A 280-member North Korean delegation, including cheerleaders and a taekwondo demonstration team, will arrive in South Korea Wednesday via the western border land route.

Seoul's Unification Ministry said Tuesday the North has notified that the delegation will arrive at the South Korean side of the Inter-Korean Transit Office at 9:30 a.m. 

The delegation led by Sports Minister Kim Il-guk also includes journalists and officials of North Korea's Olympic committee.

The roster conveyed by the North consists of four officials of the National Olympic Committee, 229 cheerleaders, 26 taekwondo demonstrators and 21 journalists for a total of 280 members.