South Korean Presidential Office: ”No decision has been made regarding Prime Minister Kishida's visit to South Korea”... ”President Yoon is ready to meet at any time”

On the 20th, the South Korean presidential office said in response to a report that "Prime Minister Fumio Kishida may visit South Korea in early September and hold a summit meeting with President Yoon Seok-yeol," "No decision has been made yet.
"Even before Kishida decided not to run in the LDP presidential election, the Japanese side had expressed its intention for Prime Minister Kishida to visit Korea," a senior official in the South Korean presidential office said on the same day.
"This matter has been discussed since I announced that I would not run, but nothing has been decided yet," he said. "President Yoon is a second-former in shuttle diplomacy between Korea and Japan, and he is open to Kishida at any time."
"Kishida is considering a plan to visit South Korea before he leaves office to meet President Yoon and hold a summit," Kyodo News quoted a diplomatic source as saying.
However, Kyodo News reported, "There is critical public opinion in South Korea against the Yoon administration over the registration of the Sado Gold Mine as a World Heritage Site, so it is possible that the South Korean government may view this visit negatively."
"It cannot be ruled out," he said, explaining that "the possibility of holding a summit meeting is fluid."