The president of the Korea Football Association was bombarded with criticism after visiting the Olympic host city of Paris. What's the reason?

The Paris Olympics, where fierce competition was taking place, came to a close on the 11th. South Korea won a total of 32 medals (13 gold, 9 silver, and 10 bronze).
The team far exceeded their goal of winning five or more gold medals and finishing in the top 15. Meanwhile, soccer, a popular sport in Korea, missed out on participating in this tournament.
The disappointment of the Korean people over not being able to make it to the stage was huge, and this was one of the reasons for the Korean people's declining interest in the tournament. Meanwhile, Jeong Mong-kyu, president of the Korea Football Association, recently
Criticism is mounting after it was revealed that South Korea visited Paris. On social media, comments such as, "Why are they going there when South Korean soccer couldn't participate in the Olympics? It's embarrassing."
South Korea sent a total of 262 people to this year's tournament, including 144 players and 118 managers and coaches. The number of people sent was significantly smaller than in the previous tournament, and the largest since the 1976 Montreal tournament.
It was the lowest number in the summer. In order to participate in this tournament, South Korea struggled in the battle for the right to participate in team ball games. The only team ball game they participated in was women's handball.
This led to the scale reduction. In April, the men's soccer team lost 10-11 to Indonesia in the quarterfinals of the U-23 (under 23) Asian Cup, which also served as the final Asian qualifying tournament for the Paris Olympics, and lost their 10th consecutive tournament.
At the time, South Korean media reported this result with surprise, saying, "South Korean soccer's 40-year streak of Olympic appearances has come to an end" (Chosun Ilbo).
In response to the results, the Korea Football Association issued an apology on its official website. "We, the Korea Football Association, who develop and support the national team, bear full responsibility.
"We are fully aware of this and are truly sorry," he said, adding, "We will thoroughly review the future training of players and coaches, and the management system of the national team, find ways to improve, and take measures to prevent mistakes like this from being repeated in the future."
Meanwhile, the Coaches' Association, which is an affiliate of the association, called for Chung's resignation in May. It issued a statement saying, "We will focus only on the performance of the national team, without paying attention to the current slumping performance of the team.
With the current leadership's policies, Korean soccer is only going backwards. Chairman Chung Mong-kyu should take full responsibility and step down. The failure to qualify for the Olympics was not a coincidence, but a disaster that was expected.
"I have been voicing my opinion for some time that the selection of the national team coach should be planned, but the current executive team, including the chairman, has only made stopgap selections. This disaster has occurred as a result of this overtime," he said.
The fact that the Korean national team was not able to play in the Paris Olympics was one of the reasons why Koreans had little interest in the tournament in the early stages. The opening ceremony on the 26th of last month was broadcast live by three terrestrial broadcasting stations.
However, the viewership ratings for the three stations combined was a low 3%, with public broadcaster KBS at 1.4%, MBC at 1.0%, and SBS at 0.6%. The Korean media Herald Business commented, "This situation is a major obstacle to the Olympics.
"This is a big shock to broadcasters who have invested huge sums in the rights to broadcast the games, making it difficult for them to balance their income and expenditures," the media outlet reported.
"The lowest viewership ratings recorded at the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics was due in part to the time slot being broadcast at dawn, but it is said that the main reason for this was a decline in interest in the Olympics," he explained.
Meanwhile, the Korean athletes competed fiercely in each of the events they participated in. Korea's "specialty" archery won five gold medals. The country won the women's team event for the 10th consecutive time and the men's team event for the 3rd consecutive time.
They also achieved the great feat of winning the mixed event for the second consecutive time. They also achieved their best results on the big stage in shooting, winning six medals (three gold and three silver), and fencing, winning two gold medals.
After initially showing little interest in the move, South Korea has been filled with joy. Meanwhile, criticism is growing over the fact that Korea Football Association Chairman Chung visited Paris.
The purpose of the visit was reportedly to meet with FIFA President Gianni Infantino. Infantino updated his social media account on the 7th (local time), saying, "My old friend Chung
"I was very happy to meet with Chairman Mongu at the FIFA office in Paris, France," he wrote. He also posted a commemorative photo of the two of them together.
The Herald Business newspaper reported, "Korean soccer fans are raising their voices in criticism. The Korean men's soccer team is
Despite failing to qualify for the Olympics for the first time in 20 years, criticism has been raised that the association president is busy with personal publicity activities at a time when he should be thinking about the development of soccer."
Chairman Chung recently published his autobiography, in which he writes, "If I were to rate the achievements I have made during my term, I would give them an 8 out of 10."
He said he gave this autobiography to Infantino, and on social media, he was asked, "Did the president of the Football Association go all the way to Paris just to promote his book and take photos?"
There have been a series of sarcastic comments, referring to the national team's lack of success.