The two Koreas agreed Monday that a 140-member North Korean art troupe will visit South Korea next month amid the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, while they also decided to continue talks Wednesday on North Korea's participation in the games.

According to a five-point statement released at the end of working-level talks at the border truce village of Panmunjeom, two Koreas agreed that the Samjiyon Orchestra and other entertainers will perform in Seoul and Gangneung, a city 240 kilometers east of the capital that will host some Olympic events.

Also agreed was the North's sending of an advance inspection team to the South in the near future to check preparatory works related to the performances, the statement says.

"North Korea said that programs will likely consist of folk songs and masterpieces that fit the theme of unification and are well known to both South and North Koreans," Lee Woo Sung, the South's chief delegate, was quoted as saying by Yonhap News Agency.

A Unification Ministry official said the North has requested the use of a land route across the border at the truce village, while the South agreed to guarantee safety and convenience for the art troupe, according to Yonhap.

For Wednesday's vice-ministerial-level talks in Panmunjeom, the North intends to send a three-member delegation led by Jon Jong Su, vice chairman of the Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Fatherland, a state agency in charge of inter-Korean affairs, while the South's three-member delegation will be led by Vice Unification Minister Chun Hae Sung, the Unification Ministry said.

It said Monday's director-general-level talks focused on "technical matters regarding the schedule, venue and how to set the stage" for the art troupe's visit.

For Monday's talks, Pyongyang sent four art officials, including Hyon Song Wol, a well-known singer who led a December 2015 visit to China

The talks came after the two Koreas agreed last Tuesday, in the first formal meeting between the two nations in more than two years, to work out the details of North Korean participation in the Feb. 9-25 Winter Olympics through a series of meetings.

North Korea agreed then to send a delegation, including athletes, cheerleaders and the orchestra, as well as high-ranking government officials, to the Olympics.

For Monday's talks, Pyongyang sent four art officials, including Hyon Song Wol, a well-known singer who led a December 2015 visit to China by the Moranbong Band, a popular all-female music group formed by leader Kim Jong Un.

The talks were held at Tongilgak, a North Korean-controlled building in the Demilitarized Zone that divides the two Koreas, while Wednesday's talks will be held at the "Peace House," a South Korean-controlled building in the same truce village.

South Korea expects that the total number of visitors from North Korea for the Olympics will be 400 to 500 people.