

18. Surat Ahmad Maslan kehendak parti, bukan individu [Ahmad Maslan's letter is the will of the party, not the individual ]

Khairil Anwar Mohd Amin

Sinar Harian, 21 January 2021

19. A tale of two ‘darurat’: PAS set to avenge 1977 Umno betrayal

Saiful Ridzaimi is a Malaysian political observer.

Malaysian Insight, 20 January 2021

20. Muhyiddin acting like Najib, says Dr Mahathir as Pejuang remains unregistered

Malaysian Insight, 20 January 2021

21. Darurat Demokrasi Malaysia: Koreksi atau Monarki Absolut? [Democratic emergency in Malaysia: a correction or an absolute monarchy?]

Hendrajit, Pengkaji Geopolitik dan Wartawan Senior

Republika, 20 January 2021

22. Siapa diktator, Tan Sri Muhyiddin atau Tun Dr Mahathir? [Who is the dictator, Tan Sri Muhyiddin or Tun Dr Mahathir?]

Dr Kamarul Zaman Yusoff

Sinar Harian, 20 January 2021

23. Prinsip untuk kembalikan UMNO kepada zaman kegemilangan [Principles to bring UMNO back to its days of glory ]

Sinar Harian, 20 January 2021

24. Malaysia PM Muhyiddin's future rides on bringing Covid-19 under control without economic disaster

Straits Times, 20 January 2021

Myanmar

25. China’s Belt and Road Initiative Continues to Make Inroads in Myanmar

Irrawaddy, 20 January 2021

26. Myanmar and Japan Talk of Continued Expansion of Investment and Military Relation

Irrawaddy, 20 January 2021

Philippines

27. Presidential immunity from suit

Philippine Daily Inquirer, 21 January 2021

Thailand

28. Pheu Thai to fight by itself

Aekarach Sarraburuth

Bangkok Post, 21 January 2021

29. In Thailand’s Deep South, COVID-19 Leaves Peace Talks With BRN On Hold

Michael Hart

Eurasia Review, 21 January 2021

30. Thanathorn demands govt unveil vaccine manufacturing contract

Nation, 21 January 2021

31. Thailand ramps up use of royal insult law, further stoking dissent among activists

South China Morning Post, 21 January 2021

32. Thai royalists launch political party to protect monarchy

Channel News Asia, 20 January 2021

ASEAN/Southeast Asia

33. ASEAN perlu mengekang jenayah siber demi ekonomi digital: Muhyiddin [ASEAN needs to curb cybercrime for the sake of the digital economy: Muhyiddin ]

Sinar Harian, 21 January 2021

34. Negara ASEAN perlu rangka dasar e-dagang rentas sempadan [ASEAN countries need a cross-border e-commerce policy framework ]

Sinar Harian, 21 January 2021

Climate change/Environment

35. Year 2021: Where is Indonesia’s renewable energy?

Aufar Satria and Brandon Bernandus are management consultants at global strategy consulting firms.

Jakarta Post, 21 January 2021

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

36. MySay: TNCs reviving TPP Frankenstein

Jomo Sundaram

Edge Markets, 21 January 2021

37. Indonesia eyes double-digit growth in exports, investment through RCEP

Jakarta Post, 21 January 2021

Superpower relations and the region

38. RI largely absent from US govt Indo-Pacific strategy paper

Abigail Rose McCall

Jakarta Post, 21 January 2021

39. No question the Biden administration has to appear ‘very tough’ on China, former Singapore diplomat says

CNBC, 20 January 2021

US Foreign Policy

40. The Biden administration: The road ahead for Asia

Straits Times, 21 January 2021

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