Washington, Jan 11, SPA -- U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice plans to attend next month’s inauguration of the next South Korean President-elect, a U.S. official said on Thursday. Rice, who will attend the ceremony for Lee Myung-bak in Seoul, would also make other stops in the region during her trip, according to the official. The inauguration is scheduled to take place on February 25, 2008. Rice’s trip comes amid an effort by the United States to revive the deal under which North Korea agreed to give up nuclear arms in exchange for economic and diplomatic aid. North Korea missed a year-end deadline to make a complete declaration of its nuclear programs, delaying implementation of a 2005 agreement under which it promised to abandon all nuclear weapons and programs for the incentives.--SPA www.spa.gov.sa/516611