South Korea minister offers to quit in another hit for president

Bloomberg

South Korea’s education minister offered to resign over a plan to reduce the school entry age a year to five, which ignited a backlash and dented already weak support for President Yoon Suk Yeol.
Park Soon-ae, one of four women in Yoon’s 18-member cabinet, submitted her resignation Monday, saying she was stepping down after about a month on the job as she faced headwinds against school system reform. Yoon was likely to accept the resignation after deciding to remove her from the cabinet, Yonhap News Agency reported.
“I would like to resign my position as education minister,” Park said at a brief news conference covered live on national television. “I take responsibility for all the controversies, including the restructuring of the school system. I pray for a better future for our children.” The dust up over the school system is one of several stumbles for Yoon that added to the woes of his government as it struggles to find support after about three months in power.