SEOUL, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- North Korea Red Cross delegates say they will travel to South Korea to discuss allowing the reunion of families separated by the Korean War in exchange for aid.
The talks, set for Thursday, are expected to be held at the South Korean Customs, Immigration and Quarantine building close to the border, South Korea's Yonhap News Agency reported Friday.
Talks began in October and continued into early November in the North.
This round of meetings will mark the first time delegates from the North have come South since South Korean President Kim Dae-jung's funeral in August 2009, Yonhap said.
Thursday's negotiations are expected to revolve around the price the South is willing to pay for regular reunions of millions of Koreans separated by the border.
The North says they will agree to the reunions in exchange for the "humanitarian aid" of 500,000 tons of rice and 300,000 tons of fertilizer.
South Korea says the requested amount exceeds the humanitarian scale.
