S. Korea won't cut number of cities hosting World Cup games

S. Korea won't cut number of cities hosting World Cup games

The heads of the South Korean cities and provincial governments to host 2002 World Cup soccer games meet in Seoul on Wednesday Oct. 14. Park Seh Jik, the head of the country's 2002 World Cup organizing committee, told the meeting that the games will be hosted in 10 Korean cities as originally planned. The World Cup matches are to be jointly staged with Japan.

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