INDONESIAN PRESIDENT SUSILO BAMBANG YUDHOYONO PLANS TO VISIT NORTH KOREA AND THEN TRAVEL ON TO SOUTH KOREA NEXT MONTH, DPA QUOTED INDONESIA)S FOREIGN MINISTER HASSAN WIRAJUDA AS SAYING FRIDAY DURING A VISIT IN SEOUL. YUDHOYONO HAD TO POSTPONE A TRIP TO THE TWO KOREAS PLANNED FOR THIS WEEK AFTER LAST MONTH)S DEVASTATING EARTHQUAKE IN YOGYAKARTA IN JAVA ISLAND. 'THE PRESIDENT WILL BE VISITING PYONGYANG, NORTH KOREA, AND CONTINUES HIS VISIT TO SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA,' WIRAJUDA TOLD A PRESS CONFERENCE, FOLLOWING TALKS WITH HIS SOUTH KOREAN COUNTERPARK, BAN KI MOON. THE SOUTH KOREAN YONHAP NEWS AGENCY SAID, CITING DIPLOMATIC SOURCES, THAT THE INDONESIAN PRESIDENT WOULD LIKELY ARRIVE IN SEOUL ON JULY 19 FOR A THREE-DAY VISIT, FOLLOWED BY A TWO-DAY VISIT TO PYONGYANG. PRIOR TO THE CANCELLATION OF THE TRIP IN JUNE, THE INDONESIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY SAID THAT YUDHOYONO)S VISIT TO NORTH KOREA WOULD BE INTENDED TO BOOST THE REUNIFICATION PROCESS OF THE TWO KOREAS, INCLUDING FINDING A SOLUTION FOR NORTH KOREA)S NUCLEAR ISSUE.
