Daily News on the Southeast Asian Region

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15 July 2021 (pm) - 16 July 2021 (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.

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This issue of Daily News Alert includes one article attributed to Dr Serina Rahman, Visiting Fellow, ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute. You can click on her name to go to the article directly.

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

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

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

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

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

No. 1-2

No. 3-13

No. 14-23

No. 24

No. 25-27

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

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

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

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

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

South China Sea ....

Special Topics ........

No. 28-35

No. 36

No. 37-38

No. 39-43

No. 44-46

No. 47-49

Cambodia

1. ‘Minimum conditions’ for elections outlined

Phnom Penh Post, 15 July 2021

2. The Anakut podcast: Cambodia’s controversial internet gateway

ANDREW HAFFNER

Southeast Asia Globe, 14 July 2021

Indonesia

3. Govt distributes free medicines to support self-isolating patients

Jakarta Post, 16 July 2021

4. Once a mentalist: How Deddy Corbuzier became a political force

Vania Evan

Jakarta Post, 16 July 2021

5. Indonesia's export performance in 2021 very promising: BPS

Antara, 15 July 2021

6. Anies, Ganjar, or Prabowo? What kind of politics and leaders do young Indonesians want for the 2024 elections?

Luthfi T. Dzulfikar, Associate Editor

Conversation, 15 July 2021

7. What’s behind Indonesia’s opposition to R2P?

I Gede Wahyu Wicaksana, Universitas Airlangga

East Asia Forum, 15 July 2021

8. Courier Businesses to Recover Faster on E-commerce Boom: Anteraja CEO

Jakarta Globe, 15 July 2021

9. Delta variant overwhelms Indonesia’s beleaguered Puskesmas

Nur Janti, Ganug Nugroho Adi and Adi Marsiela

Jakarta Post, 15 July 2021

10. House passes Papuan special autonomy law amendment amid public opposition

Rifki Nurfajri

Jakarta Post, 15 July 2021

11. Panjebar Semangat': Iconic Javanese magazine faces approaching twilight

Reno Surya

Jakarta Post, 15 July 2021

12. Indonesia’s digital banking scene set for boom as tech giants Sea, Gojek and Line muscle in

Resty Woro Yuniar

South China Morning Post, 15 July 2021

13. PLN to Gradually Retire Coal-Fired Power Plants

Jakarta Globe, 14 July 2021

Malaysia

14. My Say: Malaysia’s journey to a carbon-neutral future

Ivan Tan

Edge Markets, 16 July 2021

15. Total of 386,142 public university students to benefit from fee discount, says MOHE

Malay Mail Online, 16 July 2021

16. Dewan Rakyat Speaker: July 26-29 is ‘special sitting’ as Emergency still in effect, regular session from Sept 6

RADZI RAZAK

Malay Mail Online, 15 July 2021

17. States need to look beyond land-based activities for alternative sources of income

Henry Chan

Malaysiakini, 15 July 2021

18. Malaysians crushed

Tommy Thomas is Malaysia’s former attorney-general.

Malaysian Insight, 15 July 2021

19. 先抗疫后政治是废话巫统希盟须短暂合作 ["Fighting the epidemic first, then politics" is nonsense, Umno and Pakatan Harapan need to cooperate temporarily]

刘哲伟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, 15 July 2021

20. Dr M labels upcoming Parliament sitting 'a farce'

Arfa Yunus

New Straits Times, 15 July 2021

21. 慕尤丁前路险峻 [Muhyiddin treads a dangerous path]

黄子豪.

Sinchew 星洲网, 15 July 2021

22. 马哈迪的自恋与斗士党前途 [Mahathir's narcissism and the future of Pejuang]

郑丁贤.

