ASIA NEWS AGENDA ON MONDAY
+ Koreas due to hold talks on Olympic art troupe
+ Israel’s Netanyahu meets India PM, president
+ Australian Open tennis Grand Slam begins
SOUTH KOREA
– The two Koreas are due to hold talks in the truce village of Panmunjom to discuss the North’s plan to send a performing art troupe to the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics.
INDIA
– Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu calls on India’s President Ram Nath Kovind and holds talks with his counterpart Narendra Modi on day two of his visit.
AUSTRALIA 
– Tennis’s Grand Slam season gets underway at the Australian Open in Melbourne.
– OTHER AGENDA ITEMS –
AUSTRALIA
– Cycling. Moving a PREVIEW for the Tour Down Under in South Australia.
BANGLADESH
– Cricket. Bangladesh play Zimbabwe in the opening match of their Tri-Series with Sri Lanka.
PHILIPPINES
– Monitoring developments at Mayon volcano, where the Philippines has raised the alert level twice in 24 hours, meaning a hazardous eruption is possible within days.

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