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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. New ASEAN chair Indonesia can change the game in Myanmar
Abdul Ghafur Hamid
The Jakarta Post, 29 December 2022
2. Economist forecasts 5.3% growth in Q4
Antara, 28 December 2022
3. Minister aims for 149 green, smart ports by 2024
Antara, 28 December 2022
4. 印尼反共有淵源 宣揚共產主義最高判15年監禁 [Indonesia’s anti-communist origins: up to 15 years in prison]
李宗憲
中央社, 28 December 2022
Laos
5. Is Laos’ Prime Minister On His Way Out?
David Hutt
Diplomat, 29 December 2022
6. 2023 will be better, but not great, for Laos
David Hutt
Asia Times, 28 December 2022
Malaysia
7. Kit Siang says increasingly confident that unity government will last five years
Surin Murugiah
Edge Markets, 29 December 2022
8. Preview: High-profile court cases to look out for in 2023
Kenneth Tee
Malay Mail Online, 29 December 2022
9. NST Leader: Fighting foreign interference
New Straits Times, 29 December 2022
10. Politics the year that was
Arfa Yunus
New Straits Times, 29 December 2022
11. 马国政客命运沉浮的政治问号 [Political question mark over the fate of Malaysian politicians]
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联合早报, 29 December 2022
12. Interests of Malays not compromised in coalition agreement: Malaysia DPM Ahmad Zahid
Rhea Yasmine Bte Alis Haizan
Channel News Asia, 28 December 2022
13. BN-PH govt could be more than marriage of convenience
Murray Hunter
Free Malaysia Today, 28 December 2022
14. Close urban-rural gap and plug local level corruption
MySinchew, 28 December 2022
15. Balancing populism and necessary evils
Emmanuel Joseph
The Malaysian Insight, 28 December 2022
16. Government must focus on rural heartland, not Industry 4.0
Murray Hunter
MySinchew, 27 December 2022
Myanmar
17. Myanmar’s junta blamed for deaths of more than 160 children in 2022
Rebecca Root
Guardian, 29 December 2022
18. Displaced from Myanmar: Can’t Go Back and Can’t Go Forward
Evan Jones
Diplomat, 28 December 2022
19. Leader of Myanmar Military’s Proxy Party Visits Nationalist Monk for Advice
Irrawaddy, 28 December 2022
Thailand
20. Economic risks to watch out for in 2023
Bangkok Post, 29 December 2022
21. Govt policies in crosshairs
Aekarach Sattaburuth
Bangkok Post, 29 December 2022
22. Prem probe must be fair
Bangkok Post, 29 December 2022
23. Thai exports exceed 2022 target despite end-of-year slump
The Nation Thailand, 28 December 2022
Vietnam
24. Why does Vietnam attract global tech giants?
Voice of Vietnam, 28 December 2022
ASEAN/Southeast Asia
25. ASEAN economic integration under Cambodia’s chairmanship
Stepan Golovin, Institute of World Economy and International Relations
East Asia Forum, 29 December 2022
26. Southeast Asian Currencies End the Year on a High Note
James Guild
Diplomat, 28 December 2022
Asia Pacific
27. Farewell to Asia and good riddance 2022
Curtis S. Chin and Jose B. Collazo
The Jakarta Post, 29 December 2022
28. Asian Geopolitics in 2022: A Retrospective [25-minute podcast]
Ankit Panda and Catherine Putz
Diplomat, 28 December 2022
Climate Change/Environment
29. Cambodia Seeks UNESCO World Heritage Status to Protect a Mekong Biodiversity Hotspot
Tom Fawthrop
Diplomat, 28 December 2022
Others
Media, Technology & Society
30. MIC to stop websites acting like newspapers
VietNamNet, 28 December 2022
Global Affairs
31. The World Cup of diplomacy has just kicked off
Kishore Mahbubani
Straits Times, 27 December 2022
Image credit: “View of tuk-tuks in Bangkok’s Chinatown“, by Florian Wehde on Unsplash.
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