Xinhua Asia-Pacific news summary at 1600 GMT, Dec. 28

SEOUL -- South Korean President Moon Jae-in said Thursday that the wartime sexual slavery issue cannot be resolved by a 2015 deal with Japan.

Moon said though the deal was an official promise approved by the leaders of both countries, he, as the president of South Korea, should make it clear again that the comfort women issue cannot be resolved by the 2015 deal. (South Korea-Japan-Sexual slavery issue)

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KABUL -- At least 40 people were killed and more than 20 others injured after a twin suicide attacks and an ensuing bomb blast rocked a cultural center in the western neighborhood of Afghan capital of Kabul Thursday, authorities said.

The initial findings showed that 40 people were killed and over 20 others injured in Thursday morning's terrorist attacks against Tebyan Social and Cultural Center in Dasht-i-Barchi locality of the western part of Kabul, an official told Xinhua anonymously. (Afghanistan-Bomb blast)

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SEOUL -- Ousted South Korean President Park Geun-hye unilaterally ordered the shutdown of the inter-Korean industrial complex last year without any discussion among ministries and deliberation in the cabinet meeting, a panel report showed Thursday.

The policy reform committee for the unification ministry, composed of nine civilian experts, announced a report on its review over the Park government's policy toward the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK). (South Korea-Ousted president)

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NEW DELHI -- India on Thursday successfully test-fired an indigenously developed advanced air defence (AAD) supersonic interceptor missile, capable of destroying an incoming ballistic missile at low altitude.

The interceptor missile successfully hit an incoming ballistic missile head-on at an altitude of 35 km. The test was carried out from a test range in the country's eastern state of Odisha, official sources said. (India-Interceptor missile) Enditem