SEOUL - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton might make a stop in South Korea later this month, local reports said Monday.

Her potential Seoul visit, the first one since last July, might come after a scheduled visit to Japan following a meeting of the foreign ministers of NATO member countries in Germany in mid-April, Yonhap News Agency reported, citing unspecified diplomatic sources.

Her talks with senior officials here might center on issues including a uranium enrichment program recently claimed by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), and a two-way trade pact between Seoul and Washington, according to Yonhap.