North Korea has finally accepted a list of South Korean journalists who were invited for the dismantling of the North's Punggye-ri nuclear test site. 

The Unification Ministry in Seoul said that it sent the list on Wednesday morning during a phone call at the truce village of Pamnumjeon and it was accepted by Pyongyang. 

The ministry said that North Korea will swiftly take necessary steps for the South Korean reporters' trip, including approval and support for transport. 

The Seoul government is reportedly mulling sending the reporters on a direct flight to Wonsan in North Korea. 

Foreign reporters from the U.S., Britain, Russia and China arrived in Wonson from Beijing on an Air Koryo flight on Tuesday, but South Korean reporters were not permitted to board the plane as the North Korean Embassy in Beijing refused to issue visas despite the fact they had been invited.