Daily News on the Southeast Asian Region

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13 October (pm) - 14 October (am) 2021

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

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

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No. 33

No. 34-35

No. 36

No. 37

No. 38-44

Cambodia

1. Doubling Down on Tourism Today will Constrain Cambodia’s Policy Options Tomorrow

Nay Darlin

Diplomat, 13 October 2021

2. U.S. calls Cambodia opaque over Chinese activity at navy base

Reuters, 13 October 2021

Indonesia

3. Indonesia biodiesel policy revisited

Edi Suhardi is a sustainable palm oil analyst.

Jakarta Post, 14 October 2021

4. Military reserve program feared to cause horizontal conflicts, violate human rights

Nur Janti

Jakarta Post, 14 October 2021

5. Doubts emerge on plan to eradicate extreme poverty by 2024

Jakarta Post, 14 October 2021

6. Amin sees extreme poverty rate dipping to 8% by 2024

Antara, 13 October 2021

7. 16 mln MSMEs digitalized under Gernas BBI: ministry

Antara, 13 October 2021

8. Analysis: Post-Pandemic Authoritarianism Looms in Indonesia

Kate Walton

Foreign Policy, 13 October 2021

9. Bali is reopening to tourists, but nervous locals wonder what the future will bring

Guardian, 13 October 2021

10. Jakarta plans to ban some groundwater extraction. Not so fast, experts say

A. Muh. Ibnu Aqil and Rifki Nurfajri

Jakarta Post, 13 October 2021

11. Prabowo, Pilpres 2024 dan Basis Pemilih yang Meninggalkannya [Prabowo, the 2024 Presidential Election and the Voters Who Left Him]

Rikzy Suryarandika, Haura Hafizhah, Nawir Arsyad Akbar, Rr Laeny Sulistyawati

Republika, 13 October 2021

Malaysia

12. Melaka polls seen as a test for general election partnerships

Minderjeet Kaur

Free Malaysia Today, 14 October 2021

13. Jobs and job security top unions’ wish list for Budget 2022

Jason Thomas

Free Malaysia Today, 14 October 2021

14. Afternoon tea spells hope for Umno-PAS cooperation in Melaka polls

Mohamad Fadli

Free Malaysia Today, 14 October 2021

15. Pejuang unlikely to contest in Melaka poll, says deputy president

R. Loheswar

Malay Mail Online, 14 October 2021

16. PM Ismail Sabri: Govt aims to grow GDP by 4.5 to 5.5pc and make Malaysia high-tech nation by 2030

G. Prakash

Malay Mail Online, 14 October 2021

17. 甲希盟是最大输家 [Melaka PH is biggest loser]

黄子豪

Sinchew 星洲网, 14 October 2021

18. Malaysia’s new PM needs to shore up support if he wants to stay in power

[This article was first published as ISEAS Perspective 2021/133]

Ooi Kok Hin

South China Morning Post, 14 October 2021

19. Assailed from all sides

Philip Golingai

Star, 14 October 2021

20. Malaysian Family Concept Close To The People’s Hearts – Academics

Nurqalby Mohd Reda

Bernama, 13 October 2021

21. Bersih 2.0 wants parliamentary standing committee on election matters

Dineskumar Ragu

Free Malaysia Today, 13 October 2021

22. Malays should have more faith in our pluralism

Kuik Cheng Kang

Sinchew 星洲网, 13 October 2021

Myanmar

23. Coup and coronavirus rattle workers’ lives in Myanmar

Wai Hin Soe

Mizzima, 13 October 2021

24. New Books in SEAsia Studies: David Brenner’s Rebel Politics [36-minute podcast]

And what does the February 2021 military coup mean for the future of ethnic conflicts in Myanmar? In this wide-ranging conversation, David Brenner – a lecturer in global insecurities at the University of Sussex – discusses these questions…

[The book "Rebel politics : a political sociology of armed struggle in Myanmar's borderlands" is available at ISEAS Library]

New Mandala, 13 October 2021

25. Myanmar Military Preparing Major Offensive Against Chin State Rebel Group

Radio Free Asia, 13 October 2021

Philippines

26. Editorial: Hijacked by families and personalities

Philippine Daily Inquirer, 14 October 2021

27. The Philippine Elections Will Be a Test of Rodrigo Duterte's Legacy

Time, 13 October 2021

Thailand

28. No choice but to open the economy

Chartchai Parasuk

Bangkok Post, 14 October 2021

29. Editorial: South merits special care

Bangkok Post, 14 October 2021

30. Digital firm to aid TAT

The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) aims to establish a private digital company in the next six months to support its digital transformation and help in generating 2.4 trillion baht from high-spending travellers by 2023.

Bangkok Post, 14 October 2021

31. Economic priorities for driving growth

Bangkok Post, 14 October 2021

32. Potential PM challenger lists assets

Bangkok Post, 13 October 2021

Vietnam

33. WB lowers Vietnam’s GDP growth forecast to 2-2.5 percent this year

[Link to the report, "Vietnam Macro Monitoring (October 2021)"]

VietNamNet, 13 October 2021

ASEAN/Southeast Asia

34. Seismic Shifts in Geopolitics and the Challenge for ASEAN [30-minute podcast]

Luke Hunt

Diplomat, 13 October 2021

35. Increasing digitalisation the way to recovery in a protracted Covid-19 crisis: WEF Asean poll

[Link to the "ASEAN Digital Generation Report: Pathway to ASEAN’s inclusive digital transformation and recovery"]

Shefali Rekhi

Straits Times, 13 October 2021

Asia Pacific

36. Moving beyond the US–China Cold War cliche

Suisheng Zhao, University of Denver

East Asia Forum, 14 October 2021

East/South China Sea

37. A Matter of Firm Resolve: The Philippine's Strategic Posture in the South China Sea

Professor Amparo Pamela Fabe

Stratsea, 11 October 2021

Climate Change/Environment

38. Commentary: Carbon markets can make responsible firms bear costs of climate change

Nick Nuttall and Edgar Hertwich

Channel News Asia, 14 October 2021

39. Vietnam diversifies energy sources, focuses on renewable energy, says PM

Voice of Vietnam, 14 October 2021

40. Energy crunch stokes inflation, economic recovery concerns

Asahi Shimbun (AJW), 13 October 2021

41. Indonesia needs US$200 billion annual investment in 2021-2030 to decarbonise: Government

Channel News Asia, 13 October 2021

42. Target nol emisi sektor kehutanan bisa jadi bekal Indonesia menagih pendanaan karbon negara maju dalam COP 26 [The forestry sector's zero emission target could provide Indonesia with the collection of carbon finance from developed countries at COP 26]

Robby Irfany Maqoma, Editor Lingkungan

Conversation, 13 October 2021

43. The Energy Transition Is in Full Swing. It's Not Happening Fast Enough

[Link to the World Energy Outlook 2021]

Justin Worland

Time, 13 October 2021

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

44. Malaysia in the process of amending Acts in order to ratify RCEP: Minister

Channel News Asia, 13 October 2021

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