While the Chinese were making a concentrated attack against the South Korean front, the North Korean forces that had infiltrated the UN rear were cutting the South Korean withdrawal route
ह्या स्पर्धेचे यजमानपद दक्षिण कोरियाच्या सोल शहराला मिळाले होते, परंतु आर्थिक अडचणी तसेच उत्तर कोरियाकडून धमक्या ह्या कारणांस्तव सोलने ह्या स्पर्धेचे आयोजन करण्यास नकार दिला.