Xinhua Asia-Pacific news summary at 0615 GMT, Feb. 16

Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said on Monday that she will not fly to Indonesia to make personal plea to spare the lives of convicted drug traffickers Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran.

The two Australians will face the firing squad imminently after being sentenced to the death penalty for a plot to smuggle 8.3 kilograms of heroin from Indonesia to Australia in 2005. ( Australia-Indonesia-Drug Case)

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TOKYO -- Japan's gross domestic product GDP) in the fourth quarter of 2014 grew an annualized real 2.2 percent, marking the first rise in three quarters but still worse than expected, government data showed on Monday.

The growth in the three-month period, following a revised 2.3 percent contraction in the previous quarter, was significantly weaker than the 3.86 percent expansion forecast by economists, suggesting the world's third largest economy still faces hurdles to recover after the consumption tax hike from April last year. ( Japan-GDP)

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SEOUL -- South Korean President Park Geun-hye on Monday urged the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) to adopt reform and dialogue to walk a path of development and growth.

Park chaired this year's first meeting of the preparatory committee for reunification, and said the DPRK has not responded to Seoul's repeated dialogue offer citing various preconditions. ( S.Korea-DPRK-Reform)

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NEW DELHI -- Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj met visiting Maldivian counterpart Dunya Maumoon here on Sunday, during which they discussed ways to strengthen bilateral ties, a ministry official said on Monday.

"India-Maldives aim to boost ties. Minister Sushma Swaraj meets counterpart Dunya Maumoon in Delhi," External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Syed Akbarudin said. (India-Maldives-Ties) Endi