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- No. 3: A’an Suryana, Visiting Fellow
- No. 5: Ian Storey, Senior Fellow
- No. 7: Siwage Dharma Negara, Senior Fellow
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. Under Kishida, Tokyo Sharpens Its Focus on Cambodia
Luke Hunt
Diplomat, 27 April 2022
2. Over 90 per cent of work on Chinese invested expressway in Cambodia completed
Star, 27 April 2022
Indonesia
3. Indonesia’s Mosque Loudspeakers Continue to Spark Controversy
A’an Suryana, Visiting Fellow, ISEAS
Diplomat, 27 April 2022
4. ASEAN-US summit: Yes to economic cooperation, no to security alliance
Endy Bayuni
Jakarta Post, 27 April 2022
5. 美国持续施压印尼邀乌总统出席G20 佐科左右为难 [Jokowi in a dilemma over US continued pressure to invite Ukrainian president to attend G20]
Lianhe Zaobao 联合早报, 27 April 2022
6. Indonesia’s showpiece stadium a polls boost for Baswedan?
Syafiq Basri Assegaff is an alumnus of University of Technology Sydney, Australia, and is currently teaching at the LSPR Communication and Business Institute, Jakarta
New Straits Times, 27 April 2022
7. Will China invest in Indonesia’s new capital Nusantara?
[This is an edited version of an article which was first published in thinkchina.sg, Lianhe Zaobao’s English-language e-magazine]
Siwage Dharma Negara, Senior Fellow, ISEAS
Straits Times, 27 April 2022
8. Modernizing Local Government Taxation in Indonesia
Asian Development Bank, 26 April 2022
9. Why Indonesia’s ban on palm oil exports matters, and what consumers can expect
Nivell Rayda
Channel News Asia, 26 April 2022
10. Another Poll Puts Ganjar as Leading Presidential Candidate
Yusrinus Paat
Jakarta Globe, 26 April 2022
11. Indonesia’s Tesla Dream Kept Alive After Senior Minister Meets Elon Musk
Jakarta Globe, 26 April 2022
12. Symptoms of anti-Intellectualism in Indonesian democracy
Firhandika Ade Santury
New Mandala, 26 April 2022
Malaysia
13. JB businesses hit as S’pore dollar lures Malaysians
K. Parkaran
Free Malaysia Today, 27 April 2022
14. 马印海底隧道，可行吗？[Is the Melaka-Indonesia undersea tunnel a possibility?]
林方彪
Sinchew 星洲网, 27 April 2022
15. GE15: Pejuang aims to contest in Sabah
Bernama, 26 April 2022
Myanmar
16. Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi handed 5-year jail term for corruption
Channel News Asia, 27 April 2022
17. Is the Ukraine War Boosting China’s Influence in Myanmar?
Patrick Dupont
Diplomat, 27 April 2022
18. SAC chairman halves sentence imposed on Thura U Aung Ko
Eleven Myanmar, 26 April 2022
19. U Chit Khine as well as three former Union Ministers have been charged with corruption
Eleven Myanmar, 26 April 2022
20. Union Minister says China-Myanmar cross-border power lines to be built
Eleven Myanmar, 26 April 2022
21. No way home: Karen refugees live in limbo
Frontier Myanmar, 26 April 2022
22. Junta Thingyan flops
Mizzima, 26 April 2022
23. Pledges but no progress as military neglects environment
Frontier Myanmar, 25 April 2022
Philippines
24. 34 projects eyed under Subic Bay master plan
Louise Maureen Simeon
Philstar Global, 27 April 2022
25. 51% of Pinoy registered voters are women – PCW
Charie Mae F. Abarca
Manila Bulletin, 26 April 2022
26. US has meddled in foreign elections since 1948; it’s meddling in our elections now
Yen Makabenta
Manila Times, 26 April 2022
27. Philippines economic outlook 2022
Jon Canto & Kristine Romano
McKinsey & Co., 26 April 2022
Thailand
28. Democrat Party reshuffle urged
Mongkol Bangprapa
Bangkok Post, 27 April 2022
29. March exports reach 30-year record high
Phusadee Arunmas
Bangkok Post, 27 April 2022
30. Muslims oppose Guan Yin statue construction plan in Songkhla
Abdullah Benjakat
Bangkok Post, 27 April 2022
31. Chadchart ahead in race for Bangkok governor
Nation, 27 April 2022
32. Thai and Chinese experts seek closer bilateral cooperation on fintech
Nation, 27 April 2022
Timor-Leste
33. Timor-Leste: The new president needs to tune in
Joao Da Cruz Cardoso
Interpreter, 27 April 2022
ASEAN/Southeast Asia
34. South-east Asia could draw some investors away from China as virus lockdowns bite
Annabeth Leow
Business Times, 27 April 2022
35. Laos, Vietnam enjoy stronger ties despite pandemic
Vientiane Times, 27 April 2022
36. A Snapshot of Post-Pandemic Trade in ASEAN
James Guild
Diplomat, 26 April 2022
37. My Say: Can Southeast Asian economies remain resilient?
Manu BHaskaran
Edge Markets, 26 April 2022
Asia Pacific
38. RCEP winners and losers
Malaysiakini, 27 April 2022
39. Lessons from COVAX could help vaccine equity
Putri Widi Saraswati is an Indonesian public health specialist and medical doctor currently working as a research intern at the United Nations University-International Institute for Global Health (UNU-IIGH), the UN think tank on global health.
360info, 22 April 2022
Climate Change/Environment
40. War in Ukraine and rising energy costs risk hampering Asia’s decarbonization efforts
Han Phoumin, ERIA
East Asia Forum, 27 April 2022
41. Boom And Bust Coal 2022
Global Energy Monitor, 27 April 2022
42. Guidelines to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050
Khmer Times, 27 April 2022
43. Vietnam losses US$3 billion/year from waste
VietNamNet, 26 April 2022
44. Seven Ideas to Enhance Energy Security and Advance Climate Goals
Joseph Majkut & Nikos Tsafos
Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) (United States), 25 April 2022
Others
Global Economy
45. Sustaining Trade Under Cloudy Prospects – Ukraine War Impact: Changing the Economic Order
Su-Hyun Lee
S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, 26 April 2022
Media, Technology & Society
46. TikTok as poll battlefield: Lies spreading unchecked
Ana Roa, Krixia Subingsubing & Mariejo S. Ramos
Philippine Daily Inquirer, 27 April 2022
47. S’pore is second most influenced by China in the world, according to Taiwan report
Justin Ong
Straits Times, 27 April 2022
48. Getting the mix right on tech race, national interests
Farlina Said
ISIS, 26 April 2022
Image credit: “Myanmar Yangon Thanlyn“, by Werner Bayer on Flickr.
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