Xinhua Asia-Pacific news summary at 1600 GMT, April 16

Indian Defense Minister Manohar Parrikar Thursday arrived in South Korea on a three-day visit, sources said.

"Parrikar, who is leading a delegation of senior officials and industrialists involved in production of defense equipment, will hold a ministerial meeting with his South Korean counterpart General Han Min-Koo in Seoul Friday," the sources said.(India-S. Korea-Visit)

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JAKARTA -- As many as 34 heads of states or government will take part in the commemorative event of the 60th anniversary of Asian-African Conference in Jakarta and Bandung on April 19-24, the Indonesian government said on Thursday.

Some 77 countries have confirmed their participation in the gethering with 3,600 delegates, said Arrmanatha Nasir, spokesman of the Indonesian Foreign Ministry. (Indonesia-AAC)

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HO CHI MINH CITY -- Two Su-22 fighter jets crashed in Vietnam's central Binh Thuan province after a mid-air collision on Thursday.

The two aircraft from Air Division 370 collided during a training mission near Phu Quy island, the VNExpress online newspaper reported. The two pilots ejected but still remained missing.(Vietnam-Jet Crash)

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HANOI -- Two vessels of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force ( JMSDF) on Thursday arrived at Tien Sa Port in central Vietnam's Da Nang city for a four-day visit.

The JS Kirisame and JS Asayuki destroyers of the JMSDF docked at the Tien Sa port with over 500 crew members and officers onboard led by Colonel Sugimoto Masaharu, commander of the JMSDF' s frigate fleet No. 12, reported Vietnam's state-run news agency VNA. (Vietnam-Japan-Vessel Visit) Endi