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Talks of a possible summit between South Korea and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) are spreading among high-ranking officials here following President Lee Myung-bak's remark hinting at a possibility of a summit, local media reported Monday.

Seoul's government officials predict that a summit, if held, would take place in March or April considering apparent peace overtures from the DPRK, or after local elections in early June in order to avoid potential charges that a summit is politically motivated, according to Yonhap.

The upbeat mood among officials is in line with the president's remark in a recent interview with the British public broadcaster BBC that he might be able to meet with the DPRK's leader Kim Jong- il this year.

South Korea has said earlier after the president vowed to better inter-Korean ties that the government is not looking for a one-time event and that only denuclearization of the DPRK would lay the basis of normalization of their ties.

Seoul and Pyongyang held two major summits in the last decade, with the first in 2000 and the second in 2007, when the inter- Korean ties warmed under Seoul's liberal-leaning presidents Kim Dae-jung and Roh Moo-hyun.

Xinhua