"The South Korean government will ensure that the 2018 Winter Games are safe and secure if we have the (honor) of being selected as host city," Cho Yang-ho, chair of the Pyeongchang 2018 bid committee, said in an (interview) with The Associated Press.
Tensions have soared since the North's artillery strike Tuesday (destroyed) large parts of an (island) in the South, killing two civilians as well as two marines in a major escalation of sporadic skirmishes along the sea border.