Seoul is considering seeking an exemption from the so-called May 24 measures to allow the arrival of a North Korean art performance squad to the South via ferry, the unification ministry announced on Monday.

The 140-member Samjiyon Orchestra is scheduled to hold concerts on Thursday at the Gangneung Art Center and Sunday at the National Theater of Korea’s Haeoreum Grand Theater in Seoul.

Pyongyang on Sunday notified Seoul that it planned to send the art troupe to the South using the Mangyongbong-92 ship.

The use of the Mangyongbong-92 would, however, constitute a violation of Seoul’s May 24 sanctions, imposed in