Daily News on the Southeast Asian Region

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2 September 2021 (pm) - 3 September (am)

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No. 7: Dr Siwage Dharma Negara, Senior Fellow
No. 19: Dr Ooi Kee Beng, Visiting Senior Fellow

Brunei Darussalam..

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

No. 1-3

No. 4-10

No. 11-25

No. 26-33

No. 34

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

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

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

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

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

South China Sea ....

Special Topics ........

No. 35-42

No. 43

No. 45

No. 44, 46-48

Cambodia

1. Report Illustrates Snap-Freezing of Cambodia’s Online Space

[Link to a 40-page PDF document: Internet Freedoms in Cambodia - A Gateway to Control]

Sebastian Strangio

Diplomat, 2 September 2021

2. BRI projects help Cambodia cushion economic fallout of COVID-19 pandemic

Khmer Times, 2 September 2021

3. Sleepless in sin city – Will half-sized, outlawed online gambling sector persist below the surface in Cambodia?

Sangeetha Amarthalingam

Phnom Penh Post, 2 September 2021

Indonesia

4. Indonesia achieves vaccination target set by WHO

Antara, 3 September 2021

5. IUAE-CEPA to improve halal, e-commerce sector: Lutfi

Antara, 3 September 2021

6. Jokowi shores up power base as health crisis drags on

Yerica Lai

Jakarta Post, 3 September 2021

7. Covid-19 cost 60 million Indonesians their jobs in MSMEs. Can its economic ‘hero’ recover?

Amy Chew

South China Morning Post, 3 September 2021

8. Doubts over Indonesia's Covid-19 endemic plan

Arlina Arshad

Straits Times, 3 September 2021

9. Cyber-attack haunts Indonesia’s COVID-19 strategy

Divya Karyza and A. Muh. Ibnu Aqil

Jakarta Post, 2 September 2021

10. New Capital City Leader Not Appointed by Election, Bappenas Says

Tempo, 2 September 2021

Malaysia

11. 新内阁削弱了巫统当权派 [New cabinet weakens Umno establishment]

刘惟诚是马来西亚时事评论员, 拉曼大学新闻政治学讲师

Lianhe Zaobao 联合早报, 3 September 2021

12. Azalina submits motion for Private Member’s Bill on recall elections

Soo Wern Jun

Malay Mail Online, 3 September 2021

13. Electronic vote casting could be way to hold polls amid pandemic, says Sarawak tourism minister

Malay Mail Online, 3 September 2021

14. Politically appointed envoys serve no special purpose

P Ramasamy

Malaysiakini, 3 September 2021

15. Economists offer mixed views on ‘recycled’ cabinet

Hailey Chung Wee Kye

Malaysian Insight, 3 September 2021

16. 后国盟华基政党的尴尬定位 [The embarrassing position of Chinese-based political parties in PN]

黄子豪.

Sinchew 星洲网, 3 September 2021

17. ST Connect webinar: Market uptick shows faith in new govt's stability, says Malaysia's Finance Minister

[A 1-hour webinar]

Shannon Teoh

Straits Times, 3 September 2021

18. Gabungan PAS, UMNO, BERSATU berterusan sehingga PRU Ke-15 [PAS, UMNO, BERSATU alliance to continue until GE-15]

Baharom Bakar

Berita Harian (Malaysia), 2 September 2021

19. My Say: Leaders who divide to rule end up too divided to rule

Ooi Kee Beng

Edge Markets, 2 September 2021

20. Pre-Budget statement a step forward but government must walk the walk

REFSA

Edge Markets, 2 September 2021

21. Rethinking Malaysia’s position on the refugee crisis

Sofia Farouk is a research intern at IDEAS Malaysia.

Malaysian Insight, 2 September 2021

22. Motion to remove Azhar as speaker rejected on technical grounds

Malaysian Insight, 2 September 2021

23. Transparency International-Malaysia supports tabling bill for recall elections act

Press statement from Transparency International-Malaysia.

