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Indonesia
1. Gerindra Initiates Grand Coalition Against PDI-P in Solo Mayoral Election
Wijayanti Putri
Jakarta Globe, 25 June 2024
2. Gov’t Data Center Hit by Ransomware Attack Demanding $8 Million: Minister
Mita Amalia Hapsari
Jakarta Globe, 25 June 2024
3. Indonesia’s Gaza Intervention: Prospects and Pitfalls
[Link to 5-page PDF] Pieter Pandie, Researcher, Department of International Relations, CSIS Indonesia
Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) (Indonesia), 24 June 2024
4. Analysis: Prabowo’s Gaza initiatives make for good optics at home, abroad.
Tenggara Strategics
Jakarta Post, 24 June 2024
5. Govt to prioritize local giant sea wall in upcoming sea sand export rule
Yohana Belinda
Jakarta Post, 24 June 2024
6. Businesses urge caution on integrating OECD’s transfer pricing standard
Yohana Belinda
Jakarta Post, 24 June 2024
7. Government Allocates Rp 71 Trillion for Prabowo’s Free Meals Program in 2025 Budget
Arnoldus Kristianus
Jakarta Globe, 24 June 2024
8. Minister Orders Shutdown of Online Gambling Links to Cambodia, Philippines
Antara
Jakarta Globe, 24 June 2024
9. Mungkinkah Anies Bisa Maju dan Menang tanpa Dukungan PKS? [Could Anies progress and win without the support of PKS?]
Republika, 24 June 2024
Malaysia
10. Last resort’: Educators, parents in Malaysia frown on Anwar’s call for Singapore volunteers to teach English
Aqil Haziq Mahmud
CNA, 25 June 2024
11. Blackrock entity chosen after agreeing to appoint Malaysian citizen as airport operator chairman, CEO, says Anwar
CNA, 25 June 2024
12. Picking On The Present: Time to treat national narcissism in Malaysia and the region
Ooi Kee Beng
Edge Markets, 25 June 2024
13. Time to end the political gravy train
Gareth Corsi
Free Malaysia Today, 25 June 2024
14. Malaysia hopes BAIC tie-up can accelerate EV parts production
Amy Chew
Nikkei Asia, 25 June 2024
15. Sarawak government to stop funding GLCs from 2027, encouraged to seek own revenue
SHARON LING
Star, 25 June 2024
16. INTERACTIVE: One million diesel cars registered since 2000
RAZAK AHMAD and SHYAFIQ DZULKIFLI
Star, 25 June 2024
17. Malaysian natural rubber must change its business model
Ahmad Ibrahim is an associate fellow at the Ungku Aziz Centre for Development Studies, Universiti Malaya.
The Malaysian Insight, 25 June 2024
18. Malaysia naik Tahap 2 mengenai pemerdagangan orang selepas 7 tahun [Malaysia rises to Level 2 on human trafficking after 7 years]
MAISARAH SHEIKH RAHIM
Utusan Malaysia, 25 June 2024
19. Realiti sebenar murid Cina di sekolah vernakular [The reality of Chinese students in vernacular schools]
PROFESOR Emeritus Datuk Dr. Teo Kok Seong ialah Felow Majlis Profesor Negara (MPN) dan Institut Masa Depan Malaysia (MASA).
