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Xinhua Asia-Pacific news summary at 1000GMT, April 28

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At least 14 members of Abu Sayyaf group were killed in an intensified military campaign against the terrorist group in south Philippine province of Sulu, after it beheaded Canadian kidnap victim John Ridsdel on Monday.

Noel Detoyato, chief of the Armed Forces of the Philippines' public information office, said the 14 terrorists were killed during aerial bombardment and shelling of known Abu Sayyaf positions in the towns of Patikul and Talipao since Saturday.

(Philippines-Armed Group-Fighting)

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SEOUL -- South Korea on Thursday denounced the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK)'s missile launch as a clear violation of UN Security Council resolutions.

Seoul's foreign ministry said in a statement that it strongly condemns the DPRK's another ballistic missile launch in defiance of repeated warnings from the international community. (South Korea-DPRK-Denoucing)

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PHNOM PENH -- Trade volume between China and Cambodia was valued at 4.4 billion U.S. dollars in 2015, an 18-percent increase year-on-year, Chinese Ambassador to Cambodia Bu Jianguo said Thursday.

Speaking at the inauguration ceremony of a China-funded power transmission system in southern Kandal province, Bu said that China imported products worth about 670 million U.S. dollars from Cambodia last year, up 38 percent year-on-year.

(China-Cambodia-Trade Value)

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WELLINGTON -- The disappearance of a Chinese tourist in New Zealand has sparked police inquiries in both countries amid concerns over her mental wellbeing.

Wu Yaqin, 60, entered New Zealand with a tour group on Sunday and was staying in a hotel near Auckland Airport when she left there on Wednesday morning and failed to return, said a statement from the New Zealand Police on Thursday. (New Zealand-Chinese Tourist)

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HANOI -- Drought and saline intrusion in Vietnam have cost the country nearly 6.4 trillion Vietnamese dong (some 287 million U.S. dollars) in the first four months of 2016, according to Vietnam's General Statistics Office on Thursday.

The statistics office said on its website that the drought and saline intrusion in Vietnam's south central region, central highlands and southern Mekong Delta remain complicated. (Vietnam-Drought-Cost) Enditem