Seoul(ANTARA News/Yonhap) - U.S. President Barack Obama is inviting South Korean people to submit questions online and will answer some of them during his visit to Seoul next week to attend a global summit on nuclear security, U.S. embassy officials here said Monday.

Obama is scheduled to visit South Korea to join the March 26-27 Nuclear Security Summit, which will draw representatives from 58 countries and international organizations, including some 48 heads of state.

Under the program named "Ask President Obama," Internet users can submit questions to the U.S. president through the U.S. embassy`s accounts on Twitter, Facebook and me2day, one of the major microblogging and social networking services in South Korea.

"You can ask President Obama any question, and if selected, he will answer it personally," the U.S. embassy said in a statement. "Because of the special relationship between the U.S. and Korea, he wants to hear from you."

It is the first time that Obama will hold such a program outside the U.S., an embassy official said.

Those who submit the 10 most interesting questions will receive a signed copy of Obama`s book "The Audacity of Hope," and the top three will receive a personal answer from Obama during his stay in Seoul, she said.

All questions must be submitted by Thursday at noon, she said.
(T.A045/H-AK)

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