Following an earlier decision allowing Buddhist figures to visit North Korea, the government has approved a trip to the North by Hyundai Asan officials.
 
The Unification Ministry said Friday it is allowing a cross border visit by Hyundai Asan to carry out urgent safety inspections ahead of the summer season. The inspections will take place at South Korean facilities built in the North's Mount Geumgang resort.
 
On Monday, a seven member team headed by managing director Kim Young-soo will begin its two-day trip. The party, however, is known to have no intention of meeting with North Korean officials.
 
Each year, Hyundai Asan sends staff to check on facilities in the North Korean mountain resort ahead of the winter and summer seasons. 
 
Earlier, the government also approved a visit to the North by a Buddhist community to hold an inter-Korean joint memorial to mark 70 years since the death of Han Yong-un, a Buddhist monk and independence activist. 
 
Thirty Buddhist figures, including officials of the Jogye Buddhist Order, will visit the North on Sunday to attend a joint memorial with North Korea's Chosun Buddhist Federation at Singye Temple in Mount Geumgang.