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    When Asean just isn't Asean enough

    News, Johanna Son, Published on 13/09/2018

    » China's bullying may be the first of Asean's headaches to come to mind, but its weakest links are those that have been gnawing away at its insides -- and undermining its members' own "Asean-ness".

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    Dangers of seeing haze as 'seasonal'

    Oped, Johanna Son, Published on 14/10/2023

    » At the start of 2023, mainland Southeast Asian countries like Thailand and Laos hunkered down under a persistent haze. Heading toward the yearend, it is the turn of the maritime Asean countries -- Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore -- to be on alert during haze season.

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    What China dams mean for Mekong

    Oped, Johanna Son, Published on 08/07/2023

    » The worries and woes about the impacts of China's dams along the Mekong River have been simmering since their construction more than two decades ago.

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    Stingray tale harks to Mekong risks

    Oped, Johanna Son, Published on 15/06/2022

    » Before she helped to release a 181-kilogramme giant stingray back into the Mekong River in May, Chea Seila had only seen parts of the pancaked-shape fish before -- sliced and being sold at local markets in Cambodia.

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    Decarbonisation, the SE Asian way

    Oped, Johanna Son, Published on 29/09/2021

    » Carbon neutrality is a shared planetary destination, but Southeast Asian countries are laying out their own road maps -- including what some may call detours of sorts -- to getting there in the next three to four decades.

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    In Mekong region, drug trade thrives

    Oped, Johanna Son, Published on 15/07/2021

    » An example of a resilient business model in hard times? Indeed, except that this describes how the synthetic drug industry has been expanding in East and Southeast Asia, home to the Mekong region which is the manufacturing and trafficking hub that supplies illicit drugs that reach not just the wider Asia but the globe.

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    Covid and the climate crisis in SE Asia

    Oped, Johanna Son, Published on 17/09/2020

    » 'A global reset", "a sick planet", "health security" are huge, heavy phrases that have been swirling in the global psyche for most of this Covid-19-marked year. They speak of the "must-do-something" type of issues that weigh on the minds of people everywhere, including in Southeast Asia, as they hope for a post-pandemic period to come.

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    Looking for 'Asean way' in Rohingya crisis

    News, Johanna Son, Published on 26/03/2018

    » In Asean's search for a role in the maze that is the political and humanitarian disaster unfolding from Myanmar's Rakhine crisis, it is finding that some paths are closed off, a few remain passable despite barriers -- and others are clear but way too risky to head into.

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