Daily News on the Southeast Asian Region

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30 August 2021 (pm) - 31 August 2021 (am)

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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.

No. 2: Dr Leo Suryadinata, Visiting Senior Fellow
No. 13: Dr Francis Hutchinson, Senior Fellow
No. 40: Dr A’an Suryana, former Visiting Fellow

Brunei Darussalam..

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

No. 1-6

No. 7-26

No. 27-28

No. 29-30

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

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

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

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

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

South China Sea ....

Special Topics ........

No. 31-35

No. 36-41

No. 42

No. 43

No. 44-45

Indonesia

1. Vaccination in Indonesia: Greed amid the pandemic?

Gde Siriana Yusuf is the executive director of Indonesia Future Studies (INFUS).

Jakarta Post, 31 August 2021

2. 印尼回教组织与塔利班的关系 [The relationship between Indonesian Muslim organisations and the Taliban]

廖建裕是新加坡尤索夫伊萨东南亚研究院资深访问研究员、南洋理工大学拉惹勒南国际研究院兼任教授

联合早报, 31 August 2021

3. Unfolding the “Social Distancing Saga”

Jessica Vincentia Marpaung

Jakarta Globe, 30 August 2021

4. Indonesia’s war on graft is in tatters. Now what?

Dio Suhenda and Ary Hermawan

Jakarta Post, 29 August 2021

5. Prolonged lockdown erodes Jokowi’s popularity

A. Muh. Ibnu Aqil

Jakarta Post, 29 August 2021

6. Jokowi presses on with capital city relocation despite pandemic

Dio Suhenda

Jakarta Post, 27 August 2021

Malaysia

7. Unite to fight pandemic, don’t derail recovery plan, says King

Free Malaysia Today, 31 August 2021

8. Parliament to resume Sept 13, Pakatan MPs highlight absence of confidence vote on agenda

Debra Chong

Malay Mail Online, 31 August 2021

9. Petaling MP Maria Chin moots 14 parliamentary select committees for improved governance

Radzi Razak

Malay Mail Online, 31 August 2021

10. MPs moot longer Parliament sittings amid talk of reforms

Geraldine Tong

Malaysiakini, 31 August 2021

11. COMMENT | Muhyiddin's improbable, implausible legacy

Lim Teck Ghee

Malaysiakini, 31 August 2021

12. ‘Malaysians’ Malaysia’ a work in progress, say youth

Hailey Chung Wee Kye

Malaysian Insight, 31 August 2021

13. Raja Membaca Facebook [The king reads Facebook]

Saur M Hutabarat

Medcom.id, 31 August 2021

14. Selangor recorded RM22.45 billion investments from Jan 2020 until now

Bernama, 30 August 2021

15. Alternative Views: New government should not result in major changes in business direction

M Shanmugam

Edge Markets, 30 August 2021

16. PKR, DAP deny receiving foreign funds

Predeep Nambiar

Free Malaysia Today, 30 August 2021

17. Malaysia’s official reserve assets at US$111.06bil at end July

Free Malaysia Today, 30 August 2021

18. MOTAC targets Langkawi to be the first tourist spot to reopen

Free Malaysia Today, 30 August 2021

19. Umno gets ‘all clear’ to postpone party polls

Free Malaysia Today, 30 August 2021

20. Selangor passes motion to implement online or hybrid format for state assembly sittings

Malay Mail Online, 30 August 2021

21. Covid-19: Perak govt announces additional economic stimulus package worth RM34m

Malay Mail Online, 30 August 2021

22. Where is the Malaysian economy heading?

Press statement from the Center for Market Education.

Malaysian Insight, 30 August 2021

23. Najib rejects anti-hopping law, proposes recall election instead

Malaysian Insight, 30 August 2021

24. Bagaimana Kabinet Ismail Sabri boleh jadi lebih dinamik [How Ismail Sabri's cabinet can be more dynamic]

Nizam Mahshar, jurucakap #KamiMalaysia.

Malaysian Insight, 30 August 2021

25. DAP ready to work with PM to revive nation, says Guan Eng

Malaysian Insight, 30 August 2021

26. Tun Ahmad Sarji - A complete civil servant

Professor Datuk Dr Ahmad Ibrahim

New Straits Times, 30 August 2021

Myanmar

27. China Opens Rail Line With Access to Indian Ocean via Myanmar

Irrawaddy, 30 August 2021

28. Atrocious Myanmar Military at Risk of Splitting: Army Defectors

Irrawaddy, 28 August 2021

Philippines

29. Duterte vs Duterte showdown flips the script in Philippines

Jason Castaneda

Asia Times, 30 August 2021

30. Duterte's top aide declines Philippine presidential nomination

Reuters, 30 August 2021

Thailand

31. Panel finishes list of military shake-up

Wassana Nanuam

Bangkok Post, 31 August 2021

32. Green light for online action plan

The cabinet on Monday gave the go-ahead to the national e-commerce development action plan phase I, which spans 2021-2022 and aims to boost e-commerce revenue to more than 5.35 trillion baht next year.

Phusadee Arunmas and Chatrudee Theparat

Bangkok Post, 31 August 2021

33. Govt must do more to help

Bangkok Post, 30 August 2021

34. Bangkok ‘Car Mob’ Renews Call for Thai PM’s Resignation

Sebastian Strangio

Diplomat, 30 August 2021

35. Thai lives matter, too

Craig Keating

Interpreter, 30 August 2021

ASEAN/Southeast Asia

36. Biden's fault lines in SE Asia

Kavi Chongkittavorn

Bangkok Post, 31 August 2021

37. Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Vietnam and Thailand strategy for post pandemic era refined

Khmer Times, 31 August 2021

38. U.S. reaching out to Southeast Asia

Dr Rahul Mishra is a senior lecturer at the Asia-Europe Institute, Universiti Malaya, where he heads the European Studies programme. He is also associated with the university's Centre for Asean Regionalism

New Straits Times, 31 August 2021

39. Vietnamese, Thai top legislators hold online talks

VietNamNet, 31 August 2021

40. Covid jab shortages prompt ASEAN countries to develop own vaccines

Phnom Penh Post, 30 August 2021

41. Overconfidence hinders US from reasserting influence in Southeast Asia

Xu Liping

Global Times, 29 August 2021

Asia Pacific

42. Opinion: China needs a NATO-like regional security bloc

Adriel Kasonta

Asia Times, 30 August 2021

East/South China Sea

43. 深化南海执法合作难在哪 [Where is the difficulty in deepening law enforcement cooperation in the South China Sea]

丁铎是中国南海研究院海洋法律与政策研究所副所长、副研究员

Huanqiu 环球网, 31 August 2021

Climate Change/Environment

44. Bid adieu to bad rubbish

Bangkok Post, 31 August 2021

45. From east to west – Malaysia’s unresolved environmental crisis

Esther Sinirisan Chong

Malaysian Insight, 30 August 2021

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