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Cambodia
1. Should Cambodia Ban Casinos?
David Hutt
Diplomat, 30 August 2022
Indonesia
2. Nickel, Indonesia’s Poisoned Chalice
Muhamad Zulfikar Rakhmat and Yeta Purnama
Asia Sentinel, 30 August 2022
3. Jakarta gets ‘grey-zoned’ by Beijing
Evan A Laksmana
East Asia Forum, 30 August 2022
4. Jokowi struggles to drum up investors for new Indonesia capital
Nana Shibata
Nikkei Asia, 30 August 2022
5. Digital finance economy acceleration in line with G20 Presidency: BI
Antara, 29 August 2022
6. Airlangga May Have Had a Taste of Presidential Job
Primus Dorimulu
Jakarta Globe, 29 August 2022
7. RI boosts social aid to combat subsidized fuel inflationary pressure
Divya Karyza
Jakarta Post, 29 August 2022
8. Indonesia to raise crude target price to US$90 in 2023 to weather rising costs pressures: Minister
Luke Pachymuthu
Straits Times, 29 August 2022
9. Jakarta Coastal Residents Lament Lack of Clean Water Supply
Lani Diana Wijaya
Tempo, 29 August 2022
10. Indonesia’s Food Insecurity and Islamic Finance
Ali Chamani Al Anshory, Wahyu Jatmiko
Jakarta Globe, 24 August 2022
Malaysia
11. BN win less likely the longer GE15 delayed, says analyst
Danial Azhar
Free Malaysia Today, 30 August 2022
12. The farewell tour of MIC and MCA
Imran Ariff
Free Malaysia Today, 30 August 2022
13. Govt to fork out RM1.5bil for special pay rise for civil servants
Mohamad Fadli
Free Malaysia Today, 30 August 2022
14. Report: MCA gunning for eight parliamentary, 17 state seats in Selangor, to field 70pc youth candidates
John Bunyan
Malay Mail Online, 30 August 2022
15. MCA ready to wrest Selangor from opposition, say party insiders
Khoo Gek San
Malaysian Insight, 30 August 2022
16. 马来人与巫统及纳吉 [The Malays, Umno and Najib]
戴子豪
Sinchew 星洲网, 30 August 2022
17. Stigma ‘manifesto bukan kitab suci’ terus hantui PH hadapi PRU-15 [Stigma of ‘manifesto is not bible’ continues to haunt PH as GE-15 looms]
Zanariah Abd Mutalib
Berita Harian (Malaysia), 29 August 2022
18. Call for GE15 cooperation with opposition is to safeguard country’s future – Muhyiddin
Bernama, 29 August 2022
19. PM promised GE15 won’t be in 2023, says Tok Mat
Free Malaysia Today, 29 August 2022
20. Will Sabah be the next kingmaker?
Esther Sinirisan Chong
Malaysian Insight, 29 August 2022
21. Resistance against minimum wage
Star, 29 August 2022
22. Hajiji issues call to Sabah parties to unite under GRS ahead of GE15
Durie Rainer Fong
Star, 29 August 2022
23. Malaysia Flexes New Graft-Busting Muscle with Jailing of Ex-PM
Zsombor Peter
VOA, 29 August 2022
24. ‘Not certain Rafizi will contest in Johor’
Izz Laily Hussein
New Straits Times, 28 August 2022
25. Bookstores in Malaysia reinventing themselves with lifestyle offerings
Tan Ai Leng
Business Times, 27 August 2022
Myanmar
26. Survey Indicates Ambivalence About Growing Chinese Influence in Myanmar
[Link to the 122-page PDF report, “Myanmar’s Key Stakeholders and their Perceptions of Sino-Myanmar Relations 2022”]
Sebastian Strangio
Diplomat, 30 August 2022
27. Myanmar’s Military Regime Cannot Withstand the Revolution
Irrawaddy, 29 August 2022
28. ILO report highlights threats to Myanmar trade unions and CSOs
[Link to the report, “Riding out the storm”]
