YOGYAKARTA, Indonesia, May 29 (Xinhua) -- Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has decided to postpone visits to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) and South Korea due to the deadly earthquake hitting Yogyakarta and Central Java, a presidential spokesman said on Monday.

    "The President wants to closely monitor rescue and rehabilitation works in the earthquake-hit areas. The visits to DPRK, earlier scheduled for June 5-7, and South Korea, set for June 7-9, will be rescheduled later, but the dates have yet to be fixed," presidential spokesman, Dino Patti Djalal said here.

    "We have informed respective embassies of both countries on this matter," Dino said.

    He said that despite the postponement, Yudhoyono is still committed to visiting the two countries.

    Yudhoyono, who has been here since last Saturday evening, is scheduled to visit earthquake victims living in emergency camps in Yogyakarta and Central Java on Monday.

    The earthquake measuring 5.9 on the Richter scale jolted Yogyakarta and parts of Central Java and East Java provinces early Saturday morning.

    The quake's epicenter was located in the Indian Ocean, about 37.6 kilometers southwest of Yogyakarta at a depth of 33 km. The quake was felt at between 5th and 6th levels of Modified Marcelli Intensity (MMI) in Yogyakarta, and at between 6th and 7th MMI in Klaten, Central Java. Enditem