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Desperate rescue bid launched for trapped miners in Indonesia
The workers were as far as 60 metres underground in an illegal gold mine in Central Java when water from a nearby river suddenly flowed into mine shafts.
- by Chris Barrett and Karuni Rompies
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Re-elected on Sunday, Cambodian autocrat says he’ll hand power to son in three weeks
Long-serving Prime Minister Hun Sen says he will hand the position to this oldest son following an election that was criticised as being neither free nor fair.
Australia, NZ raise concerns over China-Solomon Islands policing deal
Prime Ministers Anthony Albanese and Chris Hipkins issued their strongest joint statement to date on Beijing’s growing regional power.
- by Eryk Bagshaw
Chinese Foreign Ministry scrubs missing minister from its records
Beijing has purged Qin Gang’s name and his meetings with world leaders from its online records.
- by Eryk Bagshaw
Police bust syndicate that lured people via social media to sell their kidneys
Indonesian authorities have arrested 12 people, including a police officer and an immigration officer, accused sending 122 people to a hospital to sell their organs.
- by Niniek Karmini
China’s foreign minister sacked after disappearing for a month
The decision puts an end to weeks of speculation over Qin Gang’s future after rumours of a high-profile affair and a power struggle within the Communist Party.
- by Eryk Bagshaw
Anger as minister removed over deadly Halloween crowd crush reinstated
South Korea’s interior minister had been impeached over the crowd surge in the city’s Itaewon district that killed 159 people, including two Australians.
- by Ju-min Park
Analysis
China relations
‘I think he is gone’: The strange disappearance of China’s foreign minister Qin Gang
The fate of the missing 57-year-old Chinese Foreign Minister could be decided this week.
- by Eryk Bagshaw
Oppenheimer sex scene enrages Hindu nationalists
A prominent right-wing Hindu organisation said the movie was an attempt to “launch an attack” on Hindu society and demanded a scene be cut.
- by Rozina Sabur
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Indonesia
At least 15 people dead, dozens rescued after ferry capsizes off Sulawesi
The wooden boat was carrying 40 people but was designed for just 20 on Sunday when thousands of residents had travelled to their villages to celebrate the regency’s ninth anniversary.
Collapse of school gymnasium roof kills 11 in China
A female volleyball team was training in the gymnasium at the time of the incident, with an overhead aerial view showing a completely collapsed roof.
- by Reuters