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Xinhua Asia-Paficic news summary at 0630 GMT, Sept. 9

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Australia confirmed on Wednesday that it will permanently resettle 12,000 refugees from war-torn Syria - one of its largest single intakes since the Second World War.

Making the announcement after a coalition party room meeting, Prime Minister Tony Abbott said Australia would accept 12,000 refugees from "persecuted minorities" on top of Australia's annual commitment to take in 13,750 refugees from around the world. ( Australia-Syrian Refugees-Intake)

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SYDNEY -- Australia's federal opposition political party has warned the Australian government's failure on climate change action could derail the Pacific Islands Forum.

Climate Change has becoming an important geopolitical conflict for the region, fundamentally on the issue of who should be a part of the regional group. (Australia-Facific Islands Forum)

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SEOUL -- South Korea's monthly job growth declined to the lowest in four months, indicating the still lackluster labor market conditions, a government report showed Wednesday.

The number of those employed totaled 26,141,000 in August, up 256,000 from a year ago, according to Statistics Korea. However, it was the lowest August growth since August 2009 when the global financial crisis was going on and only 3,000 jobs were added. (S. Korea-Job Growth)

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SEOUL -- The Seoul Defense Dialogue opened here Wednesday with focus placed on regional and global security, the South Korean defense ministry said.

The three-day event, a vice ministerial-level regional security forum launched in 2012, has drawn about 250 defense officials and private security experts from 30 nations including China, the United States and Japan, and four international agencies such as the United Nations and the European Union. (S. Korea-Defense-Talks) Endi