Daily News on the Southeast Asian Region

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28 July 2021 (pm) - 29 July 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.

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This issue of Daily News Alert includes the following articles attributed to ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute and its researchers. You can click on their names to go to these articles directly.

No. 38: Dr Termsak Chalermpalanupap, Visiting Fellow
No. 43: Dr Ha Hoang Hop, Visiting Senior Fellow
No. 44: Dr Le Hong Hiep, Senior Fellow

Brunei Darussalam..

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

No. 1-13

No. 14

No. 15-28

No. 29-34

No. 35-36

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

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

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

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

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

South China Sea ....

Special Topics ........

No. 37-40

No. 41-45

No. 46-49

No. 50

No. 51

No. 52-53

Indonesia

1. Investment in industrial sector up 29% in first half

Antara, 29 July 2021

2. Indonesia must act on illegal gold mining or fall for fool’s gold

Muhammad Beni Saputra, UIN Sulthan Thaha Saifuddin Jambi

East Asia Forum, 29 July 2021

3. ‘Democracy remains key for RI’s path to prosperity’

Yerica Lai

Jakarta Post, 29 July 2021

4. Demographic bonus: The more the merrier the wealthier?

Dharendra Wardhana is a senior planner at the National Development Planning Agency (Bappenas), with a PhD in development studies with reference to emerging economies at the Department of International Development, King’s College London.

Jakarta Post, 29 July 2021

5. IMF lowers Indonesia's GDP growth forecast for 2021

Dzulfiqar Fathur Rahman

Jakarta Post, 29 July 2021

6. Impeaching Gus Dur, a blind but visionary president

Kornelius Purba is senior editor of The Jakarta Post.

Jakarta Post, 29 July 2021

7. Maintaining US-RI ties

Editorial board

Jakarta Post, 29 July 2021

8. Looking beyond unicorns for an inclusive digital future in Indonesia

[Link to Melampaui Unicorn: Memanfaatkan Teknologi Digital untuk Inklusi di Indonesia]

Sailesh Tiwari

World Bank Blogs, 29 July 2021

9. Indonesia requires Rp4,520 trillion to achieve NDC target: Minister

Antara, 28 July 2021

10. Riau’s Boarding Schools on Entrepreneurial Journey as Palm Oil Santripreneurs

JAYANTY NADA SHOFA

Jakarta Globe, 28 July 2021

11. Air Force apologizes after video of violence against Papuan goes viral

Dio Suhenda

Jakarta Post, 28 July 2021

12. How scientists and communities can build partnerships to deal with floods: learning from Indonesia

Erich Wolff, PhD researcher on Infrastructure and Disaster Risk Reduction, Monash University; Diego Ramírez-Lovering, Head of the Department of Architecture, Monash University

Conversation, 27 July 2021

13. Indonesia’s ‘Freedom to Learn’ movement at risk as students lose attention amid digital learning: how do we reclaim their drive to learn?

Muhammad Zuhdi, Head of the Quality Assurance Institute, Universitas Islam Negeri Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta; Stephen Dobson, Professor and Dean of Education, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington

Conversation, 27 July 2021

Laos

14. Can China’s Belt and Road Open Up Landlocked Laos?

Michael Hart

Geopolitical Monitor, 28 July 2021

Malaysia

15. Being Human: Time to end migrant workers’ misery

R B Bhattacharjee

Edge Markets, 29 July 2021

16. 马国国会只复会没复权 [Malaysian parliament resumes meeting but does not resume power]

