Korean Air Lines Chairman Cho Yang-ho arrives to testify at the second court hearing of his daughter Cho Hyun-ah, also known as Heather Cho, at the Seoul Western District court in Seoul January 30, 2015. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji
SEOUL (Reuters) - Cho Yang-ho has resigned as head of the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics organising committee (POCOG) in order to focus on his troubled Hanjin Shipping business, the body said on Tuesday.
Cho, the chairman of South Korean conglomerate Hanjin Group, had been at the helm of the organising committee since August 2014 and was widely credited with bringing sponsors on board and giving stalled preparations for the Games a shot in the arm.
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