Meager presence? British FM fails to name S. Korean President

U.K. Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson, a controversial supporter of Brexit, was spotted fleeing the scene after failing to name Park Geun-hye, the politically embroiled South Korean President. / Screen captured from YouTube

By Lee Han-soo

U.K. Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson, a controversial supporter of Brexit, was spotted fleeing the scene after failing to name Park Geun-hye, the politically embroiled South Korean President.

The question was asked during a live interview by Dermot Murnaghan, a reporter for Britain’s Sky News.

Instead of answering, Johnson avoided the question, removed the headset he had been wearing and was seen leaving the scene.

“We are not getting into a pub quiz about leaders around the world,” Johnson said before exiting. “I have a terrible feeling if I keep answering you, you will keep coming back with more.”

Murnaghan has long questioned British politicians about heads of foreign nations.

In September, he asked Emily Thornberry, the foreign secretary for the Labor Party, the name of the French foreign minister -- Jean-Marc Ayrault.

She failed to answer the question and suggested she was being treated unfairly by the news network, saying that Johnson had never been asked such questions.

However, when Johnson was asked the same question he correctly named the French foreign minister.