Xinhua Asia-Pacific news summary at 1000 GMT, Jan. 26

Ten Chinese fishermen remained missing on Monday afternoon after a Chinese fishing boat collided with an unidentified cargo ship Friday in seas near South Korea's southern resort island of Jeju, the island's coast guard and safety agency said.

As of 3:00 p.m. local time Monday, no missing people was found in waters some 160 km south of an uninhabited island near Jeju, after the 138-ton fishing boat sank Friday morning when the cargo ship crashed into the flank of the boat, a Jeju coast guard official told Xinhua via phone. (S.Korea-Chinese Boat-Collision)

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NEW DELHI -- 12 people were reported killed in a train accident which took place in northern Indian state of Haryana on Monday, local media reported. (India-Train Accident)

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SINGAPORE -- The upcoming Shangri-La Dialogue (SLD) should focus on four key themes, including the threat of religious extremism, dynamics between major powers, political instability in Asian countries, and trans-national challenges arising from disasters and cybersecurity threats, Singapore's defense minister said on Monday.

Ng Eng Hen made such remarks when he was giving a keynote address at the third International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS Fullerton Forum: The Shangri-La Dialogue Sherpa Meeting at the Fullerton Hotel. (Singapore-Shangri-La Dialogue)

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MANILA -- Forty-nine Philippine police personnel and five Muslim rebels were believed to be killed in a Sunday gunbattle in the southern province of Maguindanao, said local authorities on Monday.

A series of clashes occurred in the early hours of Sunday in Mamasapano town between the Special Action Force (SAF) of the Philippines National Police (PNP) and the alleged members of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) and Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF). (Philippines-Gunbattle-Death Toll) Endi