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The Korea Times reports that Korean lawmakers want legislation to encourage local administrations competing to host international games such as the Olympics, the World Cup and the Asian Games simultaneously to better manage their campaigns so that they aren't counter-productive to one another.

Thirty-five Democratic Party lawmakers are campaigning for the legislation. The bill is designed to raise the success rates of host bids and maximize practical state assistance through pre-screening various local governments' campaigns.

The legislation is getting wider support because one of the reasons PyeongChang lost its bid for the 2014 Winter Games was due to Incheon's successful bid for the 2018 Asian Games, reports The Korea Times.

Last week Busan Korea, the host city of the 2002 Asian Games, said it was bidding for the 2020 Summer Olympics. But PyeongChang is now making its third attempt to host a Winter Olympics, this time in 2018. Both bid cities know the International Olympic Committee won't allow the two Korean cities to host both the Summer and Winter Games, and the two bid cities don't show any signs of backing down said The Korea Times.

Meanwhile the Korea Football Association said it will go after the World Cup in either 2018 or 2022.

Rep. Song Min-soon of the Democratic Party told The Korea Times "many central and local government agencies are concurrently joining the intense competition to hold international events in Korea. However some of our budgetary and diplomatic capacity has been put to waste due to lack of coordination for bidding schedules or general assessment of national interests".

Song added, "before local governments enter the bid race for large scale international events like the World Cup, the Asian games or the International Expo, the central government needs to step in and conduct an overall assessment of the costs and benefits and coordinate their international biddings, thereby raising the possibility of our cities coming out as the winners".

If the bill is passed, a Prime Ministerial committee will be established to review the coordinating bids for international events. Members of the committee will include officials from the Office of the Prime Minister and the foreign, culture and finance ministries.

Any local government bodies or private organizations with an intent to host an international event must submit an outline of its bidding plans to the central government body for review at the Prime Ministerial committee.

(Source: Gamesbids.com)