[I'll end the day with another dose of Korea related post.]  For some reason, Korean politicians visit Hoover Institution whenever they lose a Presidential Election.  This time, its two: Hwae-Chang Lee and Mong-Joon Jung.

Mr. Jung is a son of the founder of Hyundai and a Vice President of FIFA, the organization behind WorldCup.  At one point, he led int he polls, but lost out to Moo-Hyun No in an informal poll-based runoff to unify candidacy against Hwae-Chang Lee.  He helped Mr. No until the last hours and then quit because he was upset with Mr. No.  Needless to say, he became a laughing stock the next day when the Presidential Election results came in.  Mr. Jung is supposedly going to Hoover Institution to do some research into Asian politic.

Mr. Lee was the former leader of Han-Na-Ra-Dang, the conservative party in Korea with a large majority over others.  He is a prosecutor turned politician with a striking lack of charisma.  Still, everyone expected him to win until the few weeks of the Election.  After losing, Mr. Lee also announced that he is going to Hoover Institution to do research.

My opinion is that Korean politicians are using the Hoover Institution as a sort of political bandage or medal.  I don't know what kind of research Hoover Institution is doing on Korea, but I have yet to come across a useful Hoover report related to Korea.  Hey, if you Hoover guys want to do research about Korean politic, try going there to smell Kimchee and drink Soju.