Jakarta, June 24 -- The governments of Indonesia and South Korea have moved to step up cooperation in tackling terrorism risks as part of efforts to safeguard peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region.

Indonesia's National Counterterrorism Agency (BNPT) and South Korea's National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) formalized the shared commitment through a memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed on June 18, according to a statement cited in Jakarta on Wednesday.

"Our hope is that the MoU we signed today will soon be followed up with more concrete cooperation programs and that the partnership between the two countries will grow stronger through concrete, adaptive, and sustainable collaboration," BNPT Head Eddy Hartono said.

He made th...