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Xinhua Asia-Pacific news summary at 1000 GMT, July 1

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South Korean President Park Geun-hye on Wednesday urged the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK)to return to the inter-Korean dialogue table.

On the DPRK's nuclear development, Park said it was threatening the future of the Korean people as well as peace in Asia and across the world.(S. Korea-DPRK)

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KANDAHAR -- Three children were killed and four others injured as a bomb blast hit Panjwai district of the southern Kandahar province on Wednesday, a local official Fazal Mohammad Ishaqzai said.

The war-torn Afghanistan is one the most mine contaminated country in the world as thousands of mines and unexploded ordnances have been left over from the past nearly four decades of war and unexploded ordnances usually claim civilian lives including children.(Afghanistan-Blast)

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SYDNEY -- A strike by Australian Customs and Immigration workers at airports and seaports disrupted international travelers and led to extensive delays in getting in and out of the country on Wednesday.

It was the second such strike in a month, and more have not been ruled out.(Australia-Strike)

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SINGAPORE -- The lawyers of Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong have asked the High Court for a very high award of damages in the defamation case against blogger Roy Ngerng,saying that Ngerng's actions have been deeply and intensely malicious.

Ngerng also remains determined to damage Lee's reputation, the lawyers added in an opening statement submitted to the court on Wednesday, at the start of a three-day hearing, the Straits Times reported.(Singapore-PM) Endi