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Park is set to hold summit talks with Obama on Friday the fourth such meeting since she took office in February 2013.President Park Geun-hye left for Washington on Tuesday for talks with
 U.S. President Barack Obama on how to further boost their countries' 
bilateral alliance and deal with North Korea's possible provocations.At the same time, there has been lingering speculation that North 
Korea may launch a long-range rocket in the coming months to put what it
 claims is a satellite into orbit.Seoul and Washington view a 
satellite launch as a cover for testing the North's ballistic missile 
technology, which is banned under U.N. resolutions.The talks, which involve the two Koreas, the United States, China, Russia and Japan, were last held in December 2008.Park and 
Obama are expected to discuss how to respond to North Korea's 
provocations and to resume the long-stalled talks on ending North 
Korea's nuclear weapons program.The North has repeatedly pledged to develop its economy and nuclear 
arsenal in tandem, viewing its nuclear program as a powerful deterrent 
against what it claims is Washington's hostile policy against it.Park and Obama are also expected to discuss ways to further boost 
their countries' alliance. South Korea is a key U.S. ally. About 28,500 
U.S. troops are stationed in South Korea as a deterrence against North 
Korea.The meeting will be the latest in a series of summits between regional leaders.Last month, Park met with her Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, in 
Beijing, followed by a summit between Obama and Xi in Washington.South Korea, China and Japan are also scheduled to hold trilateral 
summit talks at the end of the month or the start of next month.A trilateral summit has not been held since May 2012 due to tensions 
mainly over Japan's attempts to whitewash its wartime atrocities and 
colonial occupation. Japan ruled the Korean Peninsula as a colony from 
1910-45 and controlled much of China in the early part of the 20th 
century.Separately, more than 160 South Korean business 
leaders plan to accompany Park to try to explore business opportunities 
with their U.S. counterparts.