Asian Games champion Korea on Wednesday became the second team to pull out of the Champions Trophy [ Images ] men's hockey tournament to be held in Lahore [ Images ].

Koreans decided to give a miss to the tournament, to be held between December 1 and 9, in the wake of Tuesday's twin blasts in Rawalpindi, which killed 25 people.

"Korean Hockey Federation held a meeting in Seoul and decided against the country's participation in Champions Trophy," Korean coach Myung Jun Cho and skipper Seo Jong Ho told reporters at the post match conference after a drawn encounter against China at the Asia Cup tournament in Chennai.

Olympic [ Images ] champion Australia [ Images ] have already pulled of the tournament.