{
  "id": 530749,
  "title": "Asean must protect vital sea lanes",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/11/asean-must-protect-vital-sea-lanes",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-11T04:07:35.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "New Straits Times",
    "slug": "new-straits-times",
    "url": "https://www.nst.com.my/opinion/letters/2026/08/1508677/asean-must-protect-vital-sea-lanes"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "LETTER: IN an increasingly uncertain world, prudence — not power — is likely to be the region’s greatest strategic asset besides robust domestic economic and security fundamentals.",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}