Lee Hee Beom, president of the Pyeongchang Olympics' organizing committee said that coaxing spectators into buying tickets for less-popular events remains a problem three months ahead of the games' start on Feb. 9.Lee said Monday that funding issues are a thing of the past for the games in South Korea and excitement is building, but that ticket sales for some competitions are not up to snuff."The financial side had been a big problem," Lee said. "At one time, we were looking at a 300-billion-won shortfall (about $270 million), but we've had the cooperation of public corporations, and have n…READ FULL ARTICLE
