Synopsis: The Straits Times analyses South-east Asia's top news developments in this weekly podcast. The Straits Times' regional correspondent Leslie Lopez chats with Money FM's Elliott Danker. In this week's episode, the team discusses the possible effects of Malaysia’s decision to raise the ceiling price of sugar. Moreover, was stopping their chicken exports a good move? Indonesian authorities now hope to reach an agreement with Singapore to start exporting chickens in the next few weeks while...
Jun 22, 2022•9 min•Season 1Ep. 53
Synopsis: The Straits Times analyses the latest developments in China in this weekly podcast. The Straits Times' China bureau chief Tan Dawn Wei chats with Money FM 89.3's Elliott Danker. Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Joe Biden could be having a video discussion about global security issues in the next one to three months. Their dispute over Taiwan continues to get more heated. Domestically, President Xi's economy is dangerously slowing, financing for his Belt and Road Initiative...
Jun 21, 2022•7 min•Season 1Ep. 51
Synopsis: In this special series, The Straits Times dives into some of the greatest unsolved mysteries in South-east Asia, and examines the underlying issues that they exposed. In this episode, we investigate the source of the red and orange fireballs that emerge from the Mekong River once every year. ST Indochina bureau chief Tan Hui Yee speaks to Dr San Sunthornthanakul, mayor of Phon Phisai municipality, and biologist from Chulalongkorn University Dr Jessada Denduangboripant. She also intervi...
Jun 20, 2022•20 min•Season 1Ep. 4
Synopsis: The Straits Times analyses the latest developments in the United States in this weekly podcast. Steve Okun, senior advisor, McLarty Associates speaks with Money FM 89.3's Elliott Danker. They discuss various issues including US President Joe Biden’s administration's focus on tamping down economic pessimism. Biden also plans to speak to President Xi Jinping soon about lifting the tariffs the US had put on China. Also, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has recommended Cov...
Jun 20, 2022•10 min•Season 1Ep. 52
Synopsis: Every third Friday of the month, The Straits Times examines various facets of the US-China rivalry and its implications for Asia. Join Charissa Yong and Danson Cheong - ST’s US and China correspondents respectively based in Washington DC and Beijing - as they chat about the issue of Taiwan, a thorn in relations between the US and China. Those differences were on full display at the recent Shangri-La dialogue in Singapore. Highlights (click/tap above): 01:45 Understanding the US' 'One C...
Jun 17, 2022•13 min•Season 1Ep. 14
Synopsis: The Straits Times analyses South-east Asia's top news developments in this weekly podcast. The Straits Times' regional correspondent Leslie Lopez chats with Money FM's Elliott Danker. In this week's Regional Round-up, we talk about Malaysia partially lifting its ban on chicken exports, how the government might introduce a moving ceiling price for consumer products, as well plans to abolish the death penalty. Elsewhere, in Thailand, the growing and consumption of marijuana has been lega...
Jun 15, 2022•11 min•Season 1Ep. 52
Synopsis: The Straits Times analyses the latest developments in China in this weekly podcast. The Straits Times' China bureau chief Tan Dawn Wei chats with Money FM 89.3's Elliott Danker. An increase in cases makes China tighten up restrictions again, but how sustainable are these "flash lockdowns"? On the international front, despite the strong words directed toward the US during Minister Wei's speech during the Shangri-La Dialogue, his meeting with US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin on the side...
Jun 14, 2022•7 min•Season 1Ep. 50
Synopsis: The Straits Times analyses the latest developments in the United States in this weekly podcast. The Straits Times' US bureau chief Nirmal Ghosh chats with Money FM 89.3's Elliott Danker. They discuss the the heated nature of the debate between US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin and his Chinese counterpart General Wei Fenghe during the weekend's Shangri-La Dialogue, such as US influence in the Indo-Pacific region. Could this affect the US possibly lifting its tariffs on China? Produced b...
Jun 13, 2022•11 min•Season 1Ep. 51
Synopsis: This special episode was recorded on the eve of the Shangri La Dialogue, held here in Singapore from June 10-12. The Straits Times' foreign editor Bhagyashree Garekar hosts Mr Koichiro Matsumoto, Deputy Cabinet Secretary for Public Affairs and director of Global Communications for the Prime Minister’s Office of Japan. PM Fumio Kishida will make a keynote address at this year’s Shangri La Dialogue. Highlights (click/tap above): 01:13 Mr Matsumoto counters media claims in Japan that the ...
Jun 09, 2022•27 min•Season 1Ep. 1
Synopsis: Every second Friday of the month, join The Straits Times' associate editor Ravi Velloor, as he distils his experience from four decades of covering the continent. In this episode, he hosts James Crabtree, executive director for Asia at the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), ahead of this week's Shangri La Dialogue (June 10-12), which is organised by IISS and is resuming in-person after a two-year gap. They discuss the evolving Asian security environment, lessons from...
