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JAKARTA (The Jakarta Post/Asia News Network): Russia kicked off its first ever joint naval exercise with Asean member states in the Malacca Strait on Wednesday (Dec 1), making the Eastern European country the latest actor to show a keen interest in the increasingly contested Indo-Pacific region.
Indonesia has seen a drastic slump in COVID-19 cases over the past several weeks, which has triggered optimism of tourism reopening, particularly in Bali, one .