Daily News on the Southeast Asian Region

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19 July 2021 (pm) - 21 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. 8 : Dr Yatun Sastramidjaja, Visiting Fellow and Mr Amirul Adli Bin Rosli, Research Officer
No. 12: Dr Serina Rahman, Visiting Fellow
No. 54: ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute

Brunei Darussalam..

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

No. 1-11

No. 12-19

No. 20-25

No. 26-31

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

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

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

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

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

South China Sea ....

Special Topics ........

No. 32-38

No. 39-41

No. 42-48

No. 49-53

No. 54-55

No. 56-59

Indonesia

1. The battle for Indonesia's Gold Island

[6-minute video]

BBC, 21 July 2021

2. New deal, old approach

Editorial board

Jakarta Post, 21 July 2021

3. VP Ma’ruf Amin, how are you today amid the pandemic?

Kornelius Purba

Jakarta Post, 21 July 2021

4. Indonesia's poverty rate reduction possible through Java-centric cut

Antara, 20 July 2021

5. Uno targeting to vaccinate 90-95% tourism, creative economy workers

Antara, 20 July 2021

6. Indonesia must ‘protect the people’ without sacrificing the economy, finance minister says

CNBC, 20 July 2021

7. More Indonesians disapprove of Jokowi's handling of pandemic

Rifki Nurfajri

Jakarta Post, 20 July 2021

8. 哈芝节恐扩大传染印尼促回教徒严防疫 [Hari Raya Haji feared to widen spread of infection in Indonesia, Muslims urged to strictly prevent the epidemic]

Lianhe Zaobao 联合早报, 20 July 2021

9. Jokowi’s Papua strategy: Development above all else?

ARIE RUHYANTO

Southeast Asia Globe, 20 July 2021

10. Protests Greet Indonesia’s Renewal of Papuan Autonomy Law

Sebastian Strangio

Diplomat, 19 July 2021

11. In world’s new Covid-19 epicentre, Indonesians help each other as trust in government falters

Resty Woro Yuniar

South China Morning Post, 19 July 2021

Malaysia

12. Commentary: Malaysia king’s role comes into sharper focus as country sails through bleakest COVID-19 days

Dr Serina Rahman, Visiting Fellow at the ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute

Channel News Asia, 21 July 2021

13. Allow non-essential industries to open at 50% capacity, pleads FMM

Free Malaysia Today, 21 July 2021

14. Why isn’t education on agenda for Parliament, asks PH

Free Malaysia Today, 21 July 2021

15. Postpone state election to next year, DAP Sarawak secretary tells state government

Malay Mail Online, 21 July 2021

16. NEP subservient to the majoritarian agenda

P Ramasamy

Malaysiakini, 21 July 2021

17. A closer look at Malaysia’s 5G rollout

Imran Ariff

Free Malaysia Today, 20 July 2021

18. Jawi: identity and controversy

Mulaika Hijjas

New Mandala, 20 July 2021

19. Ministry says 3,391 households have received Bakul Prihatin Negara assistance so far

Malay Mail Online, 19 July 2021

Myanmar

20. 冠病——缅甸军政府的悬顶之剑 [Covid-19: Myanmar Junta's Sword of Damocles]

