Daily News on the Southeast Asian Region

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12 January 2021 (pm) - 13 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. There is 1 article relating to the Regional Outlook Forum 2021 organised by ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute.

No. 23: Dr Norshahril Saat, Senior Fellow

Brunei Darussalam..

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

No. 1

No. 2-12

No. 13-30

No. 31

No. 32-34

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

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

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

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

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

South China Sea ....

Special Topics ........

No. 35-44

No. 45-49

No. 50-51

No. 52-55

No. 56

No. 57-58

Cambodia

1. Sebastian Strangio on Cambodia’s Relations with China and the US

Cambodianess, 12 January 2021

Indonesia

2. Indonesia coronavirus: The vaccination drive targeting younger people

BBC, 13 January 2021

3. Indonesia: Road To Harmony Means Removing Radical Potholes

Siktus Harson

Eurasia Review, 13 January 2021

4. Indonesia lags on renewable energy, and pays the price

Diwangkara Bagus Nugraha & Filda Citra Yusgiantoro

Interpreter, 13 January 2021

5. Energy, mining investments in RI fall to 5-year record low in 2020

Jakarta Post, 13 January 2021

6. [ANALYSIS] 2021 consumer spending: Will it recover solidly?

Andry Asmoro. Chief economist at Bank Mandiri

Jakarta Post, 13 January 2021

7. Luhut welcomes China’s Wang Yi to hometown for investment talks

Jakarta Post, 13 January 2021

8. Safeguard on Indonesian automotive imports proves competitiveness

Antara, 12 January 2021

9. Trade growth hinges on vaccination as govt seeks 11 deals in 2021

Jakarta Post, 12 January 2021

10. 258 km of toll roads built in Indonesia in 2020, short of target

Jakarta Post, 12 January 2021

11. Indonesia could be Asia's next Islamic finance hub

Fauziah Rizki Yuniarti is a lecturer at the University of Indonesia economics and business faculty and an Islamic economics researcher at the Institute for Development of Economics and Finance (Indef).

Jakarta Post, 12 January 2021

12. Japan shows interest in Patimban seaport partnership

Jakarta Post, 11 January 2021

Malaysia

13. Will Muhyiddin seek new friends or make more enemies?

Durie Rainer Fong

Free Malaysia Today, 13 January 2021

14. It may take a while for Malaysia to see economic benefits of Biden presidency

Free Malaysia Today, 13 January 2021

15. Policy, public compliance failures forced MCO 2.0, say experts

Ragananthini Vethasalam

Malaysian Insight, 13 January 2021

16. Upko's Tangau calls on Anwar to form shadow cabinet 'to save Malaysia'

Malaysian Insight, 13 January 2021

17. UMNO lemas di kolam yang cetek [UMNO drowns in a shallow pool ]

Shamsul Amri Baharuddin

Sinar Harian, 13 January 2021

18. Pilihan raya boleh diadakan ketika darurat: Aziz Bari [Elections can be held during emergencies: Aziz Bari ]

Saifullah Ahmad

Sinar Harian, 13 January 2021

19. PM: It’s not a military coup

[Link to 12-minute long video]

Star, 13 January 2021

20. Malaysian PM Muhyiddin sharply criticised for emergency declaration

Straits Times, 13 January 2021

21. News Analysis: Muhyiddin's gamble raises economic and political stakes in KL

Straits Times, 13 January 2021

22. Pembatalan HSR usaha perkasa kewangan berdepan pandemik [Cancellation of HSR is an effort to strengthen finances to confront pandemic ]

Prof Madya Dr Rohami Shafie adalah Pengarah Institut Kajian Strategik & Pembangunan Perakaunan Mampan (ISSAD), Universiti Utara Malaysia

