A group of Korean-American physicians plan to visit Pyongyang for its annual medical exchange in May, Voice of America reported on Sunday.

“The invitation (to the medical exchange) arrived, as usual, from the North a month ago,” U.S.-DPRK Medical Science Exchange chairman Park Moon-jae was quoted as saying. “It invited Korean-American doctors to hold a forum so we are supposed to visit, as usual, in the first week of May.”

The group has been visiting Pyongyang for 17 years.

The group will cooperate with North Korean doctors in treatment and operations including obstetrics, neurosurgery and breast reconstruction. It is also