Jeonbuk Province denies Olympic hosting withdrawal; to take legal action against false claims

Jeonbuk Province: "'Withdrawal of solo Olympic hosting' is not true... Taking legal action against false claims" (1st Report) News1. Jeonbuk Province emphasized that the claims circulating in some quarters regarding the "abandonment of the solo hosting of the 2036 Jeonju Summer Olympics" are "clearly false claims that differ from the facts." On the 18th, Kim Jong-pil, head of the province's 2036 Olympic Bid Committee...
They don't want to withdraw, but they feel they lack the capacity and infrastructure to host it.
They were thinking of piggybacking on Seoul for various things,
but now that they've been exposed, are they overreacting?