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Jan. 2, 2011 / 7:48 PM

Bosworth to Asia to discuss Koreas' future

U.S. special envoy to North Korea Stephen Bosworth holds an impromptu press conference in the lobby of a hotel in Beijing on November 23, 2010. The White House issued a statement on the North Korean shelling of a South Korean island saying, "The United States strongly condemns this attack and calls on North Korea to halt its belligerent action and to fully abide by the terms of the Armistice Agreement." UPI/Stephen Shaver

U.S. special envoy to North Korea Stephen Bosworth holds an impromptu press conference in the lobby of a hotel in Beijing on November 23, 2010. The White House issued a statement on the North Korean shelling of a South Korean island saying, "The United States strongly condemns this attack and calls on North Korea to halt its belligerent action and to fully abide by the terms of the Armistice Agreement." UPI/Stephen Shaver | License Photo

WASHINGTON, Jan. 2 (UPI) -- U.S. Ambassador Stephen Bosworth will travel to Asia Jan. 3-7 to discuss "next steps" on the Korean Peninsula, the State Department said Sunday.

Bosworth, the special representative for North Korea policy, will arrive in Seoul Tuesday and travel to Beijing Wednesday, the department said in a statement. He will go to Tokyo Thursday.

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Bosworth with discuss next steps on the Korean Peninsula with senior officials on all three stops.

Sung Kim, special envoy for six-party talks, will accompany Bosworth to Seoul and Beijing.

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