Xinhua Asia-Pacific news summary at 1600 GMT, Feb. 19

A protester was killed and 21 others were injured Friday in India's northern state of Haryana after police fired on agitating protesters demanding reservation in government jobs and education.

The protester was killed in Rothak district of Haryana, about 78 km north of India's capital city New Delhi. (India-Protest)

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TOKYO -- The Japanese government on Friday approved its new sanctions against the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) over its recent rocket launch and nuclear bomb test.

The new sanctions include banning entering of ships from third countries that have visited ports in the DPRK into Japan and banning remittances to the DPRK in principle, according to local reports. (Japan-DPRK-Sanctions)

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SEOUL -- South Korean prosecutors on Friday stormed German carmaker Volkswagen's Seoul office and a house of a senior company official as part of an investigation into an emissions-fabricating case, Yonhap news agency reported.

The Seoul Central Prosecutors' Office raided the office in central Seoul of Audi-Volkswagen Korea, a South Korean unit of German luxury carmaker Volkswagen and its sister company Audi. The house of an unidentified executive of the Seoul office was also searched. (South Korea-VW-Raid)

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SEOUL -- South Korean military is pushing to create an additional army unit in preparations for possible "terror attacks" from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) amid rising tensions on the Korean peninsula, Yonhap news agency reported Friday citing military authorities.

An unidentified South Korean military official was quoted as saying that the military plans to intensively build up anti-terror capabilities in preparation for possible DPRK terror attacks. (South Korea-DPRK-Army Unit) Endit