Mizzima, 29 August 2022
29. Authorities have crushed least 15 protests by political prisoners since Myanmar coup
Radio Free Asia, 29 August 2022
30. Post-coup instability drives inflation to record levels in Myanmar
Radio Free Asia, 29 August 2022
Philippines
31. Editorial: Opening the door to global universities
Manila Times, 30 August 2022
32. Who’s afraid of the PCGG?
Philippine Daily Inquirer, 30 August 2022
33. What we can learn from Vietnam
Richard Heydarian
Philippine Daily Inquirer, 30 August 2022
34. Philippines must iron out obstacles to get China on board its railway building spree
Lucio Blanco Pitlo III
South China Morning Post, 28 August 2022
Thailand
35. No reason to call an election
Bangkok Post, 30 August 2022
36. How the Drama Surrounding Thailand’s Prime Minister May Unfold
Patpicha Tanakasempipat
Bloomberg, 29 August 2022
37. Thailand unveils soft-power strategy to match K-pop’s global reach
Nation, 29 August 2022
ASEAN/Southeast Asia
38. Time ripe for a review
Bangkok Post, 30 August 2022
39. Indonesia, Singapore Agree to Link QR Code Payments
Antara
Tempo, 30 August 2022
40. Malaysia, Thailand to deepen defence cooperation
Bernama, 29 August 2022
41. Responsible neighbor: China maintains water release to downstream Mekong countries despite extreme heat, drought
Hu Yuwei
Global Times, 29 August 2022
42. China-ASEAN two-way investment exceeds $340b by July amid active cooperation
Global Times, 29 August 2022
43. Moody’s sees Asean central banks tightening monetary policy in next 12 months
Malaysian Insight, 29 August 2022
44. Thailand, Vietnam to cooperate in raising rice price in global market – official
Reuters, 29 August 2022
45. All South-East Asian nations must join hands and engage China to stem huge losses from illegal fishing
Star, 29 August 2022
46. Food security a key area of focus for Asean and G-20: Indonesian minister
Hariz Baharudin
Straits Times, 29 August 2022
Asia Pacific
47. Windows for Recovering Together and Stronger: Proceedings of the Global Dialogue 2022, A Flagship Event for T20 Indonesia
Asian Development Bank, 30 August 2022
48. The Rise (and Fall?) of the Polar Silk Road
Marc Lanteigne
Diplomat, 29 August 2022
49. As US-China rivalry intensifies, Beijing must deploy more than economic muscle in Asia
Wang Huiyao
South China Morning Post, 29 August 2022
Climate Change/Environment
50. Thailand brings its carbon neutral, net zero dreams forward by several years
Nation, 30 August 2022
51. Blockchain against climate change: perspectives from Indonesia
Stania Puspawardhani, Verry Surya Hendrawan, Dr Dhani S. Wibawa, Prof Yandra Arkeman
New Mandala, 30 August 2022
52. All options on table for climate transition
VietNamNet, 30 August 2022
53. Vietnam’s multi-pronged battle against climate change
James Borton
Asia Times, 29 August 2022
54. Crypto and climate change: can web3 help get us to net zero?
Camilla Hodgson and Siddharth Venkataramakrishnan
Financial Times, 29 August 2022
55. Will 2022 mark the turning point in the climate crisis?
Foreign Policy In Focus, 29 August 2022
56. China-backed mine in Indonesia poses high risk, World Bank watchdog warns
Hans Nicholas Jong
Mongabay, 29 August 2022
57. Biomass cofiring loopholes put coal on open-ended life support in Asia
Annelise Giseburt
Mongabay, 29 August 2022
58. Loss and damage issues key for South-east Asia, to be at the heart of COP27 discussions
Cheryl Tan
Straits Times, 29 August 2022
Others
Media, Technology & Society
59. Flicking the kill switch: governments embrace internet shutdowns as a form of control
Julia Bergin, Louisa Lim, Nyein Nyein and Andrew Nachemson
Guardian, 29 August 2022
60. When internet shutdowns spill over borders
Julia Bergin and Louisa Lim
Guardian, 29 August 2022
61. How to shut down the internet – and how to fight back
Julia Bergin, Louisa Lim, Nyein Nyein and Andrew Nachemson
Guardian, 29 August 2022
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