Jun 09, 2022•22 min•Season 1Ep. 12
Synopsis: The Straits Times analyses South-east Asia's top news developments in this weekly podcast. The Straits Times' regional correspondent Leslie Lopez chats with Money FM's Elliott Danker. In this week's episode, they talk about Malaysia’s Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob being pressured to call for early elections. This is alongside Malaysia's King calling for all political issues to be resolved immediately. Indonesia has introduced new measures to boost the country's tourism sector. The...
Jun 08, 2022•8 min•Season 1Ep. 51
Synopsis: The Straits Times analyses the latest developments in China in this weekly podcast. The Straits Times' China bureau chief Tan Dawn Wei chats with Money FM 89.3's Elliott Danker. They discuss why is China so focused on lobbying for more support from the Pacific Islands and how US President Joe Biden has asked his team to look at the option of lifting some tariffs on China. In addition, Australia has accused a Chinese fighter jet of carrying out dangerous manoeuvres, threatening the safe...
Jun 07, 2022•7 min•Season 1Ep. 49
Synopsis: The Straits Times analyses the latest developments in the United States in this weekly podcast. The Straits Times' US bureau chief Nirmal Ghosh chats with Money FM 89.3's Elliott Danker. Today, we discuss US president Joe Biden's urge for a ban on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines, the reason for Donald Trump's former White House officials Mark Meadows and Dan Scavino's charges of criminal contempt of Congress, not being pursued. The team also discusses China's firm oppositio...
Jun 06, 2022•10 min•Season 1Ep. 49
Synopsis: Every first Friday of the month, The Straits Times' foreign editor Bhagyashree Garekar chats with ST’s correspondents in the Asia-Pacific, the US and Europe. They talk about life as it goes on, amid the screaming headlines and bubbling crises. In this episode, she chats with ST's Indochina bureau chief Tan Hui Yee. Much has changed in Betong during the pandemic. It is a district wedged on the southern tip of Thailand, after a 1hr 45min flight from Bangkok. In the absence of visitors, s...
Jun 02, 2022•19 min•Season 1Ep. 12
Synopsis: The Straits Times analyses South-east Asia's top news developments in this weekly podcast. The Straits Times' regional correspondent Leslie Lopez chats with Money FM's Adrian Abraham, sitting in for Elliott Danker. In this week's Regional Roundup, we talk about issues surrounding the chicken export ban in Malaysia, the prospects for PKR in the next Malaysia election, the discussion between Vietnam and Thailand about raising rice prices together, and a tragic incident where a ferry ran ...
Jun 01, 2022•9 min•Season 1Ep. 50
Synopsis: The Straits Times analyses the latest developments in China in this weekly podcast. The Straits Times' China bureau chief Tan Dawn Wei chats with Money FM 89.3's Adrian Abraham who is sitting in for Elliott Danker. Shanghai is to ease Covid-19 restrictions and help businesses recover. Many are skeptical about UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet's report after her visit to China. China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi met up with his Pacific Island counterparts in Suva to establish a trad...
May 31, 2022•7 min•Season 1Ep. 48
Synopsis: The Straits Times analyses the latest developments in the United States in this weekly podcast. Steve Okun, senior advisor, McLarty Associates - standing in for ST's US bureau chief Nirmal Ghosh - shares how the US is reacting to and coping with these local and international issues. He speaks with Money FM 89.3's Adrian Abraham, sitting in for Elliott Danker. They discuss how the school shooting in Texas has once again raised many questions surrounding the right to bear arms in the Uni...
May 30, 2022•11 min•Season 1Ep. 48
Synopsis: Each fourth Friday of the month, The Straits Times' US bureau chief Nirmal Ghosh presents an Asian perspective of the biggest global talking points with expert guests. In this episode, Nirmal Ghosh hosts Dr. Lurong Chen, senior economist from the Economic Research Institute for Asean and East Asia alongside Tan Dawn Wei, The Straits Times' China bureau chief. Highlights (click/tap above): 01:30 China’s economic impact due to Covid policies 04:08 Will China reassess its strict policies?...
May 26, 2022•23 min•Season 1Ep. 86
Synopsis: The Straits Times analyses South-east Asia's top news developments in this weekly podcast. The Straits Times' regional correspondent Leslie Lopez chats with Money FM's Adrian Abraham, sitting in for Elliott Danker. In this week's episode, we discuss US President Joe Biden’s new trade initiative in the region, Malaysia’s decision to curb the export of chickens, and the firing of Vietnam’s general director of its main Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange. Produced by: Leslie Lopez ( ljlopez@sph.co...
May 25, 2022•11 min•Season 1Ep. 49
Synopsis: The Straits Times analyses the latest developments in China in this weekly podcast. The Straits Times' China bureau chief Tan Dawn Wei chats with Money FM 89.3's Adrian Abraham, who is sitting in for Elliott Danker. How will the worsening political and regulatory issues in China affect its attractiveness to foreign investors? The team discusses this and other stories such as the major Asia economic deal announced by the US and how effective it might be in raising its economic profile t...
