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\n <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\nOn May 4, the Korea Sports Council announced that Kim had offered her resignation and would take responsibility for the matter that had been raised.<\/p>\n
Through the council, Kim issued a formal apology to the public and the sports community, saying she felt a heavy responsibility as a public official and would step down from her post.<\/p>\n
Criticism intensified after recordings surfaced of Kim\u2019s remarks to the family of \\”A,\\” a middle-school boxer who was punched and collapsed during last September\u2019s President\u2019s Cup national boxing tournament and remains unconscious.<\/p>\n
Kim initially told A\u2019s parents she would \\”take 100% responsibility,\\” but later reversed course. A transcript released to the media quotes Kim saying the child \\”had no chance from the start\\” and was \\”already brain-dead.\\” She also compared the case to a fatal marathon accident in which the family donated the victim\u2019s organs\u2014comments that provoked further outrage.<\/p>\n
Kim said she was \\”extremely offended\\” that the parents recorded their conversation, suggesting she wondered whether they might be trying to gain financially from their son\u2019s situation.<\/p>\n
As the controversy spread, Korea Sports Council President Yoo Seung-min abruptly cut short an overseas trip, returned to Seoul, suspended Kim\u2019s duties on May 1 and launched disciplinary proceedings. Kim announced her resignation three days after the suspension.<\/p>\n
The council said it recognizes the gravity of the case and will review its systems to ensure athlete protections operate without gaps, strengthen public-service ethics, enforce organizational discipline and focus all efforts on restoring public trust.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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