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Commentary: Thailand must take action for cleaner air in Asean

By Simon Tay and Liyana Othman For Bangkok Post When complaints are made about the haze crisis…

April 5, 20196 min

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Indonesia Jokowi Mulls Creating New Ministries for Investments, Exports (12 Mar) President Joko Widodo (“Jokowi”)…

March 29, 201917 min

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Indonesia Fake News Still a Concern in Lead-Up to Election (27 Feb, 12 Mar) Indonesia’s…

March 15, 201921 min

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Commentary: Big Tech’s challenges for Asean

By Chen Chen Lee and Erin Low For The Straits Times For Big Tech, the…

March 14, 20191 min

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Commentary: Handling Big Tech in ASEAN

By Chen Chen Lee and Erin Low For Nikkei Asian Review Headlines about data breaches,…

March 12, 20192 min

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Indonesia The Second Presidential Debate – Lively Arguments, Loose Facts (17 Feb) Incumbent President Joko…

March 1, 201913 min

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Indonesia Jokowi Lashes Out at Prabowo over “Russian Propaganda”, Then Clarifies Statement (2 Feb) Incumbent…

February 17, 201912 min

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Indonesia Jokowi Moves to Release Abu Bakar Bashir, then Backpedals (18 Jan, 23 Jan) President…

February 1, 201910 min

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Indonesia Jakarta’s First Light Rail Transit System to Begin Operations in April 2019 (10 Jan)…

January 18, 20199 min

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Indonesia Indonesia Closes the US$3.85 billion Freeport-McMoRan Mine Deal (21 Dec 2018) Indonesia’s state-owned mine…

January 5, 20198 min

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Indonesia Jokowi to Double Cash Handouts under PKH (11 Dec) Social Affairs Minister Agus Gumiwan…

December 19, 20187 min

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Indonesia 212 Reunion Rally Turns Political (2 Dec) Hundreds of thousands of Indonesian Muslims gathered…

December 7, 20187 min