Indonesia and South Korea are banking on their close cooperation in the health industry, which includes initiatives to develop a COVID-19 vaccine, an immunotherapy drug and diagnostic tools.

More Indonesian migrant workers working aboard foreign fishing vessels are filing reports on alleged withholding of wages, abusive working and living conditions, deception, as well as abuse of vulnerability.

Indonesia is situated at the center of the Indo-Pacific region and controls four vital sea lanes of communication for international trade and shipping, namely the Malacca, Sunda, Lombok and Makassar straits.

"I don't consider myself a whistle blower ... I don't identify as a UFO person," the former fighter pilot told Reuters in a Zoom interview, days before the report, expected to feature her own experience and dozens of others like it, was due for presentation to Congress.

Search teams detected sounds of banging and other noises but no voices coming from the mounds of debris hours after a large section of the Champlain Towers South condominium in Surfside, a barrier island town across Biscayne Bay from the city, crumbled to the ground, authorities said.

This will be the first time Harris will visit the border since becoming the vice president and taking a lead role in immigration issues.

Berlin and Paris blindsided EU counterparts by putting forward a last-minute proposal for the bloc to resume meetings with Putin in the wake of US President Joe Biden's sit-down with him in Geneva last week. 

The discovery of an Indonesian delegate testing positive for COVID-19 in Italy this week has cast doubt over the country's testing accuracy, which remains inadequate outside of the capital Jakarta.

The mature male, believed to be 15 or 16 years old, has been on the rampage in the tribal Santhal Pargana region of Jharkhand state ever since he was separated from the herd of 22 elephants.

German Ambassador to Indonesia Peter Schoof is ending his tenure in Jakarta this month. The Jakarta Post’s Dian Septiari sat down with him on Monday to discuss the bilateral relationship, COVID-19 cooperation and the sticky issue of palm oil.

"Since the pandemic has started, this is perhaps the scariest period that New South Wales is going through," state Premier Gladys Berejiklian told reporters in Sydney.

"I don't see it happening right out of the blue, there's no reason for it," Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told a congressional hearing, adding that an invasion aiming to seize an island as big as Taiwan and with its level of defense capability would be "extraordinarily complicated and costly."

In countries where newspapers were actively developing their digital sales, only 17 percent of respondents said they paid for news online, up two points on last year's report and five compared to 2016. 

The Muslim cleric, Ahmadullah has more than three million followers on Facebook and YouTube. He regularly appears on television shows to discuss religious issues in the Muslim-majority country.

After steadily rebounding in the first few months of the year, China's exports to North Korea in May fell to $2.71 million from $28.75 million in April, quashing hopes among traders along the border that more than a year of anti-coronavirus closures could soon ease.

Peruvians went to the polls on June 6. Electoral authorities are still evaluating challenges to some ballots while preliminary results narrowly favor socialist Pedro Castillo over Fujimori, daughter of jailed ex-President Alberto Fujimori.

More than 30 people have been diagnosed with Covid-19 since the cluster emerged in the city's Bondi Beach area last week, the latest in a string of flare-ups that highlight Australia's difficulty in extinguishing outbreaks.

Jacob Chansley of Arizona is currently in federal custody awaiting trial on six criminal charges including violent entry and disorderly conduct.

Cui, known for his more congenial, diplomatic manner, is expected to be replaced by Qin Gang, a trusted aide of President Xi Jinping known for his sharp retorts to criticism of China.

The guidance was published by UNESCO ahead of a meeting of its World Heritage Committee, which oversees the coveted accolade, in Fuzhou, China, from July 16-31.

Ten people were diagnosed with Covid-19 in Sydney overnight, taking the cluster that first emerged in the city's Bondi Beach area last week to 21 cases.

Kim Yo Jong's remarks came after White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan on Sunday described as an "interesting signal" comments by Kim Jong Un that he is ready for "dialogue and confrontation" with the United States.

Scores of mice have gnawed through ceiling panels and wiring at a New South Wales prison, prompting authorities to scale back operations for repairs.

The country of 50 million people has reported more than 3.9 million cases of coronavirus infections, as well as 100,582 deaths.

India and Taiwan, both of which have faced a surge in infection cases in recent months, have been among the recipients of the first 25 million doses. The latest announcement covers the allocation of the remaining 55 million doses.

Israel expanded vaccine eligibility to include adolescents last month. Infections have fallen off sharply in recent weeks. Vaccination turnout has largely flatlined at around 55 percent of the 9.3 million overall population having received both shots, implying that adults have largely stopped getting vaccinated.

Raisi, a hardliner and fierce critic of the West, won election on Friday. China has close energy and business ties with Iran but must tread carefully as it has also cultivated good relations with Iran's regional rival, Saudi Arabia.

"Following a technical fault at Bushehr power plant, and after a one-day notice to the energy ministry, the plant was temporarily shut down and taken off the power grid," the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran said on its website around Sunday midnight.

Sung Kim's remarks came after North Korean leader Kim Jong Un last week gave his first reaction to Washington's recent review of its approach to his isolated country, saying Pyongyang must prepare for both "dialogue and confrontation".

Joyce was previously Australia's deputy prime minister from 2016 to 2018 but resigned after an extramarital affair with a former staff member.