President Yoon Suk Yeol instructed the sports activities ministry to uncover the reality behind the appointment of the nationwide soccer crew’s head coach and provide you with measures to boost 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 choice of Hong Myung-bo as the pinnacle coach of the South Korean males’s squad in July, presidential spokesperson Jeong Hye-jeon stated in a written briefing.
“The nationwide crew ought to be a supply of delight for the folks of Korea,” Yoon was quoted as saying. “In relation to deciding on the coach of the nationwide soccer crew, which receives nice consideration and love from the general public, the method should be honest 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 Korea on the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, defended the hiring course of through the session and defied requires his resignation. (Yonhap)