Public outrage over Korean football reached a boiling point after the national team's group-stage exit from the World Cup last month. Discontent had been building especially since 2023, when the Korea Football Association (KFA) appointed and later dismissed former national team coach Juergen Klinsmann, before naming Hong Myung-bo as his successor in 2024. The sports ministry looked for any illegalities regarding the appointments. So did the police. The National Assembly called in KFA President Chung Mong-gyu and Hong to testify. Hong stepped down following Korea's defeat to South Africa last month. On Monday, Chung from the KFA resigned just hours before the inaugural meeting of the K-Football Innovation Committee. On Wednesday, football insiders, lawmakers, grassroots coaches and former players gathered at the National Assembly to examine what had gone wrong within the KFA. Participants agreed that Korean football is facing an unprecedented crisis during the two-hour emergency forum. Speakers described the current state of Korean football as marked by structural problems and warned that,