Utusan Malaysia, 25 June 2024
20. Malaysia’s Sea Nomads: Trapped Between Southeast Asia’s High and Low Politics
Mustika Indah Khairina and Wengki Ariando
Diplomat, 24 June 2024
21. Alternative Views: The reality of China-Malaysia relations
M Shanmugam
Edge Markets, 24 June 2024
22. Global Development Initiative puts TVET in the limelight
DR LIEW PING XIN
Star, 24 June 2024
23. Restive voters in Penang ward upset over soaring costs ahead of Sungai Bakap by-election
Azril Annuar
Straits Times, 24 June 2024
24. Malaysian pump diesel sales drop 30% after subsidy cut, reflecting previous abuses
Shannon Teoh
Straits Times, 24 June 2024
Myanmar
25. The borders of conflict – Indian insight into Myanmar
Mizzima, 24 June 2024
26. Dealing With Myanmar’s IDPs: A Conversation With John Murray
[Link to 31-min video] Luke Hunt
Diplomat, 23 June 2024
Philippines
27. Is America a reliable ally?
Richard Heydarian
Philippine Daily Inquirer, 25 June 2024
28. Philippine restraint needs rethink as China wields knives, machetes at disputed shoal: Experts
Mara Cepeda
Straits Times, 25 June 2024
29. Leila de Lima cleared of all criminal charges
Lucy Clarke-Billings
BBC, 24 June 2024
30. China’s spilling of Filipino blood shows more U.S. support needed
Richard Heydarian
Nikkei Asia, 24 June 2024
31. Philippines warns online casinos could be China-linked ‘Trojan horses’
RAMON ROYANDOYAN
Nikkei Asia, 24 June 2024
Thailand
32. Govt orders probe into winning bid for ‘old rice’
Phusadee Arunmas
Bangkok Post, 25 June 2024
33. ‘Big Joke’ challenges PM over sack order
Wassayos Ngamkham
Bangkok Post, 25 June 2024
34. Pheu Thai says no plan to scrap electoral system
Charith Yonpiam
Bangkok Post, 25 June 2024
35. Dissecting Thailand’s Peculiar Maneuver at the Ukraine Peace Summit
Tita Sanglee
Diplomat, 25 June 2024
36. Notable business people vying for upper house seats
The Nation, 25 June 2024
37. Major political families expected to sweep many senate seats
The Nation, 25 June 2024
38. Defence minister counters budget attack with unified armament plan
The Nation, 24 June 2024
Vietnam
39. Vietnam’s bamboo diplomacy at play
Kavi Chongkittavorn
Bangkok Post, 25 June 2024
40. Vietnam and China vow to concretise joint statement, elevate partnership
Gareth Corsi
Voice of Vietnam, 24 June 2024
ASEAN/Southeast Asia
41. Thai police detain 26,000 migrant workers from Laos, Myanmar and Cambodia
RFA Lao
Benar News, 24 June 2024
42. Malaysia and Thailand keen to join BRICS: 5 things to know
NORMAN GOH
Nikkei Asia, 24 June 2024
43. Greater Mekong Subregion restarts cross-border road transport with trial run
The Nation, 24 June 2024
Asia Pacific
44. The US Is Learning the Wrong Cold War Lessons on China
Minxin Pei
Bloomberg, 25 June 2024
45. Trump, his advisers and the nightmare for Asia
Denny Roy
Straits Times, 25 June 2024
46. Opinion: Increased Tourism from Mainland China Should Not Come at the Cost of National Sovereignty
Arun Saronchai
Thai Enquirer, 25 June 2024
East/South China Sea
47. Think tank says US helping to rebuild Sierra Madre
Franco Jose C. Baroña
Manila Times, 25 June 2024
48. Legal moves turn South China Sea into a public image battleground
Nong Hong
South China Morning Post, 25 June 2024
49. South China Sea: Marcos Jnr’s late response to clash marks Manila’s muted stance, diplomacy
Jeoffrey Maitem
South China Morning Post, 24 June 2024
50. Marcos must first approve Ayungin resupply missions
Javier Joe Ismael and Franco Jose C. Baroña
Manila Times, 23 June 2024
Climate Change/Environment
51. The lure of IUPs a challenge for faith-based green movement – Academia
Aldi Nur Fadil Auliya
Jakarta Post, 25 June 2024
52. United for Sustainability: Stakeholders Validate Priority Actions for ASEAN’s Green Agriculture
ASEAN Secretariat News, 24 June 2024
53. IPEF’s clean energy initiatives amid US-China rivalry
Amitendu Palit
ThinkChina, 24 June 2024
Media, Technology & Society
54. The TikTok debacle: Distinguishing between foreign influence and interference
Diana Fu and Emile Dirks
Brookings, 24 June 2024
Others
Global Economy
55. Do we need the US Dollar?
Raymond Sia, CEO, Canadia Bank
Khmer Times, 24 June 2024
56. The Geopolitical Imperative to Upgrade the Dollar
Jordan Bleicher and Josh Lipsky
Project Syndicate, 24 June 2024
Global South
57. 非西方中等强国为“全球南方”带来战略支撑力 [Non-Western middle powers provide strategic support to the “Global South”]
马小军是中国人民大学全球治理与发展研究院高级研究员
环球网, 25 June 2024
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