Newspapers said Monday that US President George W. Bush may visit South Korea in October before attending the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in China.
According to a Korean English newspaper...US Secretary of State Colin Powell discussed the schedule for Bush's trip at talks last week with South Korean officials.
It quoted an unnamed official as saying: "the date and other details have not been fixed. But US officials proposed a Bush stay in Korea for two days between Oct. 17-19, before going to Shanghai for the APEC meting.
The South Korean government declined to confirm the report. The annual APEC summit in Shanghai is to attract leaders from 21 Asian and Pacific countries.
Bush may also visit Japan during his first trip to Asia, other newspapers in Seoul said, adding that Bush's summit with South Korean President Kim Dae-Jung would focus on North Korea.
The first summit between Bush and Kim was held in Washington in March, after Bush froze rapprochement talks between North Korea and the United States.