Daily News on Southeast Asia – 28 Dec 2022

Every weekday, ISEAS Library collates articles relevant to Southeast Asia and special topics in line with the research interests of the ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute. To view articles behind paywalls, please visit the Library during its operating hours.

Today’s issue 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.


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


Indonesia

1. Indonesia has no food reserve plan in place: minister
Antara, 27 December 2022
 
2. Posisi Strategis Erick Thohir pada Pilpres 2024 [Erick Thohir’s strategic position for the 2024 presidential elections]
Amir Faisal Nek Muhammad, Founder Perfekto untuk Indonesia
Republika Online, 27 December 2022
 
3. Yearender 2022: Charging the Indonesian EV battery megaproject
Fadhil Haidar Sulaeman
The Jakarta Post, 27 December 2022
 
4. Jokowi considers Cabinet reshuffle as PDI-P puts further pressure on NasDem
The Jakarta Post, 26 December 2022

Malaysia

5. 安华能安谁的心? [Who can Anwar reassure?]
汤秀凤
联合早报, 28 December 2022
 
6. Zahid sees collaboration with PN to be ‘harmful to Umno’
Isabelle Leong
Malaysiakini, 28 December 2022
 
7. 巫统能否在吉兰丹突破缺口?[Can Umno break through in Kelantan?]
郑名烈
星洲网, 28 December 2022
 
8. Malaysian PM Anwar goes slow on reform as he strengthens position
Ram Anand, Malaysia Correspondent
Straits Times, 28 December 2022
 
9. Sengketa UMNO-BERSATU ‘panaskan’ kalendar politik [Umno-Bersatu dispute ‘heats up’ political calendar]
Mohd Nasaruddin Parzi
Berita Harian (Malaysia), 27 December 2022
 
10. PBM sacks Zuraida, 10 others
Free Malaysia Today, 27 December 2022
 
11. Political Change In Malaysia: A Harbinger Of Hope?
Mohammed Shoaib Raza
Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (MP-IDSA), 27 December 2022
 
12. Umno elections: no one can take down Zahid, say analysts
MySinchew, 27 December 2022
 
13. Analyst: Umno must uphold democratic professionalism to remain relevant
Teh Athira Yusof
New Straits Times, 27 December 2022

Myanmar

14. ‘Our way of life is dead’: Military evictions ravage communities
Frontier Myanmar, 27 December 2022

Philippines

15. The Philippines’ food worries amid Ukraine war and typhoons
Laura Bicker and Virma Rivera
BBC, 28 December 2022

Thailand

16. Exports continue to slump
Phusadee Arunmas
Bangkok Post, 28 December 2022

Timor-Leste

17. Timor-Leste’s track back to normality
Rui Graça Feijó, University of Coimbra
East Asia Forum, 28 December 2022

Vietnam

18. Commentary: Vietnam makes a model recovery from COVID19
Edmund Malesky
Channel News Asia, 28 December 2022
 
19. Foreign affairs minister reprimanded over pandemic flight scandal
VnExpress International, 27 December 2022
 
20. Vietnam optimises monetary policy for inflation control, macroeconomic stability
Voice of Vietnam, 27 December 2022
 
21. Top 10 events in Vietnam in 2022 selected by VOV
Voice of Vietnam, 26 December 2022

ASEAN/Southeast Asia

22. How to steer the US and China away from conflict? Asean showed us
Richard Heydarian
South China Morning Post, 28 December 2022
 
23. Southeast Asia nations boosting submarine orders amid US-China rivalry
Maria Siow
South China Morning Post, 28 December 2022
 
24. Securing Asean’s Security Amidst Geopolitical Divides
Marty Natalegawa
S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, 27 December 2022
 
25. The Maritime Security Roles of International Organisations in Southeast Asia
Asyura Salleh
S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, 27 December 2022
 
26. EU could be ASEAN’s best bet in hedging against US-China rivalry uncertainties
Joanne Lin and Sharon Seah
ThinkChina, 27 December 2022

Asia Pacific

27. US allies want good relations with China too
Zhu Zhiqun
ThinkChina, 27 December 2022

Image credit: View of tuk-tuks in Bangkok’s Chinatown, by Florian Wehde on Unsplash.

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