Xinhua Asia-Pacific news summary at 1600 GMT, Jan. 21

KABUL -- At least 18 people have been killed, including 14 foreign nationals, in a deadly attack on the Intercontinental hotel in Afghanistan's capital Kabul, a spokesman of the Afghan Interior Ministry said on Sunday.

A 12-hour siege ended on Sunday following Saturday night's attack. (Afghanistan-Hotel-Attack)

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SEOUL -- Three people were found dead as a suspected Chinese fishing boat capsized near South Korea's western waters, Yonhap news agency reported on Sunday.

The wooden boat was spotted at about 11:59 p.m. local time Saturday (1459 GMT) in waters about 6.44 km northwest of the Baengnyeong island of South Korea near the inter-Korean maritime border. (South Korea-China-Fishing Boat)

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COLOMBO -- Sixty-three people were arrested following violent clashes in southern Sri Lanka on Sunday, local police said.

The violent clashes erupted between the police and protesters on Sunday afternoon in Kataragama, around 280 km away from capital Colombo, when a police official allegedly gunned down a youth who was riding a motorcycle and had defied police orders. (Bangladesh-Clashes)

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SEOUL -- An advance team of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) toured performance facilities in Gangneung, an eastern city of South Korea near the Winter Olympic venue, on Sunday after Pyongyang agreed to send an art troupe during the upcoming sports event.

The seven-member advance team crossed the inter-Korean land border in the western region earlier in the day to reach the station at the center of South Korea's capital Seoul and traveled via the bulletin train to the Gangneung city, according to local media reports. (South Korea-DPRK-Advance Team) Enditem