胡逸山是新加坡国际事务学会（研究所）高级研究员马来西亚太平洋研究中心首席顾问

Lianhe Zaobao 联合早报, 29 July 2021

17. Sixty hours to a major constitutional crisis in Malaysia

Lim Kit Siang

Malaysiakini, 29 July 2021

18. Govt needs king’s consent to revoke emergency ordinances, says expert

Raevathi Supramaniam

Malaysian Insight, 29 July 2021

19. Ku Li’s seat moved to Independent bloc

Free Malaysia Today, 28 July 2021

20. Major row over Muhyiddin’s majority

Minderjeet Kaur

Free Malaysia Today, 28 July 2021

21. Reopen economy, consider all sectors essential, govt told

Ainaa Aiman

Free Malaysia Today, 28 July 2021

22. SMEs take a beating – GDP contribution down by 7.3%

Free Malaysia Today, 28 July 2021

23. Survey shows 85% want Muhyiddin to quit

Noel Achariam

Malaysian Insight, 28 July 2021

24. Umno in the dark over revoked emergency ordinances, says Zahid

Malaysian Insight, 28 July 2021

25. After all, it's just a 'special sitting'

Sinchew 星洲网, 28 July 2021

26. Persevering towards Recovery for Penang’s Tourism Industry

Yeong Pey Jung and Dr Lee Siu Ming

Penang Institute, 27 July 2021

27. Menteri UMNO letak jawatan jika darurat diteruskan [Umno ministers to resign if emergency continues ]

Ahmad Suhael Adnan

Berita Harian (Malaysia), 26 July 2021

28. Malaysia: Wither democracy or opportunity for complete overhaul?

Badlishah Sham Baharin / Mohammad Abdul Hamid

Sinchew 星洲网, 26 July 2021

Myanmar

29. Commentary: Should the UK recognise a new Myanmar diplomat appointed by the junta?

Dr Alistair D B Cook is Coordinator of the Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief Programme and Senior Fellow at the Centre for Non-Traditional Security Studies, S Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapor

Channel News Asia, 29 July 2021

30. Efforts to develop a vaccine against COVID-19 in Myanmar should be implemented as soon as possible: Senior General Min Aung Hlaing

Eleven Myanmar, 29 July 2021

31. Myanmar could become Covid ‘super-spreader’ state, says UN expert

Guardian, 28 July 2021

32. US Defense Secretary Chides Myanmar Junta

Irrawaddy, 28 July 2021

33. EAOs & China: Two Letters from Northern Myanmar to the CCP

Yaolong Xian

New Mandala, 28 July 2021

34. Isolated Myanmar calls for international help as COVID cases surge

Reuters, 28 July 2021

Philippines

35. Nothing new in last SONA

Antonio T. Carpio

Philippine Daily Inquirer, 29 July 2021

36. Emphasis on no war with China shows Duterte’s sobriety

Li Kaisheng

Global Times, 28 July 2021

Thailand

37. Analysts shrug off inflation concerns

Phusadee Arunmas

Bangkok Post, 29 July 2021

38. Thailand’s street protests return, taking aim at Prayuth’s handling of Covid-19 pandemic

Jitsiree Thongnoi

South China Morning Post, 29 July 2021

39. Chaos In Thai Home Food Delivery Industry: Creative Destruction Runs Wild In Food Business

Murray Hunter

Eurasia Review, 28 July 2021

40. Govt accused of using fake news as an excuse to control freedoms: Thai news orgs

Nation, 28 July 2021

Vietnam

41. Government to facilitate localities, businesses to purchase Covid-19 vaccines

VietNamNet, 29 July 2021

42. In Vietnam, Civil Society Is Picking up the Slack Where Authorities Struggle

Luke Hunt

Diplomat, 28 July 2021

43. US Defense Secretary Arrives in Vietnam for Talks on Regional Security

Radio Free Asia, 28 July 2021

44. US defence secretary Lloyd Austin’s Vietnam visit to focus on maritime cooperation, distrust over wartime history

Bac Pham

South China Morning Post, 28 July 2021

45. PM Chinh named as National Defence and Security Council Vice President

Voice of Vietnam, 28 July 2021

ASEAN/Southeast Asia

46. KL-Jakarta ties vital to fight virus

Muhammad Sinatra is an analyst at the Institute of Strategic and International Studies (ISIS) Malaysia

New Straits Times, 29 July 2021

47. ASEAN kicks-off RCEP webinar series

ASEAN Secretariat News, 27 July 2021

48. Tackling Asia’s talent challenge: How to adapt to a digital future

McKinsey & Co., 26 July 2021

ASEAN-US

49. Pentagon chief: Myanmar military acts ‘flatly unacceptable’

Asahi Shimbun (AJW), 28 July 2021

Asia Pacific

50. Skies over Asia just get darker

Ravi Velloor

Straits Times, 29 July 2021

East/South China Sea

51. South China Sea: US will ensure ‘all nations can benefit’ from resource-rich international waters, top navy admiral says

Dewey Sim

South China Morning Post, 28 July 2021

Climate Change/Environment

52. Greening Markets: Market-Based Approaches for Environmental Management in Asia

Asian Development Bank, 29 July 2021

Superpower relations and the region

53. Biden increases threat of war between great powers: Global Times editorial

Global Times, 28 July 2021

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