An advance team of a North Korean orchestra on Monday checked out facilities in Seoul where the ensemble will perform during the Winter Olympics next month.

The seven-member delegation, headed by Hyon Song Wol, the head of the Samjiyon Orchestra, arrived in Seoul by a high-speed train from Gangneung earlier Monday where they stayed overnight and inspected the venues for their performances on the occasion of the Feb. 9-25 Olympics.

The delegation, the first to visit the South in connection with the Pyeongchang games, crossed over to South Korea via a western land route on Sunday for a two-day visit and is scheduled to return home later Monday.

Earlier Monday, the delegation checked out two gyms and the National Theater of Korea, according to Yonhap News Agency.

Meanwhile, a civic group burned a picture of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and the North Korean flag in front of the Seoul train station, but was put under control immediately by police, Yonhap said.

In Gangnueng, a city 240 kilometers east of Seoul, the delegation inspected the Gangneung Arts Center and also toured Olympic venues.

The orchestra, together with singers and dancers, is slated to perform in Seoul, in addition to Gangneung in Gangwon Province where the Winter Games will be held.

Hyon is better known as the leader of the North's all-female Moranbong Band.

At working-level talks on Jan. 15, the two Koreas agreed on the North sending the orchestra for concerts in Seoul and Gangneung.

At the talks, the North Korean side said the program will likely consist of "folk songs and masterpieces that fit the theme of unification and are well known to both South and North Koreans."

Earlier this month, the Koreas held their first official talks in more than two years, with the North showing interest in sending a delegation of athletes, a 230-person cheering squad and high-ranking government officials to the games. The two countries have since held working-level talks.

The developments came after Kim struck a conciliatory note on relations with South Korea in his New Year's address amid tensions over Pyongyang's continued development of nuclear and ballistic weapons.