Jeonbuk Governor Lee Won-taek "Continued cooperation with Seoul for positive co-hosting of the Olympics"

Jeonbuk Special Self-Governing Province Governor Lee Won-taek issued a statement on the 7th, following Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon's positive response to co-hosting the 2036 Summer Olympics, and said, "We will continue to discuss with the Seoul Metropolitan Government on ways to strengthen international competitiveness to host the Summer Olympics."

Governor Lee emphasized, “Today, Mayor Oh revealed his position on co-hosting the Olympics (through a press conference held on the 100th day of his inauguration),” and added, “More specific issues will be discussed at the working-level level as well.”

On this day, Mayor Oh said at a meeting at Seoul City Hall, "I have no reason to refuse if Jeonbuk requests a joint hosting," and added, "No matter what type of proposal is made, it will be a joint hosting, and I plan to accept it all."

However, he said, “We have to judge from the perspective of the International Olympic Committee (IOC),” and expressed concern that “if jointly held, we will face the wall of whether the IOC prefers to hold the games in a round trip between Seoul and Jeonju, which takes 2 to 3 hours.”

He also passed on the ball, saying, "(IOC) will judge where to build the athletes' village and press village as the most important factors, and a specific action plan must come from Jeonbuk."