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23 July 2021 (pm) - 26 July 2021 (am)

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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. 23 : Professor Joseph Liow, Member of ISEAS Board of Trustees
No. 57 : Dr Le Hong Hiep, Senior Fellow

Brunei Darussalam..

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

No. 1-7

No. 8

No. 9-26

No. 27-32

No. 33-37

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

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

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

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

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

South China Sea ....

Special Topics ........

No. 38-42

No. 43-45

No. 46-52

No. 53-56

No. 57

No. 58-62

Indonesia

1. Jokowi’s signature impromptu visits draw criticism

Jakarta Post, 26 July 2021

2. President Jokowi extends level 4 restrictions with adjustments

Antara, 25 July 2021

3. Alternative minimum tax in time of crisis

M Rifqy Nurfauzan Abdillah and Pungki Yunita Chandrasari

Jakarta Post, 25 July 2021

4. Biofuel, not EVs, closer destination in car industry growth path

Jakarta Post, 25 July 2021

5. Ministry aiming to provide aid to 1.5 mln MSMEs in July

Antara, 24 July 2021

6. Indonesia’s Bali running out of oxygen as government ponders curbs

Asahi Shimbun (AJW), 24 July 2021

7. Deadly 'infodemic' looms large over RI's fraught COVID-19 response

Dio Suhenda

Jakarta Post, 24 July 2021

Laos

8. In Laos, a Dubious Dam Threatens Luang Prabang

Nathan Thompson

Foreign Policy, 25 July 2021

Malaysia

9. Too many politicians taking the easy way out

K. Parkaran

Free Malaysia Today, 26 July 2021

10. PM Muhyiddin: Govt to announce NRP continuation, fine-tune economic recovery measures during 12MP, Budget 2022 tabling

Malay Mail Online, 26 July 2021

11. Despite tensions and talk of pullout, Umno MPs still seated with PN allies

Malaysiakini, 26 July 2021

12. Govt unilaterally cancelling ordinances ‘unconstitutional’

Malaysian Insight, 26 July 2021

13. PAS unhurt by Perikatan’s Covid performance, party leaders say

Nabihah Hamid

Malaysian Insight, 26 July 2021

14. Coronavirus: Malaysia’s lockdown dooms 150,000 SMEs, fuelling fears of exodus by multinationals

Amy Chew

South China Morning Post, 26 July 2021

15. Malaysia’s parliament in chaos as PM Muhyiddin Yassin refuses to allow debate on Covid-19 policies

Bhavan Jaipragas

South China Morning Post, 26 July 2021

16. Sitting is timely and crucial, says Prof

MARTIN CARVALHO

Star, 26 July 2021

17. MOH highlights rules against ‘illegal gathering’ day before doctors' strike

Malaysiakini, 25 July 2021

18. Coronavirus: as Malaysia’s contract doctors prepare for day-long strike, who is to blame for their woes?

Norman Goh

South China Morning Post, 25 July 2021

19. Umno MPs must vote against Emergency, says Ahmad Zahid

TARRENCE TAN

Star, 25 July 2021

20. What can we expect in Parliament?

PHILIP GOLINGAI

Star, 25 July 2021

21. Food banks appear in the most unlikely of places in Kuala Lumpur

Ram Anand

Straits Times, 25 July 2021

22. Malaysian Parliament's first sitting in 2021 leaves little room for debate

Ram Anand

Straits Times, 25 July 2021

23. Time for law on political finance, says Wan Saiful

Free Malaysia Today, 24 July 2021

Dr Joseph Chinyong Liow is dean of the College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, Tan Kah Kee chair in comparative and international politics, and Research Adviser at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies

South China Morning Post, 24 July 2021

25. Prospects for Malaysia and India in the Indo-Pacific Region

Tharishini Krishnan

Khmer Times, 23 July 2021

26. Malaysia Faces Crises on All Levels

Joshua Kurlantzick

World Politics Review, 23 July 2021

Myanmar

27. Myanmar Rebels Get COVID Jabs From China

ASEAN Post, 25 July 2021

28. Amid disparate efforts to curb Covid-19 pandemic, Yangon residents hang yellow flags to call for aid

Tan Hui Yee

Straits Times, 24 July 2021

29. How the Milk Tea Alliance Is Remaking Myanmar

Jasmine Chia and Scott Singer

Diplomat, 23 July 2021

30. Myanmar Shadow Government Forms COVID-19 Task Force

Sebastian Strangio

Diplomat, 23 July 2021

31. Analysis: Myanmar Junta Implementing China’s BRI Projects by Stealth

Irrawaddy, 23 July 2021

32. Myanmar’s Junta Must be Made to ‘Feel There is no Alternative But to Stand Down’: UN Expert

Radio Free Asia, 23 July 2021

Philippines

33. Duterte’s final Sona: A ‘legacy of change’

Jerome Aning

Philippine Daily Inquirer, 26 July 2021

34. Long-haul crisis

[A precarious 16-year high debt-to-GDP ratio of 60.4 percent as of March (international debt watchers consider as manageable a public debt equivalent to 60 percent of gross domestic product). Government debt of P11.07 trillion as of May and $97 billion in outstanding foreign borrowings as of end-March.]