May 24, 2022•9 min•Season 1Ep. 47
Synopsis: The Straits Times analyses the latest developments in the United States in this weekly podcast. The Straits Times' US bureau chief Nirmal Ghosh chats with Money FM 89.3's Adrian Abraham, sitting in for Elliott Danker. In this week's episode, they discuss several challenges that the US administration is facing. US president Joe Biden is continuing his meetings around Asia to address pressing matters such as North Korea's military testing and Japan-South Korea relations. The US administr...
May 23, 2022•10 min•Season 1Ep. 47
Synopsis: On the third Friday of every month, The Straits Times examines various facets of the US-China rivalry and its implications for Asia. Join Charissa Yong and Danson Cheong - ST’s US and China correspondents respectively based in Washington DC and Beijing - as they chat about the US and China, and their ongoing courtship of South-east Asia and Asean. May 12 and 13 saw US President Biden hosting Asean leaders to a special summit, and most of them descended on Washington. Eight out of 10 we...
May 19, 2022•12 min•Season 1Ep. 13
Synopsis: The Straits Times analyses South-east Asia's top news developments in this weekly podcast. The Straits Times' regional correspondent Leslie Lopez chats with Money FM's Adrian Abraham, sitting in for Elliott Danker. In this week's episode, we discuss the sentiments surrounding the live debate between Malaysia’s opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim and former prime minister Najib Razak are mixed. Vivian Balakrishnan visited the country as well to strengthen its ties with Singapore. The recent...
May 18, 2022•8 min•Season 1Ep. 48
Synopsis: The Straits Times analyses the latest developments in China in this weekly podcast. The Straits Times' China bureau chief Tan Dawn Wei chats with Money FM 89.3's Adrian Abraham who is sitting in for Elliott Danker. The team discusses how China's zero-Covid policy is taking a toll on its economy and if Shanghai's Covid-19 restrictions will be lifted any time soon. Also, are China's recent PLA exercises an indication that it is one step closer to making a move on Taiwan? Produced by: Tan...
May 17, 2022•7 min•Season 1Ep. 44
Synopsis: In this special series, The Straits Times dives into some of the greatest unsolved mysteries in South-east Asia, and examines the underlying issues that they exposed. In this episode, we find out what might have happened to 'Ourang Medan' a distressed vessel sailing the Strait of Malacca in the 1930s - 1940s and the gruesome but mysterious death of its crew. ST's Indonesia correspondent Linda Yulisman speaks with Mr Sayed Fauzan Riyadi, maritime researcher from the Raja Ali Haji Mariti...
May 16, 2022•22 min•Season 1Ep. 3
Synopsis: The Straits Times analyses South-east Asia's top news developments in this weekly podcast. The Straits Times' regional correspondent Leslie Lopez chats with Money FM's Elliot Danker. In this week's episode, they discuss the outcome of the Philippine elections and how it might affect the country. Will Johor's new policies be effective to curb migration to Singapore? And finally, what is the agenda behind Indonesia's president Joko Widodo's meeting with Elon Musk? Produced by: Leslie Lop...
May 11, 2022•8 min•Season 1Ep. 47
Synopsis: The Straits Times analyses the latest developments in China in this weekly podcast. The Straits Times' China bureau chief Tan Dawn Wei chats with Money FM 89.3's Elliott Danker. Despite public disapproval, China believes its zero-Covid policy will help save lives and help the country continue to be productive. But with businesses in Shanghai and Beijing not operating, economists are keeping a close eye on its economy. The team also discusses former security chief John Lee as Hong Kong'...
May 10, 2022•8 min•Season 1Ep. 43
Synopsis: The Straits Times analyses the latest developments in the United States in this weekly podcast. The Straits Times' US bureau chief Nirmal Ghosh chats with Money FM 89.3's Elliot Danker. In this week's episode, they discusses several issues. Why are former US intelligence officers asking Ukraine to stop boasting about the support from US forces? How will the demise of the Roe v. Wade abortion rights affect tech companies? Cambodian minister Kao Kim Hourn has said that US President Joe B...
May 09, 2022•11 min•Season 1Ep. 46
Synopsis: This podcast series is based on selected chapters from a book, detailing Singapore’s experience battling the Covid-19 pandemic. The book - written by journalists of The Straits Times and edited by ST’s executive editor Sumiko Tan - is titled In This Together: Singapore's Covid-19 Story and is available in major bookstores now. Details online: https://www.stbooks.sg/ In this fourth of six instalments, ST's executive editor Sumiko Tan looks back at the lessons Singapore learnt from fight...
May 08, 2022•18 min•Season 1Ep. 4
Synopsis: The Straits Times' foreign editor Bhagyashree Garekar chats with ST’s correspondents in the Asia-Pacific, the US and Europe every month. They talk about life as it goes on, amid the screaming headlines and bubbling crises. In this episode, she chats with ST's India correspondent Debarshi Dasgupta. In December 2021, passengers boarded the Shri Ramayana Express, a special train that covers pilgrimage destinations associated with Hindu god Lord Ram over 17 nights. They were on what was bi...
May 05, 2022•25 min•Season 1Ep. 11
