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Xinhua Asia-Pacific news summary at 1000 GMT, May 8

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MANILA -- Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday accepted the resignation of Tourism Secretary Wanda Teo who was reportedly forced to tender her resignation amid corruption allegations.

Presidential spokesman Harry Roque confirmed to reporters that Teo submitted her resignation letter before the cabinet meeting on Monday night. (Philippine-Corruption)

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KUALA LUMPUR -- Leaders of Malaysia's political parties are making their last efforts on the last day of campaign ahead of Wednesday's polling for the country's highly-contested election.

The official campaign period will end by midnight on Tuesday before Malaysians go to the ballot box on Wednesday. (Malaysia-Election)

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TOKYO -- Japan's major opposition parties conducted Diet sessions as normal on Tuesday, bringing an end to an 18-day boycott of proceedings to protest the government's mishandling of multiple cronyism scandals implicating Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

The opposition camp is now gearing up to gain more clarification on the scandals and wants to cross-examine the government over its role involving protracted influencing-peddling scandals connected to two educational institutions, the Finance Ministry and other individuals. (Japan-Politics-Scandal)

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KABUL -- At least 20 armed insurgents had been killed and 15 others injured since military operations were launched in Paktika province, east of Afghanistan on Monday, defense ministry said in a statement on Tuesday.

"Afghan army launched operations in Barmal district of Paktika province on Monday and so far 20 insurgents including their seven local commanders have been killed and 15 others injured," the statement said. (Afghanistan-Military)

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SEOUL -- A positive image of Kim Jong Un, top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), spread among South Korean college students after the third inter-Korean summit, a poll showed Tuesday.

According to the Kookmin University survey, 48.3 percent of respondents had a positive image towards Kim. It was more than 10-fold of the 4.7-percent rate tallied before the inter-Korean summit last month. (South Korea-DPRK-Image) Enditem

 

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