Xinhua Asia-Pacific news summary at 1600 GMT, April 29
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ISLAMABAD -- Pakistan military said Sunday that an Indian national, who had mistakenly crossed the border, has been handed over to the Indian authorities.
The army said Dalwinder Singh, 23 years old, who had inadvertently crossed into Pakistan on March 6, 2017, at a village in Kasur district has been returned to Indian Border Security Forces by Pakistan paramilitary Rangers at Wahga Check Post after due legal process. (Pakistan-Indian National-Border)
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JALALABAD, Afghanistan -- At least six people, including a child, were injured in a bomb attack near a voter registration center in Jalalabad, capital of eastern Afghan province of Nangarhar on Sunday, a provincial government spokesman said.
"Six civilians were injured after an improvised explosive device (IED) planted in a rickshaw went off at around midday near a mosque in Police District 4 of the city," Attaullah Khogyani told Xinhua. (Afghanistan-Bomb)
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SEOUL -- Kim Jong Un, top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), said his country will openly close its main nuclear test site in May, and showed expectations for a summit meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump, the Blue House of South Korea said Sunday.
Yoon Young-chan, senior press secretary for South Korean President Moon Jae-in, told a press briefing that during the April 27 summit, Kim told Moon that he will shut down the nuclear test site and show the process to the world. (DPRK-Nuclear Test Site-Close)
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SEOUL -- Kim Jong Un, top leader of the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea (DPRK), has said during the inter-Korean summit that Pyongyang was ready to hold dialogue with Japan at any time, the Blue House of South Korea said Sunday.
Kim Eui-kyeom, spokesman for South Korean President Moon Jae-in, said that Moon had a telephone conversation for 45 minutes from 10:00 a.m. local time with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to explain and share the result of the April 27 summit with the DPRK leader. (DPRK-Japan-Talk) Enditem