MORNING NEWS BRIEF [January 03, 2022]

HOT NEWS

1. Germany will use its presidency of the G7 for 2022 to support the economic recovery from COVID-19 pandemic and strengthen efforts to improve climate protection. Source: Reuters
2. The EU’s plans to allow nuclear and gas energy to remain as the bloc’s path to a climate-friendly future received criticism from the bloc’s environmentalists and politicians. Source: ABC News
3. The UNMIK has not received notice from Kosovo that a Russian staff member was declared as persona non grata and will take measures to ensure the safety of their staff. Source: TASS

WORLD

1. The U.S. and its allies stressed that they will respond decisively if Russia continues their provocative moves and builds up of their troops near its border with Ukraine. Source: The Sydney Morning Herald
2. Sudanese PM has resigned from his office amid the on-going political deadlock following the military coup that has caused instability to the country’s fragile democratic transition. Source: Al Jazeera
3. The Turkish President and Russian President held talks to discuss ways to reiterate bilateral relations and exchanged views on the current regional development. Source: China.org.cn

REGIONS

1. President Moon Jae-in called for continuous efforts to bolster sustainable peace in the Korean peninsula and called for dialogue and cooperation with the North. Source: CGTN
2. Vietnam urged China to take urgent measures to ease congestion at the border as it has stalled trade after China strengthened border control over COVID-19 transmission. Source: CNA
3. Another HK’s  pro-democracy news outlet announced that they will shut down their firm, making it the third to fold in six months as the national security police probe journalists. Source: BNN Bloomberg

CAMBODIA

1. Planes carrying cargo landed in Cambodia as the RCEP came into force, which is expected to boost multilateralism and become the core foundation for trade partnership in the region. Source: Cambodianess
2. Cambodia submitted its long-term development strategy to the UNFCCC to provide the effort to mitigate activities to achieve carbon-neutral development. Source: The Phnom Penh Post
3. PM Hun Sen is scheduled to preside over the groundbreaking ceremony for the National Road No. 48 Project in Koh Kong province, worth USD 100 million, supported by ROK. Source: Khmer Times