South Korean opposition leader stabbed in neck during Busan visit
Lee Jae-myung’s party later said he was recovering at an intensive care unit at the Seoul National University Hospital following a two-hour operation.
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Lee Jae-myung’s party later said he was recovering at an intensive care unit at the Seoul National University Hospital following a two-hour operation.
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- South Korea's tough-speaking liberal opposition leader, Lee Jae-myung, was stabbed in the neck Tuesday by an unidentified knife-wielding man who attempted to kill the politician during his visit to the southeastern city of Busan, police said.
South Korea’s tough-speaking liberal opposition leader, Lee Jae-myung, was stabbed in the neck by an unidentified knife-wielding man who attempted to kill him during his visit to the southeastern city of Busan, police said. Lee, 59, the head of the main opposition Democratic Party, was airlifted to a Seoul hospital for surgery after receiving emergency…
A knife attack on a South Korean opposition leader has drawn concern over the potential for more politically motivated violence in the run-up to a critical national election.
South Korea's opposition leader is conscious and recovering in intensive care a day after a knife attack, party officials said.