South Korea is promising a cheaper and more beautiful G20 after watching the uproar over Toronto's imposing grey security fence and a final summits tab that ballooned past $1-billion.

As for the security costs, there will be no high-end hotel snacks or luxury linens for South Korean police officers. That's a key reason why South Korea says its budget will be "far below" what Toronto spent on back-to-back G7 and G20 summits earlier this year.

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