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Cho Yang-ho Resigns As Head Of PyeongChang Games Committee

The PyeongChang Winter Olympics Organizing Committee today said that Cho Yang-ho "has resigned" as President of the body to "focus on his troubled Hanjin Shipping business." Cho "had been at the helm" of POCOG since August '14 and was "widely credited for bringing sponsors on board and giving stalled preparations for the Games a shot in the arm." His departure "leaves organizers scrambling to find a replacement just 646 days before the start" of the '18 Games (REUTERS, 5/3).

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