The xx " They are bringing people from countries that don't have snow, from Southeast Asia, from Africa , and they they've got good attentions intentions in trying to make Pyeongchang and an area where it's not just a center central to Korea. "

But Lee says the hot hard part is making Pyeongchang's facilities meet international expectations. The area does not have much in the way of après-ski culture, and major transportation projects are planned to make the three-hour trip from Seoul a little less of a tracktrek.

But Lee says he's confident that the Koreans will have it all done by 2018. " There are a lot of things that need to be built, but it's being been one of the those things we will do it once we promised this these games , and I think, yeah, they definitely do have a long way to go, but . But the fact that they had have the support of the Olympic Committee now, the nation is fully xxbehind it. "

South Korea becomes the 2nd second Asian nation, after Japan, to hold the Winter Games.

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