Xinhua world news summary at 0930 GMT, Feb. 5

SEOUL -- A South Korean appeals court released Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong Monday as Lee got a suspended jail sentence in the second trial.

The Seoul High Court sentenced Lee, an heir apparent of Samsung Group, the country's biggest family-controlled conglomerate, to two and a half years in prison with a stay of execution for four years. (SKorea-Samsung-Sentence)

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TOKYO -- A Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force attack helicopter with two crew members aboard crashed near an elementary school in Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan, the Ministry of Defense here said Monday.

According to local firefighters attending the scene, one person is feared dead. The Saga Prefectural Police Headquarters received an emergency call at around 4:45 p.m. (Japan-Helicopter-Crash)

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PYONGYANG -- The efforts for inter-Korean detente took another step forward as the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) has decided to send a high-level delegation to the opening ceremony of PyeongChang Winter Olympics.

Kim Yong Nam, president of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly of the DPRK, will lead a three-official delegation to the event, according to the official Korean Central News Agency early Monday. This will be the first time for the DPRK to send such a high-level delegation to South Korea since 2014. (DPRK-SKorea-Winter Olympics)

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BEIRUT -- One Lebanese army soldier was killed and 5 others including an officer were injured during a raid the army launched late Sunday to arrest suspects in the northern port city of Tripoli, according to medical and security sources.

A medical source confirmed to Xinhua that an army soldier succumbed to his injuries late Saturday in hospital after being injured during a raid on suspects in Tripoli. (Lebanon-Raid) Enditem