Xinhua Asia-Pacific news summary at 1000 GMT, May 12

An aeroplane with 188 people on board Friday returned back to airport in Indian city of Mumbai, following a suspected tail strike, officials said.

All the passengers, including eight crew members in the plane destined to Bangkok, were immediately deplaned. (India-Flight)

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TOKYO -- Japanese Defense Minister Tomomi Inada on Friday described as "deplorable" an unexpected parachute drill by the United States military at the Kadena Air Base on Okinawa's main island.

Inada told a press conference on the matter that the U.S. parachute drills should "basically" be conducted at an airfield on the remote Ie Island under an accord inked between Japan and the U.S. in 1996 and drills at the airbase should be an "exception" to the rule. (Japan-US-Parachute drill)

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SEOUL -- South Korea's ruling Minjoo Party said Friday that it will push for public hearing on the U.S. Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) missile defense system to stop conflicts over the issue.

Rep. Shim Jae-kwon, head of the Minjoo Party's special committee on THAAD, told reporters in the parliamentary building that the committee will push the parliamentary hearing on the THAAD deployment. (South Korea-THAAD)

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ISLAMABAD -- At least three people were killed and several others including deputy chairman of Pakistan's Senate were injured after his convoy was attack in the country's southwest Mustung district on Friday afternoon, local Urdu TV channel ARY reported. (Pakistan-Blast) Endit