Seoul will next week dispatch an advance inspection team to North Korea for a joint cultural event and joint training of North and South Korean skiers, the Ministry of Unification (MOU) announced on Sunday.

The South Korean government on Friday reportedly proposed that a 12-member delegation – to be led by the unification ministry’s Lee Joo-tae – visit for two nights and three days on January 23.

“The North agreed with the dispatch of the preliminary inspection team proposed by our side over the joint South-North cultural event in the region of Mt. Kumgang and the joint training of South and