Daily News on the Southeast Asian Region

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5 October (pm) - 6 October (am) 2021

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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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No. 26: Ha Hoang Hop, Visiting Senior Fellow
No. 29: William Choong, Senior Fellow

Brunei Darussalam..

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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No. 16-17

No. 18-21

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

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

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

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

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

South China Sea ....

Special Topics ........

No. 22-25

No. 26

No. 27-28

No. 29-31

No. 32

No. 33-38

Indonesia

1. Coordinating ministers named in new financial data leak

Dio Suhenda and Yerica Lai

Jakarta Post, 6 October 2021

2. The challenge of monitoring farmers' welfare

Kadir Ruslan is a data analyst at Statistics Indonesia.

Jakarta Post, 6 October 2021

3. President Jokowi calls for a shift in defense policy

Antara, 5 October 2021

4. Bagaimana Nahdlatul Ulama memprakarsai reformasi Islam dan berupaya menyebar pengaruh di dunia Muslim [How Nahdlatul Ulama initiated Islamic reform and sought to spread its influence across the Muslim world]

Ahmet T. Kuru

Conversation, 5 October 2021

5. Indigenous Papuan women and the struggle for land

Rassela Malinda

New Mandala, 5 October 2021

Malaysia

6. Melaka polls will be ‘bold act of disrespect’, says Salleh

Free Malaysia Today, 6 October 2021

7. PH, Bersatu will capitalise on Umno rift in Melaka, say analysts

Minderjeet Kaur

Free Malaysia Today, 6 October 2021

8. Economists call for softening of GDP expectations

Imran Ariff

Free Malaysia Today, 6 October 2021

9. Time for Umno to move on from Muafakat Nasional, says Zahid

Free Malaysia Today, 6 October 2021

10. Unethical political manoeuvring only creates problems for the people

Khoo Poay Tiong is Kota Melaka MP.

Malaysiakini, 6 October 2021

11. PM’s brother Kamaruzaman to lead new political party

Alfian Z.M. Tahir

Malaysian Insight, 6 October 2021

12. Putrajaya urged to declare emergency to prevent Malacca polls

Raevathi Supramaniam, Alfian Z.M. Tahir

Malaysian Insight, 6 October 2021

13. Prioritise SMEs in Budget 2022, govt urged

Free Malaysia Today, 5 October 2021

14. Malacca crisis is Zahid’s problem, Ismail Sabri says

Elill Easwaran

Malaysian Insight, 5 October 2021

15. Possible for other state govts with slim majority to fall like Melaka, says Johor MB

Mohd Farhaan Shah

Star, 5 October 2021

Myanmar

16. Russian-backed Pinpet Steel Mill project to be resumed: SAC Chairman

Eleven Myanmar, 5 October 2021

17. Interview: Junta To Impose Strict Limits on ASEAN Envoy’s Access in Myanmar

Radio Free Asia, 5 October 2021

Philippines

18. Where did it Go?

Manuel L. Quezon III

Philippine Daily Inquirer, 6 October 2021

19. Twilight of Dutertismo

Richard Heydarian

Philippine Daily Inquirer, 6 October 2021

20. PAREx is not ‘development’

Efenita Taqueban, Gideon Lasco

Philippine Daily Inquirer, 6 October 2021

21. Son of ex-dictator Ferdinand Marcos to run for Philippines president

Guardian, 5 October 2021

Thailand

22. Time to fix Oil Fuel Fund

Bangkok Post, 6 October 2021

23. iLaw petitions court to end 'stifling' decree

Bangkok Post, 6 October 2021

24. Cabinet okays six new special economic zones in EEC

Nation, 6 October 2021

25. Prayut again top choice for ruling party, while Kla pushes for superstar Korn

Nation, 5 October 2021

Vietnam

26. Fears of COVID surge in Vietnam as workers flee Ho Chi Minh City

Al Jazeera, 6 October 2021

ASEAN/Southeast Asia

27. Asean can live with Quad and Aukus

Kavi Chongkittavorn

Bangkok Post, 5 October 2021

28. What the US ‘EAGLE Act’ means for Southeast Asia

Karl Chee Leong Lee

East Asia Forum, 5 October 2021

Asia Pacific

29. America’s ‘pivot to Asia’ finally shifts into gear

Asia Times, 5 October 2021

30. Malaysia and the Indo-Pacific: Navigating the Ocean of Strategic Uncertainties

Dr Rahul Mishra and

Peter Brian M. Wang

Diplomat, 5 October 2021

31. In defence of AUKUS

Oriana Skylar Mastro & Zack Cooper

Interpreter, 5 October 2021

East/South China Sea

32. Message for China as Japan’s new prime minister Fumio Kishida gets Biden’s pledge of US support in East China Sea

Julian Ryall

South China Morning Post, 5 October 2021

Climate Change/Environment

33. New power plan projects slower demand growth, more renewables

Jakarta Post, 6 October 2021

34. Security Challenges of Climate Change in Southeast Asia

Murray Hiebert

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) (United States), 5 October 2021

35. Mengapa pemakaian kendaraan listrik di Indonesia belum cukup jadi solusi perubahan iklim [Why the use of electric vehicles in Indonesia is not yet enough to be a solution to climate change]

Muhammad Hida Lazuardi

Conversation, 5 October 2021

36. Photos show Manila Bay mangroves ‘choking’ in plastic pollution

Guardian, 5 October 2021

37. Why Việt Nam needs a circular economy for plastics

Carolyn Turk and Kyle Kelhofer

Viet Nam News, 4 October 2021

Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) / Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP)

38. China’s CPTPP application expected to receive cool response

John Reed

Financial Times, 5 October 2021

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