Welcome to Foreign Policy ’s Southeast Asia Brief. The highlights this week: The Philippines declares an energy emergency , Thailand gets permission to sail the Strait of Hormuz , Singapore wants China to step up , and fuel prices ground planes . Philippines Declares Energy Emergency On March 24, Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. declared a national energy emergency. The Philippines has seen one of the world’s sharpest increase s in petrol prices, according to research by AFP, going up

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