South Korean President Moon Jae In's special envoys will make a two-day visit to Pyongyang from Monday, the presidential office said Sunday, at a time when inter-Korean relations are improving.

The group, composed of five special envoys and five working-level officials, will be led by Chung Eui Yong, head of the National Security Office, the office said. The focus is on whether they will hold direct talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

Seoul and Pyongyang will "comprehensively discuss" issues, such as how to prepare for U.S.-North Korea dialogue toward denuclearization on the Korean Peninsula, an official of the presidential office said.

The group is scheduled to enter North Korea by special plane on Monday afternoon, the office said.

South Korea would be forced to decide in the not-so-distant future whether to resume joint military drills with the United States, as the North has denounced them as rehearsals for invasion.

Moon is eager to maintain the momentum of talks to prevent the possible resumption of the joint military drills from rekindling tensions between North Korea and the United States.

Washington and Seoul have agreed to suspend their joint drills until the March 18 end of the Pyeongchang Winter Paralympics in South Korea, to which the North has pledged to send its athletes.

The envoys include Suh Hoon, director of the National Intelligence Service. Suh, known as a specialist on North Korea, coordinated summits between the two Koreas in 2000 and 2007.

Chung, meanwhile, is in charge of communication with U.S. government officials.

After the trip to Pyongyang, the envoys will also visit the United States to explain the outcome of their visit to North Korea, the office added.

The South Korean government said last week that Moon has told U.S. President Donald Trump of his plan to send a special envoy to the North in a telephone conversation.

Moon's office said the envoys will visit in return for North Korea's dispatch of Kim Yo Jong, Kim Jong Un's younger sister and close aide, as part of Pyongyang's high-level delegation to the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics in South Korea last month.

Chung and Suh met with Kim Yo Jong and other North Korean officials during their visit to South Korea.