Daily News on the Southeast Asian Region

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12 July 2021 (pm) - 13 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. 6 : Dr Francis Hutchinson, Senior Fellow
No. 19: Dr Lee Hwok Aun, Senior Fellow
No. 48: Ms Sharon Seah, Senior Fellow

Brunei Darussalam..

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

No. 1-5

No. 6-22

No. 23-26

No. 27-32

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

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

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

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

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

South China Sea ....

Special Topics ........

No. 33-34

No. 35-36

No. 37-39

No. 40

No. 41-46

No. 47-59

Indonesia

1. Calls mount for Indonesia to extend oil palm moratorium

A. Muh. Ibnu Aqil

Jakarta Post, 13 July 2021

2. Indonesia must chart a way to urban sustainability

Curtis S. Chin, a former US ambassador to the Asian Development Bank, is the inaugural Asia fellow of the Milken Institute. Abhinav Seetharaman is the former Princeton-in-Asia fellow at the Milken Institute Asia Center in Singapore.

Jakarta Post, 13 July 2021

3. Indonesia records over four-fold rise in investment financing: govt

Antara, 12 July 2021

4. Digadang-gadang Jadi Negara Maju, RI Malah Turun Kelas [After promises of becoming a developed country, RI has slipped down the ranks instead]

Novita Intan, Idealisa Masyrafina, Dedy Darmawan Nasution

Republika, 12 July 2021

5. Doubts over govt's competence as COVID-19 crisis mounts

Tenggara Strategics, 9 July 2021

Malaysia

6. Commentary: In Malaysia's political ring fight, Zahid may find himself knocked out

[This article was first published as a commentary on Fulcrum.]

Francis E Hutchinson is a Senior Fellow and coordinator of the Malaysia Studies Programme at the ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute.

Channel News Asia, 13 July 2021

7. PAS battle with Umno now inevitable, says analyst

Robin Augustin

Free Malaysia Today, 13 July 2021

8. Umno setting the stage for Muhyiddin’s fall, say analysts

Minderjeet Kaur

Free Malaysia Today, 13 July 2021

9. Failure is not an option in Malaysia's fight against Covid-19

Tengku Zafrul Aziz is Malaysia's Minister of Finance and and Coordinating Minister for Malaysia's National Recovery Plan.

Straits Times, 13 July 2021

10. UMNO patut kaji untung, rugi percaturan politik demi rakyat [Umno should study benefits and costs of political moves for the sake of the rakyat]

