South and North Korea will exchange lists of candidates this week for upcoming temporary reunions of separated family members.

South Korea's National Red Cross said Tuesday that the South would give the North the names of 200 candidates on Wednesday, asking the communist government to locate the people on the list who want to be reunited with their South Korean families. The North will also undertake the same procedure.

The two Koreas will eventually whittle down their lists to one hundred names each, giving priority to the elderly and those with immediate surviving relatives.

The upcoming family reunions, the tenth since the landmark inter-Korean summit in 2000, is the only official channel through which separated family members in the two Koreas can meet their long-lost relatives.

The latest round of reunions were agreed upon during a meeting between South Korea's Red Cross Chief, Lee Yoon-gu, and his North Korean counterpart, Chang Jae-on, in Pyongyang.

The reunions will take place at North Korea's scenic Mount Geumgang resort on the North's east coast from July 11th to the 16th.