Philippine Daily Inquirer, 26 July 2021

35. Duterte set to leave uneven legacy as he delivers last State of the Nation speech

Raul Dancel

Straits Times, 25 July 2021

36. US, Philippines Set to Reinforce Threatened Defense Accord

Sebastian Strangio

Diplomat, 23 July 2021

37. Resilience and young M’ranao evacuees at times of pandemic

Neil Madulara Marti, Primitivo III Cabanes Ragandang, Genara P. Trinidad

New Mandala, 23 July 2021

Thailand

38. Firms continue to fret

Bangkok Post, 26 July 2021

39. Foreign websites to pay VAT

WICHIT CHANTANUSORNSIRI

Bangkok Post, 26 July 2021

40. HM King donates B2.8bn

Bangkok Post, 26 July 2021

41. UK pivot could be good for Thais

Bangkok Post, 25 July 2021

42. Enough is enough

[Bhumjaithai MP says he can no longer stand by and see party leader Anutin Charnvirakul treated as a scapegoat in coronavirus vaccine debacle v PM 'unfazed by rumours' of coalition partners jumping ship, but tests loyalty in cabinet meet.]

Bangkok Post, 24 July 2021

Vietnam

43. Tell the people the truth

[What the Government reported to the National Assembly on July 22 about the Covid-19 epidemic and access to vaccines was very straightforward.]

VietNamNet, 25 July 2021

44. Merger of ministries and branches for 2021-2026 period is postponed

VietNamNet, 24 July 2021

45. Vietnam’s direct rail link to Europe now under way as local plans stall

Khmer Times, 23 July 2021

ASEAN/Southeast Asia

46. New supply chain challenges

ONG BO YANG

Bangkok Post, 26 July 2021

47. China denies Mekong hacking

Phnom Penh Post, 25 July 2021

48. Myanmar, multilateralism and the limits of Asean's diplomacy

Bilahari Kausikan

Straits Times, 24 July 2021

49. 2021 Special Video Conference of the ASEAN Health Ministers

ASEAN Secretariat News, 23 July 2021

50. Asean nations left ‘exposed’ by global minimum corporate tax seen forging closer ties with China

Frank Tang

South China Morning Post, 23 July 2021

ASEAN-US

51. America needs to relook its toolkit for South-east Asia

Charissa Yong

Straits Times, 26 July 2021

52. What does it mean to be America's partner?

James Crabtree is executive director of the International Institute for Strategic Studies-Asia.

Straits Times, 24 July 2021

Asia Pacific

53. Has Asia lost its way?

W AUDI PATTARAPATUMTHONG

Bangkok Post, 26 July 2021

54. Commentary: Why investments in four Asian tiger economies have come down

Jayati Ghosh

Channel News Asia, 26 July 2021

55. Why China and the United States aren’t cooperating on COVID-19

Xirui Li, NTU

East Asia Forum, 24 July 2021

56. Can ‘Global Britain’ in Asia allay post-Brexit uncertainties with Europe?

Carlo Bonura, SOAS

East Asia Forum, 23 July 2021

East/South China Sea

57. South China Sea: calls to honour Hague ruling 5 years on, but Beijing digs in

Sarah Zheng and Rachel Zhang

South China Morning Post, 25 July 2021

Climate Change/Environment

58. Restoring mangroves to raise people’s welfare and mitigate climate change

Sudibyo Wiradji

Jakarta Post, 26 July 2021

59. Countries Have 100 Days Before a Landmark Climate Conference. Will They Come Together in Time?

Time, 24 July 2021

60. Can America Trust China to Fight Climate Change?

Sam Geall, Rebecca Peters, and Byford Tsang; Andrew Erickson and Gabriel Collins

Time, 23 July 2021

61. Can the G7 really build back a better world?

Yan Liang, Willamette University

East Asia Forum, 24 July 2021

Superpower relations and the region

62. Biden races to unite allies against China knowing sooner or later an explosion will occur

Simon Tisdall

Guardian, 25 July 2021

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