何涵虚是西南政法大学政治与公共管理学院国际政治专业硕士研究生

Lianhe Zaobao 联合早报, 21 July 2021

21. Detained NLD’s CEC member Nyan Win dies of Covid-19 at Yangon hospital

Eleven Myanmar, 20 July 2021

22. Myanmar’s Generals Are Struggling to Tell Their Story

Luke Hunt

Diplomat, 19 July 2021

23. COVID Devastation Lost in Translation

Mary Callahan

Mizzima, 19 July 2021

24. Interview: ‘Up to 400,000 Lives Could be Lost’ Without Prompt Action by Myanmar Junta

Radio Free Asia, 19 July 2021

25. Myanmar junta struggles to keep foreign investors in the country

Mizzima, 18 July 2021

Philippines

26. The politics of PacMan

Michael Beltran

Interpreter, 21 July 2021

27. ‘Terror-tagging’ continues despite junked case – rights group

Jeannette I. Andrade, Krixia Subingsubing

Philippine Daily Inquirer, 21 July 2021

28. Words are cheap

Philippine Daily Inquirer, 21 July 2021

29. NDFP listed as terror organization

Jeannette I. Andrade, Marlon Ramos

Philippine Daily Inquirer, 20 July 2021

30. Presidential and vice presidential candidates in 2022

Philippine Daily Inquirer, 20 July 2021

31. Duterte rhetoric: When flip flops cause confusion

Krissy Aguilar

Philippine Daily Inquirer, 19 July 2021

Thailand

32. FTI to table relief plan

Bangkok Post, 21 July 2021

33. Govt extends plan to boost spending

Bangkok Post, 21 July 2021

34. Thailand's emergency decree needs an overhaul

VITIT MUNTARBHORN

Bangkok Post, 21 July 2021

35. Thai economy dying on borrowed time

PETER JANSSEN

Asia Times, 20 July 2021

36. Far South emergency 'must end'

Bangkok Post, 20 July 2021

37. State of emergency extended for 2 months

MONGKOL BANGPRAPA

Bangkok Post, 20 July 2021

38. Thai Police Forcefully Disperse Protesters Demanding PM’s Resignation

Sebastian Strangio

Diplomat, 19 July 2021

Vietnam

39. Vietnam, U.S. reach agreement over U.S.’s designation of Vietnam as currency manipulator

VietNamNet, 21 July 2021

40. Vietnam, US Reach Accord on Alleged Currency Manipulation

Sebastian Strangio

Diplomat, 20 July 2021

41. Vuong Dinh Hue sworn in as NA Chairman for second time

Voice of Vietnam, 20 July 2021

ASEAN/Southeast Asia

42. South-east Asia’s Covid surge poses latest blow to global chip supply

Mercedes Ruehl and Kathrin Hille

Financial Times, 21 July 2021

43. ASEAN is collapsing in face of COVID-19

Phar Kim Beng and Osman Erdoğdu

Jakarta Post, 21 July 2021

44. Asian economies risk being last out from pandemic

Alicia Garcia Herrero is chief economist, Asia-Pacific, at Natixis. Junyu Tan is economist, Asia-Pacific, at Natixis.

Asia Times, 20 July 2021

45. As Delta Variant Rages in Southeast Asia, Health Workers Warned Not to Speak Out

Alifah Zainuddin

Diplomat, 20 July 2021

ASEAN-US

46. New US push: Vaccine and Mekong

KAVI CHONGKITTAVORN

Bangkok Post, 20 July 2021

47. US Defense Chief Set for Southeast Asia Trip

Sebastian Strangio

Diplomat, 20 July 2021

48. US defence chief to visit security partners Philippines, Singapore, Vietnam to show commitment to Southeast Asia

Raissa Robles

South China Morning Post, 20 July 2021

Asia Pacific

49. Asian Development Outlook (ADO) 2021 Supplement: Renewed Outbreaks and Divergent Recoveries

Asian Development Bank, 20 July 2021

50. Harnessing Digitization for Remittances in Asia and the Pacific

Asian Development Bank, 20 July 2021

51. ADB trims developing Asia's 2021 economic growth forecast to 7.2%

[Link to report: Asian Development Outlook (ADO) 2021 Supplement: Renewed Outbreaks and Divergent Recoveries]

Bangkok Post, 20 July 2021

52. China’s Looming Succession Crisis: What Will Happen When Xi Is Gone?

Jude Blanchette and Richard McGregor

Foreign Affairs, 20 July 2021

53. Press freedom more important than ever in the Asia–Pacific

Olivia Pirie-Griffiths

Interpreter, 19 July 2021

East/South China Sea

54. Chinese Warship Booted By Philippine Coast Guard

Trevor Filseth

National Interest, 20 July 2021

55. Opinion: China, the Philippines and a missed opportunity in the South China Sea

Shi Jiangtao

South China Morning Post, 20 July 2021

Climate Change/Environment

56. A Safety Net for the Green Economy: How to Protect Workers Hurt By the Fight Against Climate Change

Simone Tagliapietra

Foreign Affairs, 19 July 2021

Global Supply Chain

57. SOS: Stranded and shattered seafarers threaten global supply lines

Philippine Daily Inquirer, 20 July 2021

Superpower relations and the region

58. Indonesia’s Delicate Dance Between China and the US

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

M. Habib Pashya is currently a student majoring in International Relations at the Universitas Islam Indonesia.

Diplomat, 20 July 2021

59. Can Biden’s Build Back Better World compete with the Belt and Road?

Henry Storey

Interpreter, 20 July 2021

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