With less than a day remaining until the much-anticipated inter-Korean governmental talks in Seoul, the two Koreas are still struggling to decide who will represent each side.

A South Korean official said Tuesday that liaison officers of Seoul and Pyongyang exchanged their lists of five delegates at 1 p.m., but the North raised an issue with the level of Seoul's chief negotiator.

The two sides have been working on finding a happy medium since the initial exchange through a direct telephone line.

The South Korean official refused to mention whom the two sides initially put on the list. The official added that it wouldn't take long for the two governments to reach a compromise considering the meeting starts Wednesday.

It has been speculated that the South listed a deputy-ministerial official as its delegation chief. The South Korean government has been mulling lowering the level of its chief negotiator unless the North's delegation is led by the Director of the United Front Department of the ruling Workers' Party, Kim Yang-gon.