Daily News on the Southeast Asian Region

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10 January (pm) - 11 January 2022 (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.

This issue of Daily News Alert includes the following articles, mentions and citations attributed to ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute and its researchers. You can click on their names to go to these articles directly.

No. 1: Siwage Dharma Negara, Senior Fellow
No. 3: Regional Outlook Forum 2022
No. 16: Sharon Seah, Senior Fellow
No. 28: Le Hong Hiep, Senior Fellow
No. 32: Joanne Lin, Lead Researcher, and Moe Thuzar, Fellow

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Brunei Darussalam..

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

No. 1-6

No. 7

No. 8-15

No. 16

No. 17-20

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

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

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

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

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

South China Sea ....

Climate/Environment

Internet/New Media

No. 21-26

No. 27-28

No. 29-36

No. 37-38

No. 39

No. 40

Indonesia

1. Uncertainty continues to plague Indonesia’s economy

Siwage Dharma Negara, ISEAS Yusof Ishak Institute

East Asia Forum, 11 January 2022

2. Building Resilience of the Urban Poor in Indonesia

Asian Development Bank, 10 January 2022

3. Consumer confidence in Indonesia improving as economy poised for strong recovery in 2022: panellists

Shoeb Kagda

Business Times, 10 January 2022

4. Megawati Says She's Subordinate to Jokowi

Novy Lumanauw

Jakarta Globe, 10 January 2022

5. Indonesia may allow coal exports to resume Monday or Tuesday - minister

Reuters, 10 January 2022

6. Megawati Slams Govt as Staple Food Prices Climb

Tempo, 10 January 2022

Laos

7. Kip-to-currency?

Helen Clark

Interpreter, 11 January 2022

Malaysia

8. ‘Rebuilding not going to be easy’: Malaysia's recent floods caused extensive damage and economic losses

Rashvinjeet S Bedi

Channel News Asia, 11 January 2022

9. Warisan still needs PH despite posing as alternative, says analyst

Nicholas Chung

Free Malaysia Today, 11 January 2022

10. Masih bercakap pasal Azam [Still talking about Azam]

Mohsin Abdullah

Free Malaysia Today, 11 January 2022

11. Perak gov't still intact despite three assemblymen joining PBM - MB

Bernama, 10 January 2022

12. Makkal Sakti eyes four parliamentary seats in GE15 under BN, backs call for immediate polls

Ida Lim

Malay Mail Online, 10 January 2022

13. In Sarawak, GPS component parties agree with PBB’s move to establish new wing

Malay Mail Online, 10 January 2022

14. PM weathers flood and MACC backlash

Philip Golingai

Star, 10 January 2022

15. Members of new party in Malaysia signal split in ex-PM Muhyiddin's Bersatu

Ram Anand

Straits Times, 10 January 2022

Myanmar

16. Hun Sen's diplomacy: Quick draw or firing blanks?

Sharon Seah

Straits Times, 11 January 2022

Philippines

17. Leni 2.0: Beyond liberal reformism

Richard Heydarian

Philippine Daily Inquirer, 11 January 2022

18. How Duterte could use Omicron to cling to power

Jason Castaneda

Asia Times, 10 January 2022

19. Comelec verifying server hack

Leslie Ann Aquino

Manila Bulletin, 10 January 2022

20. Big challenge for LGUs

Philippine Daily Inquirer, 10 January 2022

Thailand

21. Korn wants Kla Party to go it alone

Anucha Charoenpo

Bangkok Post, 11 January 2022

22. Focus on Laos-China rail amid fruit export hopes

Phusadee Arunmas

Bangkok Post, 11 January 2022

23. New sandboxes open to overseas arrivals amid Covid spikes

Bloomberg News

Bangkok Post, 11 January 2022

24. Ministry to make Covid endemic this year

Bangkok Post, 10 January 2022

25. Thai exports to S Korea set to rocket under new RCEP

Nation, 10 January 2022

26. Thai c.bank sees lower H1 economic growth due to Omicron outbreak

Reuters, 10 January 2022

Vietnam

27. Garment and textiles face reality of fierce global rivalry

VietNamNet, 11 January 2022

28. No Hun Sen, No Commemorations as Muted Jan 7 Evokes Shift in Tone

Andrew Haffner

Malaysian Insight, 7 January 2022

ASEAN/Southeast Asia

29. Indo-Pacific and the ascent of SE Asia

Kavi Chongkittavorn

Bangkok Post, 11 January 2022

30. PH appeal to Indonesia: Lift coal export ban

Karl R. Ocampo

Philippine Daily Inquirer, 11 January 2022

31. Washington Needs to Sort Out Its Ambassadors to Southeast Asia

David Hutt

Diplomat, 10 January 2022

32. Cambodian Government Defends PM’s Myanmar Trip, Hails ‘Positive’ Outcomes

Sebastian Strangio

Diplomat, 10 January 2022

33. PM eyes Myanmar peace troika

Phnom Penh Post, 10 January 2022

34. Analyst: ASEAN Must Not Allow Burmese Junta Officials to Attend Meetings

Radio Free Asia, 10 January 2022

35. Cambodia PM Hun Sen’s visit to Myanmar benefits junta, not people: Analysts

Radio Free Asia, 10 January 2022

36. Vietnamese, Lao PMs witness signing of nine cooperation documents

Voice of Vietnam, 10 January 2022

Asia Pacific

37. The security consequences of America’s focus on China

Minxin Pei

Australian Strategic Policy Institute, 11 January 2022

38. 2022年是亚洲经济秩序重构元年 [2022 is the first year of reconstruction of the Asian economic order]

张云是日本国立新潟大学副教授

Lianhe Zaobao 联合早报, 10 January 2022

Climate Change/Environment

39. Lessons from COVID-19 and the fight against the climate crisis

Nguyen Hoang Anh Thu, VTT

East Asia Forum, 10 January 2022

Internet & New Media

40. Reddit Allows Hate Speech to Flourish in Its Global Forums, Moderators Say

Andrew R. Chow

Time, 10 January 2022

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