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

Berita Harian (Malaysia), 12 July 2021

11. Boosting the Australia–Malaysia strategic partnership

Adam Leong Kok Wey, National Defence University of Malaysia

East Asia Forum, 12 July 2021

12. Anwar submits motion to ensure debates in Dewan Rakyat

Free Malaysia Today, 12 July 2021

13. Now is not the time to withdraw support, says Umno’s Tajuddin

Minderjeet Kaur

Free Malaysia Today, 12 July 2021

14. Johor Bersatu rep warns more may withdraw support for state govt if Umno continues to pressure PM to quit

Ben Tan

Malay Mail Online, 12 July 2021

15. Micro SMEs to get additional RM500 aid under Prihatin Special Grant 3.0 from today, says finance minister

Malay Mail Online, 12 July 2021

16. PMO announces Mohd Bakke as new Petronas chairman replacing Ahmad Nizam

Malay Mail Online, 12 July 2021

17. 50 years after NEP, a wealth and ethnic divide

Alyaa Alhadjri & B Nantha Kumar

Malaysiakini, 12 July 2021

18. Is Bersih for the people or a Harapan front?

Kua Kia Soong

Malaysiakini, 12 July 2021

19. NEP at 50: Looking back and moving on

Lee Hwok Aun, Senior Fellow, ISEAS - Yusof Ishak Institute

Malaysiakini, 12 July 2021

20. A nation let down by its politicians

Malaysian Insight, 12 July 2021

21. Only 6 Umno Supreme Council members did not reject Muhyiddin, say sources

Diyana Ibrahim

Malaysian Insight, 12 July 2021

22. The Evolving Role of Malaysia’s Royalty

Piya Raj Sukhani

S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, 12 July 2021

Myanmar

23. Thailand seeks end to Myanmar crisis

Bangkok Post, 13 July 2021

24. Myanmar Claims Fraud in Nearly One-Third of 2020 Election Votes

Khine Lin Kyaw and Philip Heijmans

Bloomberg, 12 July 2021

25. Covid crisis deepens in junta-ruled Myanmar

David Hopkins

Interpreter, 12 July 2021

26. Silence on Coup Makes Strategic Sense for Myanmar’s Wa

Bertil Lintner

Irrawaddy, 12 July 2021

Philippines

27. Squeezed by Allies: Duterte Rejects Visiting Forces Agreement Restoration with Biden

Richard Javad Heydarian

China-US Focus, 13 July 2021

28. ABS-CBN is a campaign issue

John Nery

Philippine Daily Inquirer, 13 July 2021

29. After pantries, PNP now targets socmed accounts

Krixia Subingsubing

Philippine Daily Inquirer, 13 July 2021

30. Duterte would rather see foes win in 2022 polls than let Sara run for president

Neil Arwin Mercado

Philippine Daily Inquirer, 13 July 2021

31. Leni’s path to the presidency

Richard Heydarian

Philippine Daily Inquirer, 13 July 2021

32. Power punches

Philippine Daily Inquirer, 13 July 2021

Thailand

33. BoT mulls revision of GDP forecast

Somruedi Banchongduang

Bangkok Post, 13 July 2021

34. Ministry ready for more mini-FTAs

Bangkok Post, 13 July 2021

Vietnam

35. Debt under control thanks to prudent and effective actions

VietNamNet, 12 July 2021

36. HCM City to be prioritised in vaccine supply: PM

VietNamNet, 12 July 2021

ASEAN/Southeast Asia

37. Pedra Branca: Lost in borderless waters

Mohd Hazmi Bin Mohd Rusli

Jakarta Post, 13 July 2021

38. The Regional Absence in Mainland Southeast Asia’s COVID-19 Strategy

David Hutt

Diplomat, 12 July 2021

39. Pedra Branca is not an island

Dhesegaan Bala Krishnan

New Straits Times, 12 July 2021

Asia Pacific

40. Why the Indo-Pacific Business Summit Matters for India

Sanchari Ghosh

Diplomat, 13 July 2021

East/South China Sea

41. Biden backs Trump rejection of China’s South China Sea claim

Asahi Shimbun (AJW), 12 July 2021

42. The South China Sea Arbitration Award: 5 Years and Beyond

Nguyen Hong Thao and Nguyen Thi Lan Huong

Diplomat, 12 July 2021

43. 社评：南海域内国家切不可中美国圈套 [Commentary: Countries in the South China Sea area must not be trapped by the United States]

Huanqiu 环球网, 12 July 2021

44. Whatever happened to the South China Sea ruling?

Pratik Jakhar

Interpreter, 12 July 2021

45. China continues to belittle PH court win in sea row as ‘a piece of waste paper’

Christia Marie Ramos

Philippine Daily Inquirer, 13 July 2021

46. South China Sea: US-Philippines treaty covers Chinese attack, Blinken says

Sarah Zheng and Jun Mai

South China Morning Post, 12 July 2021

Climate Change/Environment

47. As sea levels rise, what happens to maritime rights?

Dr Nilufer Oral is Director, Centre for International Law, National University of Singapore. She is also a member of the United Nations International Law Commission and co-chair of the Study Group on Sea-level Rise in relation to international law.

Straits Times, 13 July 2021

48. Experts confident public sector can meet ambitious emission goals

Shabana Begum and Cheryl Tan

Straits Times, 13 July 2021

49. Coal conundrum ahead forces Vietnam to rethink priorities

VietNamNet, 12 July 2021

50. The Geopolitics of Climate Change: The Race for New Energy

Rodger Baker, Senior VP of Strategic Analysis, Stratfor

Stratfor Worldview, 9 July 2021

FutureChina Global Forum

51. 3 ways for Asean and China to achieve even closer economic cooperation: Chan Chun Sing

Justin Ong

Straits Times, 12 July 2021

52. Build on solid foundation for Singapore-China collaboration in Greater Bay Area: Ong Ye Kung

Linette Lai

Straits Times, 12 July 2021

53. DPM Heng Swee Keat calls on Asean and China to explore building blocks of growth in the 'never normal'

Linette Lai

Straits Times, 12 July 2021

54. Singapore can benefit from China-US tech decoupling: Chinese entrepreneur

Goh Sui Noi

Straits Times, 12 July 2021

55. Singapore can play key role connecting Asean, China in trade: Gan Kim Yong

Justin Ong

Straits Times, 12 July 2021

Superpower relations and the region

56. Russia is back and it's a little bit better

Kavi Chongkittavorn

Bangkok Post, 13 July 2021

57. US out to counter China in Asia with proposed digital trade deal

Peter Martin, Eric Martin and Saleha Mohsin

Bloomberg, 13 July 2021

58. Japan pinpricking China’s gains in SE Asia

Richard Javad Heydarian

Asia Times, 12 July 2021

59. ASEAN Economies and a Post-COVID Era

Jikon Lai

S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, 9 July 2021

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