South Korea, Japan to hold summit next week to expand ties

By HYUNG-JIN KIM
Associated Press

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea and Japan say their leaders will meet next week in Japan. Their announcement comes days after South Korea announced a major step toward resolving strained bilateral ties stemming from Tokyo’s colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula. South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol will visit Japan from March 16 to 17 for talks with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. The fraught Seoul-Tokyo ties complicated American efforts to strengthen three-way security cooperation to better deal with rising Chinese influence and North Korean nuclear threats.