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Erin Cook

@erincook.bsky.social

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Following Southeast Asia and Timor-Leste, mostly elections, FP and Instagram posts. Don't complain to me that I don't cover business enough, I do not know of such things. Read my newsletter 🤓 https://darimulut.substack.com

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Erin Cook @erincook.bsky.social · 2d

Never have I heard Asean summit talk a fortnight before it begins (apart from 'ughh my editor says i have to go this year') darimulut.substack.com/p/the-trump-...

The Trump circus is coming to Asean

And KL is not trying to make him feel welcome

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Erin Cook @erincook.bsky.social · 12h

i dont care i'm sleeping honk shoe honk shoe

Erin Cook @erincook.bsky.social · 13h

the fuck word hahahh i'm going to sleep i hope you enjoyed someone replying to you for once 🙏

Erin Cook @erincook.bsky.social · 13h

no one said it was

Erin Cook @erincook.bsky.social · 13h

that's what you said. seems sage

Erin Cook @erincook.bsky.social · 13h

fix your heart or die 😔

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Noan Sereiboth @noansereiboth.bsky.social · 13h

"The Bokor Mountain area in Kampot Province, Bavet City, and Poipet City are designated as travel ban zones," the South Korean foreign ministry said in a statement.
www.channelnewsasia.com/asia/south-k...

South Korea bars travel to parts of Cambodia amid concerns over scam centres and reported kidnappings

The recent death of a Korean college student in Cambodia - reportedly kidnapped and tortured by a local crime ring - has shocked South Korea.

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Kirsten Han 韩俐颖 @kirstenhan.com · 14h

Two executions were carried out in Singapore today, including the only woman left on death row.

Hamzah Ibrahim and his co-accused are the 13th and 14th people to be hanged by Singapore this year so far.

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Erin Cook @erincook.bsky.social · 14h

If I enrol I don't think you're allowed to cyber bully me anymore

Erin Cook @erincook.bsky.social · 14h

This is very illuminating from Jill (recording 'Gday Angel' from the top and making it my morning alarm)

Michael Klapdor @mklapdor.bsky.social · 14h

Ever informative J-$h€p @jillesheppard.bsky.social on Hack today worth a listen www.abc.net.au/triplej/prog...

One Nation voters, soaring fuel prices + the Aussie punters taking on American football - triple j

Support for Pauline Hanson's One Nation party is surging. So why are more people backing them, and will it last? Also, fuel prices can vary a lot depending on where you live. Now the ACCC is facing p...

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Erin Cook @erincook.bsky.social · 18h

I reckon he's great! But his fans seem unhinged haha

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Kim Heriot-Darragh @kimheriotdarragh.bsky.social · 19h

Some initial thoughts following the Indian defence minister’s visit to Australia: open.substack.com/pub/kimherio...

Quiet confidence: Indian Defence Minister's visit to Australia shows ties are maturing

India’s Defence Minister Shri Rajnath Singh visited Australia in October - the first such visit since 2013 - and it unsurprisingly drew attention.

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Erin Cook @erincook.bsky.social · 20h

I was enjoying this until I saw someone call you British 😔 I'm sorry Cowgill, you don't deserve this

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Erin Cook @erincook.bsky.social · 21h

lmfaoo

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Pasuth Thothaveesansuk @pasuth.info · 21h

whoever governs canberra must have that iron in her!

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Erin Cook @erincook.bsky.social · 21h

Sometimes I think jeeze, settle down Singapore. And then sometimes I think, PAP for Canberra

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Emma Shortis @emmashortis.bsky.social · 23h

“But why would adding another layer of oversight be any less political than existing arrangements? More importantly, why is politics regarded as a bad thing?”

@danielflitton.bsky.social asking important questions about how Australian foreign policy is done.

www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpre...

AUKUS doesn’t need protection from politics

Democracy works best when defence debates are transparent.

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Erin Cook @erincook.bsky.social · 1d

the barista has a tattoo saying 'healed' on his neck, my coffee was $7 and I've been waiting 15 minutes

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Erin Cook @erincook.bsky.social · 1d

It's not GOOD obviously, but he's done worse already and a fixation on the US means resources have all gone to covering THAT instead

Erin Cook @erincook.bsky.social · 1d

We, Australia, should've been doing a much better job covering the first year of Prabowo because what do you mean people are stunned by the hot mic lol

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Erin Cook @erincook.bsky.social · 1d

An all timer day for Indotwt

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Erin Cook @erincook.bsky.social · 1d

First time those words have ever been said

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Frontier Myanmar @frontiermyanmar.bsky.social · 1d

AFP | They said they had smashed them. But fraud factories in Myanmar blamed for scamming Chinese and American victims out of billions of dollars are still in business and bigger than ever, an Agence France-Presse investigation can reveal.

Myanmar scam cities booming despite crackdown – using Musk's Starlink

They said they had smashed them. But fraud factories in Myanmar blamed for scamming Chinese and American victims out of billions of dollars are still in business and bigger than ever, an Agence France...

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Erin Cook @erincook.bsky.social · 1d

I could see it doing well! That sort of walk by, decent coffee, move on thing always has a place I reckon. Starbucks failed cos Starbucks sucks, they don't have that problem hahha

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Erin Cook @erincook.bsky.social · 1d

I think the story is being suppressed by local media, which tracks with controversial Prabowo developments lately. He's on his way back to Jakarta now and then we'll seeeeeee

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Aubrey Belford @abelf.bsky.social · 1d

"Harry" referenced here is v. likely Prabowo's billionaire brother, Hary Tanoesoedibjo.

Easiest way to think of it: Hary handles the business side for the family, Prabowo handles politics

If Prabowo is talking about Hary meeting Eric and Don Jr., then this is a conversation about doing business

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Trump's conversation with Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto is caught on a hot mic. Hard to tell exactly what they are talking about, but Subianto asks Trump about meeting Eric Trump and Don Jr, who supposedly have nothing to do with government while they run the family business.

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