Lee Kang Kuk has an awesome name - even better than the prank name from TV. "Kuk" is a very rude word in Swedish. Very.
Since there is no universally adopted standard transliteration from Korean to English the name has some unfortunate sounding renderings in normally very politically correct U.S. media, for example:
Lee Kang-kook
Lee Kang-kook, Pilot Of Crashed Plane, Was Making His Maiden Flight To San Francisco (VIDEO/PHOTOS)
Lee Kang-gook
Pilot in deadly crash had no experience landing 777 in San Francisco - CNN.com