Bush Election 'Stopped Kim Jong-il Visiting Seoul' North Korean leader Kim Jong-il told China's then president Jiang Zemin in September 2001 he hesitated to return a historic visit from South Korean president Kim Dae-jung because he expected little gain from such a trip after George W. Bush became U.S president. Jiang quotes the remarks in a quasi-autobiography titled “For a Better World: Jiang Zemin's Overseas Visits.” “I’m weighing whether to make a return visit to South Korea. My visit to the South would show the world that Koreans can settle issues related to the Korean Peninsula by themselves,” it quotes...