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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
Cambodia
1. Can Cambodia’s banking sector stay insulated from soaring inflation?
Sangeetha Amarthalingam
Phnom Penh Post, 25 August 2022
Indonesia
2. BI choosing banks, payment actors for disbursing digital rupiah
Antara, 26 August 2022
3. Bagaimana bantuan tunai pancing penerima tambah anak dan makin terperangkap dalam kemiskinan [How the cash aid induces recipients to have more children and become more entrapped in poverty]
Rafly Parenta Bano, Statistisi Muda Badan Pusat Statistik, Badan Pusat Statistik; Omas Bulan Samosir, Lecturer, Universitas Indonesia; Triasih Djutaharta, Lecturer, Universitas Indonesia
Conversation, 26 August 2022
4. PLN, Indihome suspected data breaches underline urgency of PDP bill
Deni Ghifari
Jakarta Post, 26 August 2022
5. Indonesia’s quiet feminist foreign policy: What next?
Fitriani and Anthea Nissa Salsabila
Jakarta Post, 26 August 2022
6. Minister lists challenges to strengthening digital economy foundation
Antara, 25 August 2022
Malaysia
7. Women’s participation in labour force still low
Bernama, 26 August 2022
8. Vested interest in plantation, O&G sectors holding economy back
Danial Azhar
Free Malaysia Today, 26 August 2022
9. Umno must move on without Najib, say grassroots leaders
Mohd Farhan Darwis
Malaysian Insight, 26 August 2022
10. Sabah sets in motion plans to regulate own electricity and gas
Bernama, 25 August 2022
11. Malaysia among top 5 in APAC with most malicious emails
Bernama, 25 August 2022
12. CNA Explains: What was revealed in the declassified reports on Malaysia’s warship procurement scandal?
Vincent Tan
Channel News Asia, 25 August 2022
13. Govt urged to engage opposition on political funding bill
Free Malaysia Today, 25 August 2022
14. Business confidence indicator remains positive for third quarter of 2022
Malaysian Insight, 25 August 2022
15. 纳吉入狱：巫统打了一手好牌还是稀烂？[Najib in jail: is Umno playing a good hand?]
Malaysian Insight, 25 August 2022
1MDB/SRC International case
16. Malaysia’s King Is Facing Pressure Over Possible Najib Pardon
Philip Heijmans
Bloomberg, 26 August 2022
17. The story of Najib: A victory, a tragedy
A. Kathirasen
Free Malaysia Today, 26 August 2022
18. 学者：能否获特赦将决定纳吉政坛影响力 [Analyst: Whether Najib receives amnesty will determine his political influence]
萧郡瑜
Lianhe Zaobao 联合早报, 26 August 2022
19. Najib
Faisal Tehrani adalah nama pena Dr Mohd Faizal Musa, penulis, dan Penyelidik Bersekutu sebuah prjek di bawah Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University
Free Malaysia Today, 25 August 2022
20. Najib is in jail — what does this mean for Umno, Opposition coalition?
Malay Mail Online, 25 August 2022
Myanmar
21. UK Imposes More Sanctions on Myanmar Military-Linked Companies
Irrawaddy, 25 August 2022
22. Myanmar’s Armed Resistance Increasingly Going on the Offensive
Irrawaddy, 25 August 2022
23. Myanmar issue bad news for India’s Act East thrust
Subir Bhaumik
Mizzima, 25 August 2022
24. Junta arrests former UK ambassador to Myanmar on immigration charges
Radio Free Asia, 25 August 2022
25. Rohingya rally for repatriation on 5th anniversary of brutal Myanmar crackdown
Sunil Barua, Abdur Rahman and Ahammad Foyez
Radio Free Asia, 25 August 2022
26. ‘Comprehensive’ solution needed to end mass displacement of Rohingya
UN News, 25 August 2022
Philippines
27. A new Marcos gets down to business
Greg Earl
Interpreter, 25 August 2022
Thailand
28. Prawit offers PPRP window of opportunity
Mongkol Bangprapa & Aekarach Sattaburuth
Bangkok Post, 26 August 2022
29. MP election bill goes to charter court
Aekarach Sattaburuth
Bangkok Post, 26 August 2022
30. Thai household debt surges, reaching a 16-year climax
Phusadde Arunmas
Bangkok Post, 26 August 2022
31. PM pressured over defence role
Wassana Nanuam & Mongkol Bangprapa
Bangkok Post, 26 August 2022
32. Thai PM Prayuth Out, Now the Jockeying Begins
John Berthelsen
Asia Sentinel, 25 August 2022
33. Thailand, China, and the Revival of Falcon Strike
Tita Sanglee
Diplomat, 25 August 2022
34. The Thai PM’s Future Is in the Hands of a Favorable and Predictable Court
Mark S. Cogan
Diplomat, 25 August 2022
35. Prawit ‘does not have power to dissolve Parliament’
Nation, 25 August 2022
36. Court ruling on Thai PM’s tenure limit will be an opposition win, no matter the verdict
Tan Tam Mei
Straits Times, 25 August 2022
37. Even with Political Nemesis Prayuth on the Ropes, Thai Democracy Advocates Still Glum
Vijitra Duangdee
VOA, 25 August 2022
38. Isaan becomes Khong Chi Mun: the reawakening of “Isaan” as a political entity after 60 years (Part I)
[Link to Part II]
Russell Chapman
The Isaan Record, 24 August 2022
39. Joshua Kurlantzick on Lese-majeste Law and the Future of Thailand
112Watch, 17 July 2022
Vietnam
40. Vietnam is fifth most open economy in Asia
VietNamNet, 25 August 2022
41. Vietnam faces challenges in ensuring sustainable development
VietNamNet, 25 August 2022
42. Economy report: global ‘perfect storm’ darkens Vietnamese skies
VnExpress International, 18 August 2022
ASEAN/Southeast Asia
43. Reducing ASEAN’s food import dependency
Paul Teng, NTU
East Asia Forum, 25 August 2022
44. Discussing ASEAN, global affairs with analyst Thong Mengdavid
Ry Sochan
Phnom Penh Post, 25 August 2022
45. Take Cambodia’s modern slavery issue to a regional level
Chan Aun Kuang
Sinchew 星洲网, 25 August 2022
East/South China Sea
46. Australia to continue South China Sea patrols despite efforts to improve relations with Beijing
Kawala Xie
South China Morning Post, 25 August 2022
47. Vietnam asks World Meteorological Organization to remove ‘nine-dash line’
Vu Anh
VnExpress International, 25 August 2022
Climate Change/Environment
48. Why the New Climate Bill Is Also about Competition with China
Ilaria Mazzocco
Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) (United States), 25 August 2022
49. Building a Resilient Partnership: US-Vietnam Agribusiness and Climate Change
Olivia Zeiner-Morrish
ASEAN Matters for America, 24 August 2022
50. Extreme Weather Is Brutalizing Asia
Mary Yang
Foreign Policy, 24 August 2022
Others
Media, Technology & Society
51. Chinese discourse power: Ambitions and reality in the digital domain
Kenton Thibaut
Atlantic Council, 24 August 2022
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