Daily News on the Southeast Asian Region

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14 October (pm) - 15 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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This issue of Daily News Alert includes the following commentaries and citations attributed to ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute and its researchers. You can click on the links to go to the articles directly.

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No. 34-36

No. 37-38

No. 39-44

Cambodia

1. Will Evergrande change the way Chinese developers do business in Cambodia?

Sangeetha Amarthalingam

Phnom Penh Post, 14 October 2021

Indonesia

2. Indonesia ready to deepen economic engagement with LAC countries

Antara, 15 October 2021

3. Jokowi sidelines democracy?

Sunny Tanuwidjaja

Jakarta Post, 15 October 2021

4. Jokowi’s ‛Mr. Fix-It’, Luhut focuses on getting job done

Jakarta Post, 15 October 2021

5. Doubt clouds Bali’s international reopening

Jakarta Post, 14 October 2021

6. Port integration: Keeping the crowding out effect at bay

Jakarta Post, 14 October 2021

7. Oil output could plummet 87% by 2040: National Energy Board

Jakarta Post, 14 October 2021

Malaysia

8. Malaysia voted in for a seat in UN Human Rights Council for 2022-2024 term

Bernama, 15 October 2021

9. PN finalising seat allocations for Melaka polls

Free Malaysia Today, 15 October 2021

10. Sarawakians want state poll held after February 2022, survey finds

Malay Mail Online, 15 October 2021

11. Sarawak CM: Comprehensive amendments to Federal Constitution proposed to reflect MA63’s true spirit, intention

Malay Mail Online, 15 October 2021

12. Economist raps govt for squandering money

Ragananthini Vethasalam & Nabihah Hamid

Malaysian Insight, 15 October 2021

13. Idris Haron, Nor Azman stripped of party membership, says Umno supreme council

Mazwin Nik Anis

Star, 15 October 2021

14. M’sia may become an ageing nation earlier than expected, statistics show

Joseph Kaos Jr

Star, 15 October 2021

15. ‘Bizarre’ if Ismail doesn’t go for Umno top post, says analyst

[Originally published as ISEAS Perspective 2021/133]

Free Malaysia Today, 14 October 2021

16. Umno cannot win without Muafakat Nasional, says ex-minister

Free Malaysia Today, 14 October 2021

Philippines

17. Former VP Binay, 5 others in Robredo-Pangilinan Senate slate

Philippine Daily Inquirer, 15 October 2021

18. Pacquiao’s Senate slate includes guest candidates Binay, Tulfo, incumbent and ex-senators

Philippine Daily Inquirer, 15 October 2021

19. SWS: Only 2 of 5 Filipinos believe they can speak freely vs Duterte

Philippine Daily Inquirer, 15 October 2021

20. Marcos takes lead in race for Philippine presidency

Jason Castaneda

Asia Times, 14 October 2021

21. Vulnerabilities of the automated elections

Antonio T. Carpio

Philippine Daily Inquirer, 14 October 2021

22. Cusi-led PDP-Laban wing says bet substitution ‘not a mockery’ of elections

Philippine Daily Inquirer, 14 October 2021

23. UK Military Might Observe Renewed Full-Scale Balikatan Drills in Philippines

Radio Free Asia, 14 October 2021

24. Duterte's successor likely to continue Philippines' democratic regression

Joshua Kurlantzick

Japan Times, 11 October 2021

Thailand

25. PIER: Declining unity may hit growth

Bangkok Post, 15 October 2021

26. Editorial: NACC must explain

Bangkok Post, 15 October 2021

27. Kingdom 'ready' for reopening

Bangkok Post, 15 October 2021

28. Value of e-commerce forecast to hit B4tn

Bangkok Post, 15 October 2021

29. AUKUS: A New Justification for Thailand’s Submarine Acquisition Plans?

Tita Sanglee

Diplomat, 14 October 2021

Vietnam

30. One-year EVFTA: major European investors pour billions of dollars into Vietnam

VietNamNet, 15 October 2021

31. Vietnam’s business recovery sputters after worker exodus

John Reed

Financial Times, 14 October 2021

32. A master plan for COVID-19 vaccine in 2022 needed: Foreign Minister

VietNamNet, 14 October 2021

33. Inconsistencies deter power plan feasibility

VietNamNet, 14 October 2021

ASEAN/Southeast Asia

34. Malaysia says it won't compromise on demands for Myanmar progress

Malay Mail Online, 15 October 2021

35. ASEAN Emergency Meeting to Discuss Barring Myanmar Junta Chief From Summit

Radio Free Asia, 14 October 2021

36. Asean risks credibility if Myanmar junta chief attends summit: Philippine foreign secretary Locsin

Raissa Robles

South China Morning Post, 14 October 2021

Asia Pacific

37. Will the US and China cooperate or clash?

Professor Tommy Koh is the chairman of the Centre for International Law, National University of Singapore.

Straits Times, 15 October 2021

38. Interview: Philip Davidson: China’s advances show ‘erosion’ in U.S.-Japan deterrence

Asahi Shimbun (AJW), 14 October 2021

Climate Change/Environment

39. Sustainable transport is our ticket to a better world

Liu Zhenmin

Jakarta Post, 15 October 2021

40. A new momentum in transforming agrifood systems in the march to ending hunger

Qu Dongyu

Jakarta Post, 15 October 2021

41. Singapore’s solar power link from Australia spurs call for Indonesia to press on with green goals

Resty Woro Yuniar

South China Morning Post, 15 October 2021

42. Indonesia’s Climate Commitments Ahead of the COP-26 Summit

Thomas Noto Suoneto

Diplomat, 14 October 2021

43. Cautious Optimism on the Road to Glasgow

Kemal Derviş

Project Syndicate, 14 October 2021

Global Economy

44. A New Global Economic Consensus

Mariana Mazzucato

Project Syndicate, 13 October 2021

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