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According to Yonhap News,
(JEONJU=Yonhap News) North Jeolla Province will conduct marketing campaigns in the U.S. following Africa and South America to host the 25th World Scouting Jamboree 2023.
North Jeolla Governor Song Ha-Jin and representatives from the Korea Scout Association will attend the 26th Inter-american Scout Conference taking place in the U.S. from October 27 to promote Saemangeum as a venue for the event.
The provincial governor will meet high-ranking figures of Scout Associations of a number of countries participating in the conference and visit Charleston, U.S., the host city of the 2019 event.
After being selected as a candidate city last September, North Jeolla is competing with Poland. A final winner will be announced at the 41st general assembly of the World Organization of the Scout Movement set for next August in Azerbaijan.
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Source: Yonhap News (Oct. 24, 2016)
** This article was translated from the Korean.