S1E21: Assessing the call for an Asean travel corridor in Covid era: Regional Roundup Ep 21

Oct 27, 2021

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Regional Round-up Ep 21: Assessing the call for an Asean travel corridor in Covid era

10:44 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 Ryan Huang and Bharati Jagdish about the following points:

Climate change - one of the main issues of the Asean summit (1:07)
US President Joe Biden's US$100m initiative to strengthen ties with Asean (2:10)
The impact of Myanmar's absence from the Asean summit (3:26)
United Nations appoints Singaporean Noeleen Heyzer as new special envoy to Myanmar (6:25)
Indonesia's call for an Asean travel corridor during Covid era (7:55)

Produced by: The Breakfast Huddle, Money FM 89.3, Fa'izah Sani

Edited by: Dan Koh

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