U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell is to arrive in Seoul on Monday on the last leg of his Asian tour.

During his visit, Powell will meet President Roh Moo-hyun and Foreign Minister Ban Ki-moon.

Powell and Ban are expected to discuss the possible resumption of stalled six-party nuclear talks, Seoul's controversial past nuclear activities and a recently passed U.S. law for promoting human rights in North Korea.

The American official will also meet with Unification Minister Chung Dong-young and share views on inter-Korean economic cooperation projects underway, including the construction of an industrial park in the North's border city of Gaesong.

Powell will be flying in from Beijing, where he is expected to urge China to exert its influence over North Korea to effect a resumption of the stalled six-way talks on scrapping Pyongyang's nuclear weapons program.

Before flying to China, Powell made a stop in Tokyo over the weekend. At talks with Japanese leaders, Powell called for the North to return to the nuclear discussions and voiced confidence that there is still time to resolve the nuclear standoff through diplomacy.