Xinhua Asia-Pacific news summary at 0600 GMT, Jan. 6

The Australian Federal Police has sent five forensic experts to Indonesia in an effort to help identify the bodies of passengers on AirAsia flight QZ8501, authorities said on Tuesday.

Three Australian disaster victim identification officers and two Australian civilian forensic experts arrived in Surabaya, Indonesia's second largest city, on Tuesday. (Australia-Indonesia- Body Identification)

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PANGKALAN BUN, Indonesia -- A dozen of Muslim clerics were dispatched on Tuesday to the crash site of AirAsia plane to pray for the crash victims and success of the search operation.

"We will pray for the God who creates all condition and being, may him give the best ways for us," Gusti Kadran, leader of the clerics, told Xinhua prior to getting onboard the helicopter that would bring them to the crash site. (Indonesia-AirAsia Crash)

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SEOUL -- South Korean President Park Geun-hye urged on Tuesday the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK)to come to the dialogue table for peace and unification on the Korean Peninsula.

"I hope North Korea (DPRK) rapidly come to the table for the inter-Korean dialogue and cooperation and have an actual consultation about peace of the peninsula and detailed projects for unification,"Park said during the first cabinet meeting of this year. (S.Korea-DPRK-Dialogue)

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MELBOURNE -- Thousands of university graduates and their families exposed to the measles virus while attending a graduation ceremony in Melbourne, Australia were assured by their university on Tuesday that those vaccinated should be immune.

An 11-year-old from Victoria and a 17-year-old from the Northern Territory, who both contracted the virus, had no connection other than they both attended the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology graduation ceremony in Melbourne on Dec. 17. (Australia-Measle) Endi