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Regional Round-up Ep 3: Could Malaysia face a general election this year?

10:29 mins

Synopsis: Every week, The Straits Times analyses South-east Asia's top news developments.

The Straits Times' regional correspondent Leslie Lopez chats with Money FM's Timothy Go about the following points:

1. A possible General Election in Malaysia at the end of 2021 (1:37)
2. How significant is a vote by Thai lawmakers to potentially rewrite the country's charter (3:58)
3. Why Filipinos may face a jail sentence if they refuse a Covid-19 vaccine (7:53)

Produced by: The Breakfast Huddle, Money FM 89.3, Ernest Luis & Aleemah Basirah

Edited by: Dan Koh

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Regional Round-up Ep 3: Could Malaysia face a general election this year?

10:29 mins

Synopsis: Every week, The Straits Times analyses South-east Asia's top news developments.

The Straits Times' regional correspondent Leslie Lopez chats with Money FM's Timothy Go about the following points:

A possible General Election in Malaysia at the end of 2021 (1:37)

How significant is a vote by Thai lawmakers to potentially rewrite the country's charter (3:58)

Why Filipinos may face a jail sentence if they refuse a Covid-19 vaccine (7:53)

Produced by: The Breakfast Huddle, Money FM 89.3, Ernest Luis & Aleemah Basirah

Edited by: Dan Koh

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China Perspective Ep 3: Has Tesla found itself a rival in China's carmaker Nio?

7:59 mins

Synopsis: Every week, The Straits Times analyses the latest developments in China.

Dr. Oh Ei Sun, senior fellow at Singapore Institute of International Affairs, sits in for The Straits Times' China bureau chief Tan Dawn Wei, who is on leave.

He chats with Money FM 89.3's Timothy Go about the following points:

1. China's reaction from the US FCC to advance a plan to ban approvals for equipment in US telecommunications networks (1:45)
2. Possible talks between the US and China (3:30)
3. Tesla's potential electric vehicle rival, China's carmaker Nio (5:07)

Produced by: The Breakfast Huddle, Money FM 89.3, Ernest Luis & Aleemah Basirah

Edited by: Dan Koh

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China Perspective Ep 3: Has Tesla found itself a rival in China's carmaker Nio?

7:59 mins

Synopsis: Every week, The Straits Times analyses the latest developments in China.

Dr. Oh Ei Sun, senior fellow at Singapore Institute of International Affairs, sits in for The Straits Times' China bureau chief Tan Dawn Wei, who is on leave.

He chats with Money FM 89.3's Timothy Go about the following points:

China's reaction from the US FCC to advance a plan to ban approvals for equipment in US telecommunications networks (1:45)

Possible talks between the US and China (3:30)

Tesla's potential electric vehicle rival, China's carmaker Nio (5:07)

Produced by: The Breakfast Huddle, Money FM 89.3, Ernest Luis & Aleemah Basirah

Edited by: Dan Koh

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Washington Report Ep 3: United States ready to lead Western alliance again?

8:29 mins

Synopsis: Every week, The Straits Times analyses the latest developments in the United States.

The Straits Times' US bureau chief Nirmal Ghosh chats with Money FM 89.3's Timothy Go about the following points:

1. US President Joe Biden's first international trip as President (1:10)
2. How the US' move to ship 2.5 million Covid-19 vaccine doses to Taiwan could rock US-China tensions further (2:46)
3. The Biden administration's plan to finalise a deal with Iran to return to the 2015 nuclear deal (4:57)
4. Significance of new US holiday Juneteenth and its importance? (6:33)

Produced by: The Breakfast Huddle, Money FM 89.3, Ernest Luis & Aleemah Basirah

Edited by: Dan Koh

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Washington Report Ep 3: United States ready to lead Western alliance again?

8:29 mins

Synopsis: Every week, The Straits Times analyses the latest developments in the United States.

The Straits Times' US bureau chief Nirmal Ghosh chats with Money FM 89.3's Timothy Go about the following points:

US President Joe Biden's first international trip as President (1:10)

How the US' move to ship 2.5 million Covid-19 vaccine doses to Taiwan could rock US-China tensions further (2:46)

The Biden administration's plan to finalise a deal with Iran to return to the 2015 nuclear deal (4:57)

Significance of new US holiday Juneteenth and its importance? (6:33)

Produced by: The Breakfast Huddle, Money FM 89.3, Ernest Luis & Aleemah Basirah

Edited by: Dan Koh

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Asian Insider Ep 72: Rising tide of meth across South-east Asia

13:09 mins

Synopsis: Each month, The Straits Times' US bureau chief Nirmal Ghosh presents an Asian perspective of the week's global talking points with expert guests.

Illicit drugs - mainly methamphetamines - is an industry that grew last year amid the Covid-19 pandemic, border controls, and a recession.

Nirmal Ghosh chats with Inshik Sim, research officer for illicit drugs at the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in Bangkok, and Erlend Falch, officer in charge at the UNODC in Laos about the following points: 

1. The UN report on Asia’s illicit drug trade (1:58)
2. Organised crime groups in Mekong region (3:23)
3. Laos as a transit country (6:03)
4. Drug trade impact on Bangladesh and India (9:25)
5. Need for intelligence-based enforcement (11:35)

Produced by: Nirmal Ghosh ([email protected]) & ST Video team

Edited by: ST Video team, Aleemah Basirah & Hadyu Rahim

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Asian Insider Ep 72: Rising tide of meth across South-east Asia

13:09 mins

Synopsis: Each month, The Straits Times' US bureau chief Nirmal Ghosh presents an Asian perspective of the week's global talking points with expert guests.

Illicit drugs - mainly methamphetamines - is an industry that grew last year amid the Covid-19 pandemic, border controls, and a recession.

Nirmal Ghosh chats with Inshik Sim, research officer for illicit drugs at the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in Bangkok, and Erlend Falch, officer in charge at the UNODC in Laos about the following points: 

The UN report on Asia’s illicit drug trade (1:58)

Organised crime groups in Mekong region (3:23)

Laos as a transit country (6:03)

Drug trade impact on Bangladesh and India (9:25)

Need for intelligence-based enforcement (11:35)

Produced by: Nirmal Ghosh ([email protected]) & ST Video team

Edited by: ST Video team, Aleemah Basirah & Hadyu Rahim

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On the Regional Roundup, Straits Times Regional Correspondent, Leslie Lopez gives his analysis of a possible General Election in Malaysia at the end of this year, how significant a vote by Thai lawmakers' to potentially rewrite the country's charter is, and why Filipinos may face a jail sentence if they refuse a Covid-19 vaccine . #AsianInsider

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In this week's China Perspective, Dr. Oh Ei Sun, Senior Fellow, Singapore Institute of International Affairs sits in for Tan Dawn Wei, China Bureau Chief, The Straits Times, giving his analysis on China's reaction from the US FCC to advance a plan to ban approvals for equipment in US telecommunications networks, possible talks between the US and China, and Tesla's potential rival, China's carmaker Nio. 

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