SEOUL -- China's special representative for Korean affairs is set to visit South Korea this week for talks, the foreign ministry said here Tuesday.

Wu Dawei will arrive in Seoul on Thursday for a three-day stay here, during which he will sit down with his South Korean counterpart Wi Sung-lac.

The envoy and his counterparts will discuss his recent three- day visit to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) and its nuclear issues, according to the ministry.