N . Korean delegation to tour concert halls in SeoulBy Joint Press Corps and Park Boram SEOUL / GANGNUENG , Jan . 22 ( Yonhap ) -- A North Korean delegation led by the powerful female head of a national orchestra moved to Seoul on Monday morning from the eastern city of Gangneung , on the second day of their two - day visit to inspect candidate venues for its planned art performances during next month ' s PyeongChang Winter Olympics . On Sunday , the seven - member team , led by Hyon Song - wol , the head of the Samjiyon Orchestra , visited two candidate auditoriums in Gangneung , a sub - host city of the games , 260 kilometers east of the capital . They are scheduled to inspect a few more concert halls in central Seoul on Monday and will cross the inter - Korean land border to go back to North Korea . North Korea agreed in recent working - level talks with the South to send a 140 - member art troupe to hold two concerts , in Seoul and Gangneung . The delegation is expected to report the results of their inspection to the North Korean government , which will make the final decision on when and where its proposed art performances will be staged . A crowd of people gathered in front of the hotel in Gangneung as the delegates were having breakfast on Monday morning . Hyon responded with only a subtle smile as journalists approached her and asked about her breakfast as the North Korean delegation boarded a train heading to Seoul earlier in the morning . The window blind of Hyon ' s train seat was drawn as the train departed for Seoul . The police barred access to Hyon ' s train compartment . pbr @ yna . co . kr ( END )