Ministry of Culture to Reveal KFA Investigation Results Amid Controversies on Coach Selection and Match Fixing

Other controversies, such as match fixing forgiveness, will be announced later.

Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Yoo In-chon (left) attends an investigation into current affairs 2024.9.24 News 1 As previously mentioned, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism will announce the results of the investigation on Korea Football Association (KFA) on the 2nd of next month.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism announced on the 27th, “We will announce the results of the examination related to the selection of the KFA national team coach at 10 am on October 2 in information room 203 of the Government Complex Annex Seoul. ” The second Vice Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Jang Mi-ran will also be present at the meeting on this day.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism decided to investigate KFA, which was involved in a dispute regarding the appointment of coach Hong Myung-bo last July. They not only investigated the process of hiring coach Hong, but also investigated whether there were any problems with the entire operation process of KFA, and as a final step, the investigation team met with President KFA Chung Mong-gyu.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, which has been investigating KFA for about two months, will first reveal whether there were any problems in the selection process for Director Hong during this meeting.

We plan to announce a number of operational disputes, such as forgiveness for those involved in match fixing and the construction of the Cheonan Soccer Centre, at a later date.

Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Yoo In-chon expressed the opinion in an inquiry into current affairs at the Committee of Culture, Sports and Tourism held at the National Assembly on the 24th “if there were procedural problems in the selection process of Director Hong Myung-bo, it was not a normal appointment. “

(Seoul = News 1)