Berita Harian (Malaysia), 12 January 2021

23. Malaysia Declares Virus Emergency, Offering Reprieve for Besieged PM

Diplomat, 12 January 2021

24. FMM calls for govt to allow certain manufacturing sectors to continue operating

Free Malaysia Today, 12 January 2021

25. MCO forces postponement of ruling on use of ‘Allah’ by Christians

Free Malaysia Today, 12 January 2021

26. Why a state of Emergency raises concerns in Malaysia

Malay Mail Online, 12 January 2021

27. COMMENT | 'Malay' concept deserves clarification

Malaysiakini, 12 January 2021

28. Proclamation of emergency drastically changes sources of law

Hafiz Hassan

Malaysian Insight, 12 January 2021

29. Muhyiddin put country above politics, say Bersatu leaders

Kamles Kumar

Malaysian Insight, 12 January 2021

30. 马来西亚是日本不可替代的朋友 [Malaysia is an irreplaceable friend of Japan ]

冈浩

Sinchew 星洲网, 12 January 2021

Myanmar

31. China to provide 3m Yuan’s worth of Covid-19 medical supplies, 300,000 units of Covid-19 vaccines for Myanmar

Eleven Myanmar, 12 January 2021

Philippines

32. PH ends year with P1.36-T deficit

Manila Bulletin, 13 January 2021

33. PH tourism revenue was a measly P81.4 B last year

Manila Bulletin, 13 January 2021

34. Isko leads NCR poll for president

Manila Bulletin, 13 January 2021

Thailand

35. Private sector deems latest relief measures insufficient

Bangkok Post, 13 January 2021

36. Moody's: Expect a slow Thai recovery

Bangkok Post, 13 January 2021

37. Local bodies can provide Covid jabs, says Anutin

Bangkok Post, 13 January 2021

38. Govt approves Covid handouts

Bangkok Post, 13 January 2021

39. Speed up lese majeste inquiries: PM

Bangkok Post, 13 January 2021

40. New wave of COVID-19 infections in Thailand shines spotlight on employment situation of foreign workers

Channel News Asia, 13 January 2021

41. Thai Royal Defamation Cases Ramp Up

ASEAN Post, 12 January 2021

42. Household debt rises 42% to 12-year high

Bangkok Post, 12 January 2021

43. Mekong 'dammed' by uncertainty

Bangkok Post, 12 January 2021

44. Thailand’s Dangerous Political Interregnum

Pavin Chachavalpongpun is associate professor at Kyoto University’s Center of Southeast Asian Studies.

Council on Foreign Relations, 12 January 2021

Vietnam

45. Why the flag of South Vietnam flew at US Capitol siege

South China Morning Post, 13 January 2021

46. Vietnam takes advantage of FTAs to enjoy trade surplus with markets globally

Voice of Vietnam, 13 January 2021

47. Vietnam Rights Defenders Weigh Magnitsky Measures as Criticism of Hanoi’s Crackdown Mounts

Radio Free Asia, 12 January 2021

48. Bright future tipped for Vietnam’s e-commerce market

VietNamNet, 12 January 2021

49. Hanoi seeks additional World Bank assistance for development

Voice of Vietnam, 12 January 2021

ASEAN/Southeast Asia

50. ADB to support Asia-Pacific COVID vaccinations

Nikkei, 13 January 2021

ASEAN-China

51. Coronavirus: Indonesia’s roll-out of Sinovac vaccine and Wang Yi visit give China’s image a shot in the arm

South China Morning Post, 12 January 2021

Asia Pacific

52. Power Dynamics, More Than Ideology, Drive US-China Tensions

Denny Roy

Eurasia Review, 13 January 2021

53. How America Can Shore Up Asian Order: A Strategy for Restoring Balance and Legitimacy

Kurt M. Campbell & Rush Doshi

Foreign Affairs, 12 January 2021

54. Xi Jinping’s Strategic Overreach

Project Syndicate, 12 January 2021

55. The economic outlook for East Asia and Pacific in seven charts

World Bank Blogs, 12 January 2021

East/South China Sea

56. COVID-19 masks mischief in the South China Sea

Carlyle Thayer, UNSW Canberra

East Asia Forum, 13 January 2021

Regional Outlook Forum 2021

57. MP SPEAKS | Restore mandate to Harapan and Anwar for M'sia to be great

Lim Kit Siang

Malaysiakini, 11 January 2021

Superpower relations and the region

58. [INSIGHT] Strategic challenges for US: Democracy and Indo-Pacific

Jakarta Post, 12 January 2021

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