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Xinhua Asia-Pacific news summary at 1000 GMT, Jan. 23

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Indonesian police on Friday arrested a deputy chairman of the country's corruption eradication commission or KPK and said it has declared him suspect, according to police spokesman.

The arrest was just days after the KPK, who has been at the front line in combating seismic corruption in the country, declared the only police chief candidate suspect on a corruption case. (Indonesia-Anti Corruption)

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BANGKOK -- Former Thai premier Yingluck Shinawatra was on Friday impeached by legislators, rendering the country's first lady leader banned from politics for a five-years time due to alleged corruption in the previous government's rice subsidy program.

A total of 190 members of the National Legislative Assembly, all of whom were hand-picked by Thai Premier Prayut Chan-o-cha, voted to impeach Yingluck while 18 others voted otherwise. ( Thailand-Yingluck-Impeachment)

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SEOUL -- A Chinese fishing boat collided with an unidentified cargo ship Friday morning in seas near South Korea 's southern resort island of Jeju, leaving 10 Chinese fishermen missing, the Jeju coast guard and safety agency said.

The 138-ton fishing boat sank in waters about 160 km south of an uninhabited island near Jeju at around 2:30 a.m. Friday after the cargo ship crashed into the flank of the fishing boat, the agency said in a statement. (S.Korea-Chinese Boat-Collision)

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TOKYO -- Top spokesman of the Japanese government Yoshihide Suga said on Friday afternoon that they still have no contact from the Islamic State (IS) militants, who have taken two Japanese nationals hostages, after the deadline set by the military group.

Suga said that Japan continues to seek early release of the two hostages, Kenji Goto and Haruna Yukawa. The government believes that the deadline was set at around 2:50 p.m. Friday, 72 hours from a video clip claiming to execute the two Japanese unless ransom of about 200 million U.S. dollars is paid. (Japan-IS- Hostages) Endi