The national soccer coach for South Korea, Hong Myung-bo, has decided to step down from his position.
The news comes after the national team's unexpectedly early elimination from this year's FIFA World Cup. He shared his decision to depart from the team on Sunday when they were still at the base camp in Mexico.
What was shocking is how he took complete responsibility for the team's failure to deliver the expected results that the public had anticipated.
The move comes after very intense public criticism from the country's President Lee Jae-myung. He expressed extreme frustration and fury over the country's losses to teams such as South Africa and Mexico. He similarly slammed the team's leadership as incapable and the reason for the loss.
Furthermore, the President shared how such an outcome was predictable while warning that personal decisions continue to determine everything.