Xinhua Asia-Pacific News Summary at 1600 GMT, Feb. 4

SEOUL -- The top legislator of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) will lead its high-ranking delegation to South Korea to attend the PyeongChang Winter Olympics, Seoul's unification ministry said Sunday.

The DPRK sent a notice through the restored hotline of direct dialogue in the truce village of Panmunjom Sunday night, saying the DPRK's high-ranking delegation, led by Kim Yong-nam, president of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly, will visit South Korea from Feb. 9-11. (S.Korea-DPRK)

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MALDIVES -- The Maldives government on Sunday revealed an imminent move by the country's top court to have president Abdulla Yameen arrested with the police and army insisting that such an order will not be enforced, local media reported.

Attorney General (AG) Mohamed Anil, seated beside the army and police chief on Sunday morning, told reporters that the government has received information that a Supreme Court order to arrest President Yameen was imminent. (Maldive-Political Crisis)

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CANBERRA -- Australia's Prime Minister has called for public servants responsible for classified government documents falling into the hands of journalists to be fired.

The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) on Wednesday published a series of documents from the Cabinet of Australia, the inner sanctum of government, after they were found in a locked filing cabinet sold at a second-hand government furniture auction. (Australia-Documents Leakage)

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CANBERRA -- Entrepreneur Elon Musk and the South Australian government have revealed a plan to build the world's largest virtual power plant.

Under the plan, 50,000 homes in South Australia (SA) will have solar panels and batteries installed by Musk's Tesla free of charge. (Tesla-Power Plant) Enditem