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JAKARTA -- Anti-terror squad of Indonesian police has arrested an alleged militant who is the leader of a IS-linked terrorist cell and has also financed terrorist acts, police said Thursday.

The militant also has expertise in assembling high-explosive bombs, the police added. (Indonesia-Terror)

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TOKYO -- The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) said Thursday that 10 other smaller artificial craters were found on Ryugu asteroid where the Hayabusa2 space probe impacted and produced a man-made crater last month.

On April 5, Hayabusa2, an asteroid explorer, fired a metal object at the asteroid to create a crater in the world's first such experiment as part of its mission to explore the origin of life and the evolution of the solar system. (Japan-Asteroid)

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TOKYO -- Toyota Motor Corp. plans to make an investment of more than 2.2 billion U.S. dollars in China to boost output of eco-friendly vehicles, local media reported Thursday.

The Japanese automaker will cooperate with its Chinese partner Guangzhou Automobile Group Co. (GAC Group) to meet the growing demand for eco-cars.(Japan-China-Toyota)

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SEOUL -- South Korean President Moon Jae-in said Thursday that the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK)'s recent projectile launches can be seen as its call for a rapid resumption of denuclearization talks.

Moon made the remarks during his appearance in the nationally televised talk show of local broadcaster KBS marking the second anniversary of his inauguration as president. (SKorea-President-DPRK)

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SEOUL -- South Korea's presidential Blue House on Thursday expressed worry about the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK)'s launch of projectiles earlier in the day, which were believed to be short-range missiles.

Ko Min-jung, Blue House spokesperson, said in a statement that the projectile firings would be of no help for efforts to improve inter-Korean relations and defuse military tensions on the Korean Peninsula.(SKorea-DPRK-Missiles) Enditem

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