Daily News on Southeast Asia – 24 Nov 2023

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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 PacificEast/South China Sea | Climate Change/Environment | Media, Technology & Society | Others


Cambodia

1. PM says reforms vital for consistent growth
Sreekanth Ravindran
Khmer Times, 24 November 2023

Indonesia

2. Salvaging the 2024 election
Jakarta Post, 24 November 2023

3. Prominent figures decline to be listed in Anies-Muhaimin campaign team
Jakarta Post, 24 November 2023

4. Penyebab Pendukung PDIP Pindah ke Prabowo-Gibran Menurut Polling Institute [Reasons PDIP Supporters Moving to Prabowo-Gibran According to Polling Institute]
Republika, 24 November 2023

5. 佐科长子与印尼总统选举 [Jokowi’s eldest son and the Indonesian presidential elections]
廖建裕是新加坡尤素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, 24 November 2023

6. Indonesia, Australia ink MoU to advance EV collaboration
Antara, 23 November 2023

7. Muhammadiyah asks about ministerial posts from Anies-Muhaimin
Jakarta Post, 23 November 2023

8. Peneliti: Pendukung PDI Perjuangan Pindah ke Prabowo-Gibran Karena Jokowi [Analyst: PDI Perjuangan Supporters Moved to Prabowo-Gibran Because of Jokowi]
Norman Meoko
Sinar Harapan, 23 November 2023

9. Is Indonesia trying to ‘cover up’ poor foreign investor interest in Jokowi’s Nusantara capital project?
Resty Woro Yuniar
South China Morning Post, 23 November 2023

10. Indonesia’s civil society launches movement for fair elections amid poll-rigging concerns
Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja
Straits Times, 23 November 2023

11. Anies Baswedan Says Jokowi’s IKN Project Creates New Inequality
Septia Ryanthie
Tempo, 23 November 2023

Malaysia

12. Malaysia’s new budget and the long road to fiscal consolidation
Amalina Anuar, Malaysia
East Asia Forum, 24 November 2023

13. Keep OSA for national security matters only, says TI-M
Ameera Huda
Free Malaysia Today, 24 November 2023

14. Holding on: A year of Anwar – Part 1
Bridget Welsh
Malaysiakini, 24 November 2023

15. Muhyiddin will not defend Bersatu presidency
Shamz Johan & Alyaa Alhadjri
Malaysiakini, 24 November 2023

16. Syariah and civil court conflicts
Shad Saleem Faruqi
Star, 24 November 2023

17. The Anwar govt a year on: Stability restored but major challenges remain
Ariel Tan
Straits Times, 24 November 2023

18. Anwar’s unique opportunity to refashion shariah
M. Bakri Musa
The Malaysian Insight, 24 November 2023

19. Experts rate year-old Anwar administration
Ravin Palanisamy, Noel Achariam & Desmond Davidson
The Malaysian Insight, 24 November 2023

20. PRK Kemaman: Peluang Pas cerah, tapi jangan ambil mudah [Kemaman by-election: Chances of passing are bright, but don’t take it for granted]
Utusan Malaysia, 24 November 2023

21. Targeted EPF withdrawal will worsen the insufficiency of retirement savings — mof
Bernama, 23 November 2023

22. Malaysia’s Anwar Faces Hard Choices as Popularity Dips
Ram Anand & Netty Idayu Ismail
Bloomberg, 23 November 2023

23. PMX’s policies are merely a continuance of what he did as DPM in the 80s and 90s
Murray Hunter
MySinchew, 23 November 2023

24. Malaysia’s Defining Political Tension Takes the Concert Stage
Koh Ewe
Time, 23 November 2023

Myanmar

25. Junta under threat
The Statesman, 22 November 2023

Philippines

26. Marcos grants amnesty to rebel, insurgent groups
Argyll Cyrus Geducos
Manila Bulletin, 24 November 2023

Thailand

27. Thailand’s new government is handing out cash
Economist, 23 November 2023

28. Srettha vows to revive economy and ensure greater well-being of farmers
The Nation, 23 November 2023

29. The 2024 budget allocation ranked by ministry
The Nation, 23 November 2023

30. Srettha faces impeachment push over police nepotism allegation
The Nation, 23 November 2023

Vietnam

31. Vietnamese exports come under tight scrutiny by US customs
Radio Free Asia, 22 November 2023

ASEAN/Southeast Asia

32. Driving the energy transition within ASEAN
Nadira Asrifa & Ahmad Munawir Siregar
Interpreter, 24 November 2023

33. ASEAN tourism banks on year-end boost after weak Chinese return
Francesca Regalado
Nikkei Asia, 24 November 2023

Asia Pacific

34. Cambodian scholar hails Xi’s speech at APEC for pledge to openness
Khmer Times, 24 November 2023

35. America’s crumbling trade initiative in Asia
Economist, 23 November 2023

36. Analysis: U.S. failed to catch hints Xi Jinping dropped at Filoli summit
Katsuji Nakazawa
Nikkei Asia, 23 November 2023

37. ‘China not a threat to US’: Singapore’s George Yeo on world’s shift to ‘multipolar’ order, Israel-Gaza war, Lee Kuan Yew
Sophie Chew
South China Morning Post, 23 November 2023

East/South China Sea

38. 又拿“坐滩”军舰搞事?菲律宾正在过界 [Stirring up matters with beached ship again? The Philippines is crossing the line]
代帆是暨南大学国际关系学院副院长、菲律宾研究中心主任
环球网, 24 November 2023

39. South China Sea: pressure mounts on Beijing in region as Marcos says Philippines will never give an inch
Dewey Sim
South China Morning Post, 23 November 2023

Climate Change/Environment

40. Global warming on course for 2.9°C, UN report warns
Catherine Early
Eco-Business, 23 November 2023

41. Oil and gas industry faces moment of truth – and opportunity to adapt – as clean energy transitions advance
[Link to 224-page PDF report: The Oil and Gas Industry in Net Zero Transitions]
IEA, 23 November 2023

42. NTS Bulletin November 2023: Climate Security and Economic Development: Dual Challenges for Southeast Asia
S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, 23 November 2023

Media, Technology & Society

43. E-Commerce and Its Role during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Indonesia
Yasuyuki Sawada, Yesim Elhan-Kayalar, Matthew Shum, & Daniel Yi Xu
Asian Development Bank, 24 November 2023


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