Anchor: The International Olympics Committee (IOC) has drawn to a close the possibility of spreading the venue of the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics to outside of South Korea. Gunilla Lindberg, chair of the IOC Coordination Commission for the Pyeongchang games reaffirmed to KBS her organization's stance that there will be no sharing.
Our Kim Soyon reports.
 
Report: Chairwoman Gunilla Lindberg of the IOC Coordination Commission for the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics stressed that there can be no sharing of the Olympics if it's not supported by the South Korean organizing committee. 
 
[Sound bite: Gunilla Lindberg - Chair of IOC Coordination Commission for Pyeongchang Winter Olympics (English)]
"It's finished if you don't change your mind."
 
Lindberg made the remark to KBS as she arrived in South Korea Tuesday for talks with Korean Olympic organizers. 
 
The confirmation comes after the presidential office as well as the organizing committee declared that spreading the games' venues to North Korea or Japan is unacceptable. 
 
Likewise, the Olympic authority is believed to have not delivered its list of 12 candidate cities for sharing the games to the Pyeongchang organizing committee. The IOC initially planned to make recommendations by late December.
 
The IOC officials said the idea of sharing venues wasn't to pressure Pyeongchang.
 
[Sound bite: Gunilla Lindberg - Chair of IOC Coordination Commission for Pyeongchang Winter Olympics (English)]
"It is to say how we can help organizing committees to have a lower budget."
 
Focus is now on Pyeongchang's preparations. A dozen IOC officials including Lindberg are now inspecting facilities in Pyeongchang.
Kim Soyon, KBS World Radio News.