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Today’s issue includes an article by Francis Hutchinson, Senior Fellow, ISEAS – Yusof Institute. You can click on the link to go to the article directly.
Brunei | Cambodia | Indonesia | Laos | Malaysia | Myanmar | Philippines | Singapore | Thailand | Timor-Leste | Vietnam | ASEAN / Southeast Asia | Asia Pacific | East/South China Sea | Climate Change/Environment | Others
Cambodia
1. Rebuilding Cambodia and Leaving [33-minute interview]
Luke Hunt
Diplomat, 14 December 2022
Indonesia
2. Minister reveals reason SoftBank pulled out of Nusantara city project
Antara, 15 December 2022
3. Indonesia struggles to build military that can stave off China
Straits Times, 15 December 2022
4. Amien Rais’ Party Can’t Make It to 2024 General Election
BTV
Jakarta Globe, 14 December 2022
5. Government Estimates 205 Million Voters for 2024 Elections
BTV
Jakarta Globe, 14 December 2022
6. Election officials pressured regional staff to falsify eligibility results, lawyer says
Fikri Harish and Yerica Lai
Jakarta Post, 14 December 2022
7. Three political newcomers to join 2024 legislative election
Yerica Lai
Jakarta Post, 14 December 2022
8. Indonesia Aims to Generate Rp4tn from Taxing Plastics, Sweetened Drinks
Tempo, 14 December 2022
Malaysia
9. Politik wang, pengaruh ‘warlord’ punca UMNO alami defisit sokongan [Money politics, influence of ‘warlords’ cause of Umno’s deficit of support]
Prof Madya Dr Mohd Azhar Abd Hamid dan Dr Muhammed Fauzi Othman, Kumpulan Penyelidikan, Kepimpinan dan Kesejahteraan Sosial Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM)
Berita Harian (Malaysia), 15 December 2022
10. Malaysia’s ‘New Poor’ In A Dilemma
By Erda Khursyiah Basir; Translated by Salbiah Said
Bernama, 15 December 2022
11. GRS’ constitution allows for direct membership
Tracy Bul
Free Malaysia Today, 15 December 2022
12. Pejuang has no future in Malaysian politics, say analysts
Elill Easwaran
Free Malaysia Today, 15 December 2022
13. Nation can no longer ignore defence spending reforms
Jamil A Ghani
Institute of Strategic and International Studies (ISIS) Malaysia, 15 December 2022
14. Without power, Bersatu stares into the abyss
Malay Mail Online, 15 December 2022
15. PN has what it takes to be an effective opposition bloc – analysts
Malaysiakini, 15 December 2022
16. CPTPP threat to national sovereignty
Lim Chee Han
Malaysian Insight, 15 December 2022
17. 安华须加强马新关系 [Anwar needs to strengthen Malaysia-Singapore ties]
利亮时
星洲网, 15 December 2022
18. Review Batu Puteh claims without hurting S’pore ties, AG told
Star, 15 December 2022
19. Malaysians saving less, most do not have enough in retirement funds: Survey
[Link to 23-page pdf “RinggitPlus Malaysian financial literacy survey 2022 survey report”]
Zunaira Saieed
Straits Times, 15 December 2022
20. PM Anwar: Malaysia, China pledge to boost ties
Bernama, 14 December 2022
21. Umno’s survival at stake if top 2 positions go uncontested, says analyst
Free Malaysia Today, 14 December 2022
22. Govt to look into ways to bring in affordable EVs, says environment minister
Malay Mail Online, 14 December 2022
23. How the monarchy saved the nation
Murray Hunter
MySinchew, 14 December 2022
24. The Green Tsunami is fast taking shape
Kuik Cheng Kang
MySinchew, 14 December 2022
25. Proposed electricity tariff hike for big companies and users has an upside
Tarrence Tan & Aliza Shah
Star, 14 December 2022
26. Malaysia’s opposition lines up new leaders out of ex-PM Muhyiddin’s shadow
Shannon Teoh and Ram Anand
Straits Times, 14 December 2022
Myanmar
27. ‘We are facing a crisis’: New law puts Myanmar NGOs in ‘impossible’ position
Frontier Myanmar, 14 December 2022
28. Myanmar Junta Snubs Pro-Regime Armed Groups’ Call for Peace Talks
Irrawaddy, 14 December 2022
29. Myanmar regime fails to unseat pro-resistance UN ambassador
Thompson Chau & Dominic Oo
Nikkei Asia, 14 December 2022
Singapore
30. ‘Full Steam Ahead’ for Singapore’s Tuas Port
Sribala Subramanian
Diplomat, 14 December 2022
Thailand
31. 31 MPs quit House, threatening stability
Aekarach Sattaburuth
Bangkok Post, 15 December 2022
32. B600 minimum wage is quite doable
Chartchai Parasuk
Bangkok Post, 15 December 2022
33. World Bank eyes slower Thai growth
Wichit Chantanusornsiri & Sirivish Toomgum
Bangkok Post, 15 December 2022
Vietnam
34. Vietnam’s Major Spratly Expansion
Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) (United States), 14 December 2022
35. Scale of Vietnam’s digital economy modest compared to potential
VietNamNet, 14 December 2022
36. WB economist points to Vietnam’s growth drivers
VietNamNet, 14 December 2022
ASEAN/Southeast Asia
37. Joint Leaders’ Statement of ASEAN-EU Commemorative Summit 2022
ASEAN Secretariat News, 15 December 2022
38. The Rohingya Genocide and Southeast Asian Responses
Dr Suwita Hani Randhawa
Australian Institute of International Affairs, 15 December 2022
39. At summit, EU announces €10 billion package but frustrated Asean leaders seek trade pact
Finbarr Bermingham
South China Morning Post, 15 December 2022
Asia Pacific
40. Canada really wants to be the US’ deputy sheriff in Asia
Ravi Velloor
Straits Times, 15 December 2022
41. Amid US-China rivalry, middle powers are coming together to build bridges
Peter T. C. Chang
South China Morning Post, 14 December 2022
42. Democracy and inequality
[Link to 33-page pdf report]
Andrew Yeo, Teresa S. Encarnacion Tadem, Meredith L. Weiss, Kok-Hoe Ng, and Byunghwan Son
Brookings, 14 December 2022
43. Democracy and public health in Asia
[Link to 43-page pdf report]
Syaru Shirley Lin, June Park, Feng-Jen Jean Tsai, Radhika Radhakrishnan, Stephen Duckett, and Yasushi Katsuma
Brookings, 14 December 2022
44. Report: Corruption and democracy in Asia
[Link to 26-page pdf report]
Thomas Pepinsky, Francis E. Hutchinson, Maria Ela L. Atienza, and Hyeok Yong Kwon
Brookings, 14 December 2022
East/South China Sea
45. Why getting US to ratify UNCLOS will aid Asean’s South China Sea goals
James Borton
South China Morning Post, 15 December 2022
Climate Change/Environment
46. Why developing Asia should care about an ambitious shipping emissions reduction goal
Hannah Alcoseba Fernandez
Eco-Business, 14 December 2022
47. G7 nations to provide Vietnam with $15.5 bln to cut coal use
Francesco Guarascio
Reuters, 14 December 2022
Others
Media, Technology & Society
48. Impact of disinformation on democracy in Asia
[Link to 33-page pdf report]
Jessica Brandt, Maiko Ichihara, Nuurrianti Jalli, Puma Shen, and Aim Sinpeng
Brookings, 14 December 2022
Image credit: “View of tuk-tuks in Bangkok’s Chinatown“, by Florian Wehde on Unsplash.
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