South and North Korea have finalized the members and schedules of their delegations which will visit each other this week to prepare for the upcoming Winter Olympics. 

North Korea consented on Sunday to South Korea's plan to send an advance team this week to prepare for a joint cultural event at Mount Geumgang and for joint training sessions of the two Koreas' ski athletes at a North Korean ski resort.

Last week, the South's government proposed sending a 12-member team to the Mount Geumgang area and Masikryong Ski Resort in the North's eastern region for three days beginning Tuesday.
 
The two Koreas plan to hold a joint cultural event in the Mount Geumgang area, and their skiers will train together at the ski compound

A Unification Ministry official said Sunday that the North hoped that during the advance team's trip to the North, the two sides will hold sufficient consultations on issues discussed at the recent inter-Korean working-level talks. 

North Korea also notified South Korea on Sunday that it will send an advance team this week to check facilities ahead of the North's participation in the Olympics. 

The North said in a notice that the eight-member advance team, led by Yun Yong-bok, a deputy director general at the North's Sports Ministry, will visit South Korea for three days beginning Thursday. Yun traveled to South Korea in 2014 for such an inspection before the North joined the Incheon Asian Games.