Hong Myung-bo, head coach of the South Korean males’s nationwide soccer staff (Yonhap)
President Yoon Suk Yeol instructed the sports activities ministry to uncover the reality behind the appointment of the nationwide soccer staff’s head coach and provide you with measures to reinforce transparency within the hiring course of.
Yoon made the decision after Tradition, Sports activities and Tourism Minister Yu In-chon briefed him on the ministry’s probe into the Korea Soccer Affiliation (KFA)’s controversial number of Hong Myung-bo as the top coach of the South Korean males’s squad in July, presidential spokesperson Jeong Hye-jeon stated in a written briefing.
“The nationwide staff must be a supply of delight for the folks of South Korea,” Yoon was quoted as saying. “In terms of choosing the coach of the nationwide soccer staff, which receives nice consideration and love from the general public, the method have to be truthful and carried out responsibly from the start.”
The ministry plans to announce the interim outcomes of its probe on Wednesday.
Throughout a parliamentary session final week, KFA President Chung Mong-gyu and different officers confronted robust questioning over skipping its vetting course of to nominate Hong after spending the 5 earlier months interviewing overseas candidates.
Hong, who first coached South Korea on the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, defended the hiring course of through the session and defied requires his resignation. (Yonhap)
