South Korea President Rips Coach After World Cup Exit

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung condemned the national team's premature World Cup exit, blaming favoritism and blasting coach Hong Myung-bo in a public rebuke.

President Lee said he was utterly baffled by the team's performance and demanded a sports ministry-led investigation into what went wrong.

He apologized to the nation and pointed the finger at incompetent people within the football association.

The president's extraordinary intervention came after South Korea failed to advance past the group stage, a result that sparked national disappointment.