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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. Tax incentives for potential investors in new capital city project
Septian Fachrizal
The Jakarta Post, 17 January 2023
2. Political exiles to regain citizenship
Nur Janti
The Jakarta Post, 17 January 2023
3. US main source of biggest-ever Indonesian trade surplus
Fadhil Haidar Sulaeman
The Jakarta Post, 17 January 2023
4. DKI Jakarta Province Voluntary Local Review 2021—Jakarta Collaboration in Handling the COVID-19 Pandemic: Rise toward a Resilient Jakarta
Asian Development Bank, 16 January 2023
5. Indonesia’s resilient economy still has room to grow after G20
Siwage Dharma Negara, ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute
East Asia Forum, 16 January 2023
6. Bali’s poverty rate lowest among provinces: BPS
Antara, 15 January 2023
7. Indonesia-Israel: An Unlikely Normalization
Muhammad Zulfikar Rakhmat & Yeta Purnama
Stratsea, 15 January 2023
Malaysia
8. Relaxed rules for hiring migrants only for 5 sectors, says govt
Free Malaysia Today, 17 January 2023
9. We’ll take it to court, Muhyiddin says on ex-Sabah Bersatu 4
Free Malaysia Today, 17 January 2023
10. PM Anwar: Govt will focus on the service sector in Budget 2023
Malay Mail Online, 17 January 2023
11. Harapan has a lousy partner in Umno
P Gunasegaram
Malaysiakini, 17 January 2023
12. PN will make waves in coming state polls, say analysts
Ragananthini Vethasalam
Star, 17 January 2023
13. Risky to let Tengku Zafrul lead Umno election campaign in Selangor, say experts
Ravin Palanisamy
The Malaysian Insight, 17 January 2023
14. BN’s Ramasamy challenges Pakatan victory in Segamat
Noor Azam Shairi
The Malaysian Insight, 17 January 2023
15. Calon BN fail petisyen batal kemenangan Pakatan di Segamat
Noor Azam Shairi
The Malaysian Insight, 17 January 2023
16. PAS Selangor yakin PN ada peluang menang PRN, ambil alih Selangor [PAS Selangor confident PN has chance to win in state elections and take over Selangor]
Ruwaida Md Zain
Berita Harian, 16 January 2023
17. M’sia-China relations have grown steadily, underpinned by strong G to G commitment
Bernama, 16 January 2023
18. Clouds continue over Khairy’s future in Umno after no-contest rule
Nur Hasliza Mohd Salleh
Malaysia Now, 16 January 2023
19. Origins of the traffic problems in Greater Kuala Lumpur
Wong Tai-Chee
MySinchew, 16 January 2023
20. Analysts: No contest move could affect govt
Mohamed Basyir, Qistina Sallehuddin
New Straits Times, 16 January 2023
21. Petisyen pilihan raya: Usah terlalu rumit, segarkan prinsip demokrasi [Election petitions: avoid complications, refresh principles of democracy]
Dr G Manimaran
The Malaysian Insight, 16 January 2023
Myanmar
22. Foreign Companies Enabling Myanmar’s Domestic Arms Industry: Report
Sebastian Strangio
Diplomat, 16 January 2023
23. Banking on victory: Myanmar’s resistance tentatively embraces fintech
Frontier Myanmar, 16 January 2023
Philippines
24. Continued surge in rice price seen
Bella Cariaso
and Bernadette E. Tamayo
Manila Times, 17 January 2023
25. Land ownership and microfinance: Bringing people out of poverty
Jaime Aristotle B. Alip
Manila Bulletin, 16 January 2023
26. Faster reforms come next after foreign trips
Manila Times, 16 January 2023
Thailand
27. Seree backs push to end PM term limit
Aekarach Sattaburuth
Bangkok Post, 17 January 2023
28. Thai diplomacy extends to Global South
Kavi Chongkittavorn
Bangkok Post, 17 January 2023
29. Fraternal ties ‘under strain’
Wassana Nanuam
Bangkok Post, 17 January 2023
30. Thamanat seeks Prawit nod
Aekarach Sattaburuth
Bangkok Post, 17 January 2023
31. Welfare bump on the cards
Wichit Chantanusornsiri
Bangkok Post, 16 January 2023
32. Daughter of Thailand’s exiled former PM Thaksin to seek premiership
Reuters, 16 January 2023
33. China’s reopening lifts Thai export sector but recovery is fragile: experts
The Nation Thailand, 16 January 2023
Vietnam
34. FDI sector – a great contributor to Vietnam’s trade balance
Voice of Vietnam, 16 January 2023
ASEAN/Southeast Asia
35. Southeast Asia’s Cement Industrial Complex
James Guild
Diplomat, 17 January 2023
36. Myanmar presents ASEAN with only bad options
Editorial Board, ANU
East Asia Forum, 16 January 2023
Asia Pacific
37. Interpreting China’s Diplomatic Shifts
Brian Wong
Diplomat, 17 January 2023
38. The Problem With Primacy: America’s Dangerous Quest to Dominate the Pacific
Van Jackson
Foreign Affairs, 16 January 2023
Climate Change/Environment
39. An oil boss will lead UN climate talks. Will he really push the green agenda?
David Fogarty
Straits Times, 17 January 2023
40. Coal gasification no easy feat, say industry players
Divya Karyza
The Jakarta Post, 17 January 2023
41. Coal extraction in Indonesia is driving deforestation
Caroline Bulolo
China Dialogue, 16 January 2023
42. PH, France, sign add’l $163-M loan
Lee C. Chipongian
Manila Bulletin, 16 January 2023
43. Is America’s Climate Policy Helping—or Hurting—the World?
Ravi Agrawal
Foreign Policy, 14 January 2023
Others
Media, Technology & Society
44. Study: ‘Ultranationalist’ groups gaining traction in Malaysian online space following Umno’s defeat in 2018 polls
[Link to 59-page report: Internet Freedoms in Malaysia: Regulating Online Discourse on Race, Religion and Royalty]
Keertan Ayamany
Malay Mail Online, 17 January 2023
45. The urgency of digital citizenship curriculum in combating hoaxes
Zamzami Zainuddin
The Jakarta Post, 17 January 2023
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