Sinchew 星洲网, 15 July 2021

23. Fishing further out to land better catch

ZAZALI MUSA

Star, 15 July 2021

Myanmar

24. Myanmar: Sanctions Are the Key to a Democratic Future

Tin Tun Naing

Diplomat, 16 July 2021

Philippines

25. 1Sambayan open to Pacquiao, if he submits to process

Tina G. Santos

Philippine Daily Inquirer, 16 July 2021

26. The missing link: Party convention

Segundo Eclar Romero

Philippine Daily Inquirer, 16 July 2021

27. Lack of law vs political dynasty allows Sara to run for president in 2022–Carpio

Raymund Antonio

Manila Bulletin, 15 July 2021

Thailand

28. BMA wrong on tests

Bangkok Post, 16 July 2021

29. BoT: Debt holiday for those in need

SOMRUEDI BANCHONGDUANG AND WICHIT CHANTANUSORNSIRI

Bangkok Post, 16 July 2021

30. Criticism mounts over digital regulatory bill

SUCHIT LEESA-NGUANSUK

Bangkok Post, 16 July 2021

31. Long-stay visas, EVs to help spur economy

Chatrudee Theparat & Yuthana Praiwan

Bangkok Post, 16 July 2021

32. Phuket hoteliers optimistic on recovery

DUSIDA WORRACHADDEJCHAI

Bangkok Post, 16 July 2021

33. Thailand's jab fiasco needs an inquiry

Thitinan Pongsudhirak

Bangkok Post, 16 July 2021

34. Widening Class Division In Thailand: The COVID-19 Factor

Murray Hunter

Eurasia Review, 16 July 2021

35. NGOs Urge Thailand Not to Buy Electricity From Luang Prabang Dam

Radio Free Asia, 15 July 2021

Timor-Leste (East Timor)

36. Timor-Leste’s internet freedoms at risk

James Gomez is regional director of the Asia Centre.

Jakarta Post, 16 July 2021

Vietnam

37. Bittersweet: Vietnam’s Mixed Progress on E-Government During COVID-19

Pham Thi Thuy Duong

Diplomat, 16 July 2021

38. How to harmonize the two 'fronts'?

VietNamNet, 15 July 2021

ASEAN/Southeast Asia

39. Goldman Sachs says Covid delta variant could ‘significantly’ hit growth in Southeast Asia

CNBC, 15 July 2021

40. COVID-19 in Southeast Asia: all eyes on Indonesia

Teguh Haryo Sasongko, Peneliti The Cochrane Collaboration; Associate Professor, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) School of Medicine, Perdana University; Deputy Director, Center for Research Excellence, Perdana University

Conversation, 15 July 2021

41. Singapore’s Land Reclamation on Pedra Branca: Implications for Malaysia

Wahab Jumrah is an in-house lawyer at OMS Group in Kuala Lumpur

Diplomat, 15 July 2021

42. US Focuses on Myanmar, South China Sea at Special ASEAN Meeting

Sebastian Strangio

Diplomat, 15 July 2021

43. Covid-19 variant wreaks havoc on South-east Asia's economies as retail, tourism stumble

Jeffrey Hutton

Straits Times, 15 July 2021

Asia Pacific

44. Opinion: Japan’s new defense white paper sharpens aim at China

JAGANNATH PANDA

Asia Times, 16 July 2021

45. Japan Is Indispensable Again: The Need for Economic Security Is Reviving Washington’s Alliance With Tokyo

Akira Igata and Brad Glosserman

Foreign Affairs, 15 July 2021

46. The Hearts-and-Minds Myth: How America Gets Counterinsurgency Wrong

Jacqueline L. Hazelton

Foreign Affairs, 15 July 2021

Climate Change/Environment

47. Abnormal temperatures responsible for 2.6 million deaths in Asia every year, global study finds

Jack Board

Channel News Asia, 16 July 2021

48. Opinion: In bold first move, Singapore’s Temasek underlines urgency of climate crisis with internal carbon price

Bhavan Jaipragas

South China Morning Post, 16 July 2021

Superpower relations and the region

49. Poll: China’s Influence Is Not Inevitable

Samantha Custer, Rodney Knight, Amber Hutchinson and Vera Choo

Foreign Policy, 15 July 2021

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