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Xinhua Asia-Pacific news summary at 0600 GMT, Jan. 25

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CANBERRA -- Australia Day celebrations in the city of Adelaide have been cancelled due to a forecast of severe heatwave.

The Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) on Thursday warned that Adelaide, Melbourne and Hobart would experience temperatures 10 degrees Celsius higher than the January average over the Australia Day long weekend. (Australia-Celebrations)

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SYDNEY -- Australia's industrial relations tribunal on Thursday ordered rail workers in New South Wales state to suspend their strike planned for Jan. 29 and their ban on overtime work, following failed wage negotiations between the transport union and authorities, local media reported.

The industrial action "threatens to endanger the welfare of part of the population," The Sydney Morning Herald newspaper quoted the Fair Work Commission's senior deputy president Jonathan Hamberger as saying. (Australia-Strike)

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SEOUL -- South Korean President Moon Jae-in's approval rating tumbled this week on controversy over the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK)'s participation in the South Korea-hosted Winter Olympics, a local survey showed Thursday.

According to the Realmeter poll, support for Moon plunged 6.2 percentage points over the week to 59.8 percent this week. Moon's support scores fell below 60 percent for the first time since he took office in May last year. (S. Korea-President)

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SEOUL -- A women ice hockey team of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) crossed the inter-Korean land border Thursday to South Korea for a joint training with their South Korean counterparts as the two sides agreed to field a unified team during the upcoming Winter Olympics.

The DPRK team, composed of 12 athletes, two supporting members and a coach, crossed the military demarcation line (MDL), which has divided the two sides since the 1950-53 Korean War ended in armistice, at about 9:20 a.m. local time (0020 GMT), according to Seoul's unification ministry. (S. Korea-DPRK-Winter Olympics) Enditem

 

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