The advance team also includes Tak Hyun-min, a protocol presidential aide to President Moon Jae-in. Tak previously organized K-pop concerts and is currently designing major events at the presidential office Cheong Wa Dae.

South Korea's art troupe will include pop singers, including contemporary Korean pop legend Cho Yong-pil, the five-member girl group Red Velvet and Seohyun, a former member of South Korean pop group Girls' Generation.

The set lists for concerts were not decided at inter-Korean talks held Tuesday at the truce village of Panmunjom, according to Yoon Sang, a popular composer named the musical director for Seoul's art troupe.

The advance team and the art troupe are expected to stay at the Koryo Hotel in Pyongyang, which has been frequented by foreigners visiting the North.

Baik said that South Korea is fully consulting with the US over the planned performances to prevent its preparations from hampering international sanctions on North Korea. (Yonhap)