South Korea's presidential office says there's still no word from Pyeongyang about a visit to Seoul by Kim Jong-un.
Still, a senior official says the presidential office is doing what it can to prepare... while it waits for a proposal.
Our Blue House correspondent Shin Se-min has the details.
South Korea... still waiting, says there's nothing to announce yet.
The president's press secretary said Sunday, in a text message to pool reporters -- that there "appear to be no signs of progress" regarding a possible visit to Seoul by North Korea's Kim Jong-un.
The same day, the president's spokesperson, Kim Eui-kyeom, said the administration has been preparing and is leaving all the possibilities open.
But he said nothing has been decided and that Seoul has no intention of rushing... because a visit by Kim needs to be considered in every aspect.
There's been intense speculation about whether Kim will actually make his way down south this month,... a trip that would be a first for a North Korean leader.
Local reports have claimed that Kim could be planning a three-day stay in Seoul and that South Korean officials are busy making hush-hush preparations.
The top office, however, has flat out denied such reports... while saying that it's leaving all the doors open for Kim to come before the years' end or early in the new year.
A senior official at the Presidential Office said the Blue House proposed no specific date to Pyeongyang for Kim's visit... and that while it's doing what it can in terms of preparation,... it can't do anything concrete since there's nothing no way to predict what'll happen.
The official added that communications between Seoul and Pyeongyang have not been cut off.
According to officials from the top office,... given the time needed to put together an historic event like this, the Blue House would need the North to send notice by this weekend.
Shin Se-min, Arirang News.
