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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.
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.
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".
The minefield of reporting the Rohingya
News, Johanna Son, Published on 19/04/2018
» When the Myanmar Journalism Institute held a discussion on the Rohingya crisis, it had to be an "invitation only" event instead of a public one. In Myanmar media, it has become mainstream to avoid using the word Rohingya and keep some distance from a topic that is too sensitive and too risky for the political and financial survival of news outlets.
After 50, Asean's greatest threat is itself, not China
News, Johanna Son, Published on 09/08/2017
» The toasts to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations' (Asean) 50th birthday will continue for the rest of 2017. But the clink of champagne glasses cannot hide the fact that any spark of excitement there might have been around Asean less than two years ago -- when the Asean Community was launched -- is fast fizzling out.
The Philippines' headache over China
News, Johanna Son, Published on 18/07/2017
» When history is written one day of how a country called the Philippines dealt with China, would it make for a legend about how it smartly navigated geopolitical waters to assert its territorial and economic rights -- or a case study in how to bend over backwards and cede these to its giant neighbour to the north?
Rohingya plight now an Asean issue
News, Johanna Son, Published on 27/12/2016
» Was it a step forward or a flop? A real discussion or a public-relations stunt? Whatever the verdict is, the Dec 19 ''retreat'' of Asean foreign ministers in Myanmar on the touchy Rohingya issue was itself the message.
Voter anger, frustration drove Duterte to the presidency
News, Johanna Son, Published on 12/05/2016
» Just months ago, Rodrigo Duterte, the Philippines' next president, had been saying he would not run for the country's top post. "The country does not need me. I find no need for it," he said, adding that he wanted to retire after more than two decades as the popular, tough mayor of southern Davao city.