The consensus was that the 42-year-old was clever for his age, taking advantage of “noise marketing” to pull himself off the political death row.

Kang’s saving-grace scheme started with a lawsuit he filed against a comedian starring in a skit in the “Gag Concert,” a Korean-style comedy show that is comparable with U.S. NBC station’s “Saturday Night Live.”

Kang claimed that the comic, Choi Hyo-jong, insulted all lawmakers with slanderous remarks he made during a skit.