Xinhua Asia-Pacific News Summary at 0600 GMT, April 7
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Chief of Lotte Group, South Korea's fifth-biggest family-controlled conglomerate, was summoned Friday by prosecutors for questioning over his alleged involvement in a corruption scandal embroiling impeached President Park Geun-hye.
Lotte Group Chairman Shin Dong-bin appeared in the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office, telling reporters briefly that he would sincerely face the investigation.(S. Korea-Lotte chief)
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CANBERRA -- Australia is a step closer to signing a landmark free trade agreement (FTA) with the European Union (EU), the nation's Trade Minister said on Friday, with formal negotiations expected to begin in the second half of 2017.
Steven Ciobo, Australia's Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment, told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) that his office had recently completed a "scoping study" which would lay the groundwork for formal talks with EU leaders.(Australia-FTA-EU)
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KATHMANDU -- The Nepalese and Indian sides were positive toward revising the Nepal-India Peace and Friendship Treaty (1950) in line with the changed context during a meeting of the third Eminent Persons Group on Nepal-India Relations (EPG-NIR) that was concluded here in Kathmandu on Thursday, officials said.
Speaking to media, EPG Coordinator of the Nepalese side Dr Bhes Bahadur Thapa said that the two sides would make necessary recommendations in order to revise the treaty in line with the changed context to both the governments in near future.(Nepal-India-Treaty) Enditem