Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice’s two-day visit to Seoul next week offers a chance for progress on the international standoff with North Korea over its nuclear weapons program, a senior South Korean official said Wednesday. Rice’s July 12-13 trip to South Korea — part of an Asia-wide tour including China, Thailand and Japan — “will be a good opportunity to have substantial discussions for an early resumption” of stalled multination nuclear talks, South Korean Foreign Minister Ban Ki-moon told reporters. Full Story