SEOUL, May 15 (Xinhua) -- A delegation of the South Korean Red Cross is to seek medical cooperation including exchange of human resources with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) during an upcoming visit to Pyongyang, a Red Cross official said Monday.

    "Inter-Korean cooperation in the medical sector is necessary for the future of Koreans," said Chang Suk-jun, secretary-general of the Red Cross, in an interview with local cable TV MBN.

    "The most important thing in the inter-Korean medical cooperation is the exchange of human resources working in the medical sector," he said, adding that the South Korean Red Cross plans to discuss ways to train DPRK medical manpower and provide medical equipment to the country during its head's visit to Pyongyang.

    South Korean Red Cross President Han Wan-sang, accompanied by 40 people including heads of South Korean hospitals, will fly to Pyongyang on Tuesday for a five-day visit.

    The Yonhap News said Han will send medical supplies and equipment worth more than 3.7 billion won, or 3.9 million U.S. dollars, to the DPRK during his trip.

    Han is also expected to discuss the reunions of separated families from the two Koreas with his counterpart in the DPRK and try with efforts to expand the number and scale of the reunions. Enditem