Malaysian Insight, 2 September 2021

24. 今日的内阁，希盟必须负上责任 [PH has to take responsibility for today's cabinet]

刘哲伟目前在国际伊斯兰大学政治学系任职助理教授。

Malaysian Insight, 2 September 2021

25. Opinion: Does Malaysia’s opposition need a new leader or a new direction?

Professor Wong Chin Huat is a political scientist at Jeffrey Sachs Center on Sustainable Development (JSC), Sunway University, Malaysia.

South China Morning Post, 2 September 2021

Myanmar

26. Who Will Win the Battle for Myanmar’s UN Seat?

Tom Fawthrop

Diplomat, 3 September 2021

27. 第三波冠病疫情下的缅甸 [Myanmar in the throes of Covid-19 third wave]

刘星月是云南大学外国语学院硕士研究生

Lianhe Zaobao 联合早报, 3 September 2021

28. Business as Usual: Chinese Investments After the Myanmar Coup

Debby S. W. Chan

Diplomat, 2 September 2021

29. Myanmar Junta Grows Bananas to Boost Food Security

Irrawaddy, 2 September 2021

30. Analysis: Talking to Dead People: What Did China’s Envoy Learn in Myanmar’s Capital?

Irrawaddy, 2 September 2021

31. Visions of a Federal Future for Myanmar are Fading Fast-Part II

Ye Myo Hein is the executive director of the Tagaung Institute of Political Studies and a fellow with the Asia Program at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

Irrawaddy, 2 September 2021

32. Thousands of Myanmar Soldiers and Police Have Joined Anti-Junta Forces Since Coup

Radio Free Asia, 2 September 2021

33. Visions of a Federal Future for Myanmar are Fading Fast

Ye Myo Hein

Irrawaddy, 1 September 2021

Philippines

34. Philippines gave US$173 million pandemic supplies contracts to a firm owned by a fugitive from Taipei. Senator asks: ‘Didn't you google?’

Raissa Robles

South China Morning Post, 2 September 2021

Thailand

35. One-third of Thais say financial status is 'bad'

Bangkok Post, 3 September 2021

36. Plot aims to oust premier

Bangkok Post, 3 September 2021

37. Pattaya needs sustainability

Bangkok Post, 3 September 2021

38. The Curious Case of the New Chinese Ambassador to Thailand

Tita Sanglee

Diplomat, 2 September 2021

39. Thailand offers to become strategic CLMVT, Asean hub for China, GBA

Nation, 2 September 2021

40. Thousands join protest in Bangkok demanding prime minister's resignation

Reuters, 2 September 2021

41. Thai royalist turns protester as antigovernment rally broadens

Panu Wongcha-um and Juarawee Kittisilpa

Reuters, 2 September 2021

42. Thailand’s Protests Are a Sign of Popular Anger and Desperation

Joshua Kurlantzick

World Politics Review, 2 September 2021

ASEAN/Southeast Asia

43. Indonesia frustrated at ASEAN progress on Myanmar

Dian Septiari

Jakarta Post, 3 September 2021

ASEAN-US

44. 美国正在东南亚精心布局 [The United States is carefully laying out its strategy in Southeast Asia]

许利平

Huanqiu 环球网, 3 September 2021

Asia Pacific

45. Biden's pivot to free, open Indo-Pacific

Thitinan Pongsudhirak

Bangkok Post, 3 September 2021

Climate Change/Environment

46. Kala hutan ‘dipaksa mengalah’ demi proyek strategis nasional [When forests are 'forced to give up' due to strategic national projects]

Robby Irfany Maqoma, Editor Lingkungan

Conversation, 2 September 2021

47. Washington cannot define China-US climate cooperation: Global Times editorial

Global Times, 2 September 2021

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

48. What the RCEP Can Tell Us about China’s Role in the Emerging Geoeconomic Order in Asia

Xue Gong

S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, 1 September 2021

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