North and South Korea will hold a rare meeting of high-ranking officials on Wednesday, Feb 12, and are expected to discuss a range of issues including planned reunions of separated families, the South's Unification Ministry said on Tuesday, Feb 11, according to Reuters.

South Korean President Park Geun-hye's deputy national security advisor will lead a group of defense and security officials at the meeting at the truce village on the Korean border, ministry spokesman Kim Eui-do said.