South Korea president hopes for better Japan ties from three-way summit

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By David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON (Reuters) - South Korean President Park Geun-hye said on Thursday she hoped her three-way summit next month with China and Japan would help clear obstacles to better relations with Tokyo and boost stability in Northeast Asia. Speaking on a visit to Washington, Park also said she was open to a bilateral meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, but stressed the importance of progress on the issue of comfort women forced to work in Japan's wartime military brothels. "I do feel I can have such a meeting with him," Park, who is due to meet U.S. President Barack Obama at the White House on Friday, told the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

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