South Korea to scale back military exemptions for athletes Rewrite the following news story as a viral, SEO-optimized article using HTML headings ( , , etc.) for all sections and sub-headings. Only output the article body. — After the national football team claimed victory at the Asian Games last week, public criticism centred on tournament captain Lee Gi-hyuk, who proclaimed in a post-match interview: “I am not going to the military.”A video of Newcastle United under-21s player Park Seung-soo, wearing a military discharge cap tilted to one side and giving a salute with a smile, further fuelled the outcry.”I believe there is a broad public consensus that the system should be made fairer and subject to stricter standards,” sports minister Chae Hwi-young told MPs during a parliamentary audit on Wednesday.”We have no choice but to move in the direction of scaling it back,” he said.Relevant government agencies would work together to produce “comprehensive measures”, he added, without giving details. Source: WorldNewsAPI | Read original
