International students, skilled workers, humanitarian, working holiday, and provisional family visa holders can return to Australia from Dec. 15 after more than 18 months, as travel bubbles with South Korea and Japan open. Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison confirmed on Dec. 13 that the two-week delay on the nation’s international reopening will end as scheduled. The pause was put in place due to the emergence of the Omicron variant of the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, which causes the COVID-19 disease. “The borders will be reopened both to Korea and Japan and for skilled migration and for students, as we conclude the pause that we announced several weeks ago,” Morrison said at a joint press conference with South Korean president Moon Jae-in, adding that Australia is looking forward to welcoming its 20,000 Korean students back. However, not all states and territories have opened to international arrivals, and jurisdictions already taking overseas travellers each …