South Korean President Moon Jae-in will send a team of special envoys, including Seoul's spy chief, to the North on Monday to push for talks between Washington and Pyongyang on nuclear weapons.
The delegation, announced by Moon's office on Sunday, is the latest chapter in a remarkable Olympics-driven detente between the two Koreas.
Moon's spokesman said he chose five top officials, including top national security advisor Chung Eui-yong and spy chief Suh Hoon, to visit Pyongyang on Monday.
Yoon Young-chan told reporters that the special delegates will have extensive discussions over issues including creating conditions for North-US talks to denuclearise the Korean peninsula and improving inter-Korea ties.
Yoon said the 10-member group, five top delegates and five supporting officials, would fly to the North's capital Pyongyang on Monday afternoon before returning on Tuesday.
The delegation will then fly to the US to explain the result of the talks to officials in Washington, he added.
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