South Korea is looking for someone to provide accurate weather forecasts and take the heat when they bust. The candidate should be a foreigner of high scientific standing. He or she must also have a thick skin, because the public has little patience for inaccurate weather forecasts. Here are some details:

To soothe negative public sentiment, the state weather agency has decided to recruit a foreign expert, pledging a fat pay package.

The Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA) said Wednesday it has contacted several renowned weather experts in countries showing a high forecast accuracy including the United States, United Kingdom and Japan since last year. . .

This unprecedented recruitment campaign is in line with the KMA’s efforts to restore public confidence, which has been substantially undermined due to incorrect forecasts.

But the question is whether the non-Korean is capable of withstanding knee-jerk public sentiment if the prediction goes wide of mark.