TOKYO -- An advisory panel of Japan's culture ministry on Wednesday approved the classification of the Unification Church as a designated religious corporation subject to stricter monitoring of its assets.

The panel consisting of academics and officials of religious organizations met behind closed doors on Wednesday, with culture minister Moriyama Masahito in attendance. (Japan-Unification Church)

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KUALA LUMPUR -- Road fatalities amounted to 6,443 over the course of 2023, Transport Minister Anthony Loke Siew Fook said on Wednesday.

Nearly two-thirds of these fatalities involved motorcycles (4,448 deaths), Loke said, adding that data on these fatalities would be released daily to raise awareness, he told reporters in a briefing at the country's parliament. (Malaysia-Road Fatalities)

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PHNOM PENH -- Chinese state-owned aircraft manufacturer Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China, Ltd. (COMAC) on Wednesday carried out a static display of its C919 aircraft and a demonstration flight of its ARJ21 jetliner in Cambodia.

The COMAC held the static display of the C919 passenger aircraft at the Phnom Penh International Airport before conducting a fantastic demo flight of the ARJ21 passenger jetliner on the round-trip route from the capital Phnom Penh to the tourist province of Siem Reap. (Cambodia-C919)

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YANGON -- Six people were killed on the spot as a car overturned in Myanmar's eastern Shan State, an official from Shan State traffic police force told Xinhua on Wednesday.

The accident took place at around 2 p.m. local time on Tuesday in Ywangan township of Shan State. (Myanmar-Car Crash-Death) Enditem

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