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Cambodia
1. Foreign Casinos Have Been a Disaster for Cambodia
Meghan Murphy
Diplomat, 7 July 2022
Indonesia
2. Forty percent of Indonesian population projected to be unproductive
Antara, 6 July 2022
3. Gov’t Launches Affordable Cooking Oil Product
Herman
Jakarta Globe, 6 July 2022
4. ‘Final’ penal code bill retains ‘colonial’ provisions
Nur Janti
Jakarta Post, 6 July 2022
5. ‘Sometimes I’m being judged by assumption,’ says Jakarta governor Anies Baswedan
Arlina Arshad and Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja
Straits Times, 6 July 2022
Malaysia
6. Reexamining East Malaysian Security in an Age of Growing Threats
Karisma Putera Abd Rahman and Fikry A. Rahman
Diplomat, 7 July 2022
7. Despite losses and exits, Wan Saiful confident Bersatu has future
Mohamad Fadli
Free Malaysia Today, 7 July 2022
8. Thomas: Harapan govt didn’t go extra mile to see legal reforms come through
Hariz Mohd & Sharyl Priyanka Selvaraj
Malaysiakini, 7 July 2022
9. To Bersatu in need, PAS is a friend indeed, say grassroots, analysts
Diyana Ibrahim
Malaysian Insight, 7 July 2022
10. Black flag organiser predicts more price hike protests
Alfian Z.M. Tahir
Malaysian Insight, 7 July 2022
11. Govt must move beyond subisidies
Teh Athira Yusof And Luqman Hakim
New Straits Times, 7 July 2022
12. Anti-hopping Bill is ready
Martin Carvalho
Star, 7 July 2022
13. Tok Mat’s new Malaysia Agreement idea comes under fire
Durie Rainer Fong
Star, 7 July 2022
14. Tiga kelemahan punca PH gagal jadi pembangkang berkesan [Three weaknesses cause PH to fail to be an effective opposition]
Muhammad Ariff Asyrul Adnan, Pensyarah Sains Politik, Fakulti Sains Pentadbiran dan Pengajian Polisi, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Kampus Raub
Berita Harian (Malaysia), 6 July 2022
15. Johor reclamations: Where will the sand come from?
Nigel Aw
Malaysiakini, 6 July 2022
16. Rafizi outlines three plans to prepare PKR for GE15
Malaysian Insight, 5 July 2022
Myanmar
17. Homes of 224 NLD members including 119 MPs sealed off till July 1
Eleven Myanmar, 6 July 2022
18. How the junta plunders Myanmar’s Natural Resources
[Link to “Mining Myanmar“]
Mizzima, 6 July 2022
19. Myanmar’s Military Losing Ground to Rebels and Ethnic Armies: Part 1
Joshua Kurlantzick
Council on Foreign Relations, 5 July 2022
Philippines
20. Marcos abolishes Duterte’s anti-corruption commission, CabSec’s office
Argyll Cyrus Geducos
Manila Bulletin, 7 July 2022
21. China-Philippines ties usher in ‘golden era’: FM
GT staff reporters
Global Times, 6 July 2022
22. Marcos sets more ambitious economic targets than Duterte’s
Ramon Royandoyan
Philstar Global, 6 July 2022
23. ‘Ferdinand Marcos Airport’ proposal by Philippine President Marcos Jnr’s ally draws sharp criticism
South China Morning Post, 6 July 2022
Thailand
24. Rescuing Thailand from the middle-income trap
Peerasit Kamnuansilpa
Bangkok Post, 7 July 2022
25. Parliament chooses MP calculation method favouring small parties
Aekarach Sattaburuth
Bangkok Post, 7 July 2022
26. Thailand Pledges to Finish High-Speed Rail Link to China by 2028
Patpicha Tanakasempipat
Bloomberg, 6 July 2022
27. Russia an important partner, Don says at event celebrating ties
Nation, 6 July 2022
Vietnam
28. Russia’s Lavrov enjoys warm relations with Vietnam ahead of frosty reception in Bali
Radio Free Asia, 6 July 2022
ASEAN/Southeast Asia
29. ASEAN Envoy Hails ‘Some Progress’ on Second Myanmar Mission
Sebastian Strangio
Diplomat, 7 July 2022
30. Barred again: Myanmar Junta FM not allowed to attend upcoming Asean meetings
Khmer Times, 7 July 2022
31. Invitation letter already sent to Russian foreign minister for ASEAN meets
Khmer Times, 7 July 2022
32. Wang Yi calls for building stronger development of Lancang-Mekong economic belt
Khmer Times, 7 July 2022
33. Wang Yi’s Myanmar trip could derail Asean’s peace plan by legitimising junta, analysts say
Maria Siow
South China Morning Post, 7 July 2022
34. ASEAN and pandemic recovery: Economy before strategic rivalry
Tiara Putri Indira Dewanti
Interpreter, 6 July 2022
35. Australia will avoid engaging Asean through China ‘prism’, Foreign Minister Penny Wong says
Maria Siow
South China Morning Post, 6 July 2022
East/South China Sea
36. Hainan’s free trade makeover masks its geopolitical significance
Ngeow Chow Bing, University of Malaya
East Asia Forum, 6 July 2022
Climate Change/Environment
37. The Economic Benefits of Renewable Energy for Asia: Crunching the Numbers
Viktor Tachev
Energy Tracker Asia, 7 July 2022
38. PH looking into carbon tax viability
[Link to IMF working paper: The Distributional Impact of a Carbon Tax in Asia and the Pacific]
Ben O. de Vera
Inquirer, 7 July 2022
39. G-7 ties itself up in knots on climate and energy
David Fogarty
Straits Times, 7 July 2022
40. In Vietnam’s Mekong Delta, sand mining means lost homes and fortunes
Dinh Tuyen
Eco-Business, 6 July 2022
Others
BRICS
41. As China and Russia champion an expanded BRICS, India may have to pick a side
Akhil Ramesh
South China Morning Post, 7 July 2022
Group of 20 (G-20)
42. Not ‘business as usual’ for G20 foreign ministers meeting in Bali
Kate Lamb and David Brunnstrom
Reuters, 6 July 2022
43. Fate of G20 meeting rests on Indonesian diplomacy
Yvette Tanama
Jakarta Post, 6 July 2022
Media, Technology & Society
44. Metaverse — the latest chapter of the Splinternet?
Nina Xiang, China Money Network
East Asia Forum, 6 July 2022
45. Singapore Dreams Up Foreign Influence in Politics
John Berthelsen
Asia Sentinel, 7 July 2022
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