Chinese New Year 2019

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China, culture, Indonesia, Malaysia, photography, religion, Singapore, society, Thailand, Vietnam

Happy Chinese New Year for those readers who celebrate the event.

For those outside the region who missed the spectacle, the link here captures the celebrations in beautiful imagery (with most, but not all, pictures from Southeast Asia).

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Manila’s jeepneys

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art, culture, Manila, Philippines, photography, society, transport

Prefer learning about Southeast Asia through the prism of great pictures? If so, you may be interested in the photo essay on Manila’s jeepneys available here.

Sensitive, lah

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politics, power, Singapore, society

For those interested, an insightful assessment of the undercurrents shaping Singapore’s politics is available here.

The law meets politics in Indonesia’s Presidential Election

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elections, Indonesia, Islam, jakarta, law, politics, power, religion

In a great piece here, Tim Lindsey explains well what was really going on in the big story of the week in Indonesian politics.

Those who follow Australian politics can see the broad parallels with Australia’s recent Israeli Embassy dilemma.

The more things change…

Indonesia’s first Presidential debate for 2019

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elections, Indonesia, politics, power

How did Indonesia’s first Presidential debate for 2019 eventuate? Well, one opinion is here.

Singapore’s looming environmental catastrophe

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disasters, environment, geography, health, human rights, Singapore

As the heading suggests, the story here outlines the potentially disastrous effects of increased heat for Singaporeans.

Update on Indonesia’s 2019 Presidential Election

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elections, Indonesia, Java, politics, power, religion, society

Some thoughts on the election contest from some preeminent Indonesianists here and here.

For those interested in some more Australian-centric comments there’s also the link here.

The summary? The Vice Presidential choices remain intriguing, but Jokowi looks the probable winner and, as a consequence, Indonesia’s evolutionary trajectory looks set to continue uninterrupted for the foreseeable future.

How is the Filipino economy going?

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Economics, human rights, politics, poverty, society, trade

Funny you asked that question, because thanks to the good folk at The Economist I can point you to an answer here.

Indonesian Premier League Goal of the Year?

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football, Indonesia

The goal scorer has some speed for sure. Watch the goal here.

Apology

Email subscribers to this blog may have recently received an incomplete blog post.

For utterly mystifying reasons, WordPress chose to upload my post while it was still being written.

Apologies for that. The post (below if you are reading this on the blog) has now been completed and updated.