S. Korea regrets Japan's change of 2002 World Cup title

S. Korea regrets Japan's change of 2002 World Cup title

SEOUL, South Korea - Chung Mong Joon, head of the South Korean football association and co-chairman of the (South) Korean Organizing Committee for the 2002 FIFA World Cup (KOWOC), attends a news conference in Seoul on Jan. 16. Chung said it was ''regrettable'' that Japan has apparently reneged on an earlier agreement and changed the word order on its Japanese ticket application forms for the 2002 World Cup from ''Korea-Japan'' to ''Japan-Korea''.

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