SEOUL: South Korean President Park Geun-Hye sat down to her first summit with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Monday after an extended period of deep diplomatic rancour and mistrust.

The meeting capped a series of moves in recent weeks -- prompted and pushed by their mutual military ally the United States -- to normalise relations despite lingering historical and territorial disputes dating back to World War II.

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