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In May, the scheduled talks between Mr Obama and Ms Park would touch on "continued co-operation on denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula and countering the North Korean threat," a statement from the White House on Monday said.

"They will also review the progress made in strengthening our economic ties and in enhancing and modernising bilateral security co-operation," the statement added.

Ms Park's scheduled talk with Mr Obama follows a meeting with US Secretary of State John Kerry, who was in Seoul on 12 April as part of his tour of Asia.

She was elected in December and assumed office on 25 February.

The announcement of the meeting came as North Korea marked the 101st anniversary of the birth of founding father Kim Il-sung.

Protesters in South Korea's capital, Seoul, burned portraits of Kim Jong-un, his father Kim Jong-il, and grandfather Kim Il-sung on Monday.

In response, North Korea thr