All posts tagged "us ambassador"

  • A suspect, identified by police as 55-year-old Kim Ki-jong, is carried on a stretcher off an ambulance as he arrives at a hospital in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, March 5, 2015. Lippert was in stable condition after a man screaming demands for a unified North and South Korea slashed him on the face and wrist with a knife, South Korean police and U.S. officials said Thursday.(AP Photo/Yonhap, Han Jong-chan)
    South Korean man gets 12 years for slashing US ambassador

    SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A Seoul court on Friday handed a 12-year prison sentence to a South Korean man who slashed and seriously injured the U.S. ambassador during a March forum. Kim Ki-jong was convicted of...

    • Posted September 11, 2015
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    Injured US Ambassador Lippert returns to work

    SEOUL, March 19 (Yonhap) — U.S. Ambassador to Seoul Mark Lippert, recently injured in an attack by a knife-wielding assailant, said Thursday he returned to work following a two-week absence. Lippert took to Twitter to announce his...

    • Posted March 19, 2015
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    US Ambassador to Seoul leaves hospital after attack, feeling ‘darn good’

    SEOUL, March 10 (Yonhap) — U.S. Ambassador to South Korea Mark Lippert was released from a Seoul hospital on Tuesday, five days after he was knifed by a South Korean nationalist, saying he felt “darn good.” Speaking...

    • Posted March 10, 2015
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    Park makes surprise visit to hospitalized US envoy

    SEOUL, March 9 (Yonhap) — President Park Geun-hye on Monday made a surprise visit to the hospital where the top U.S. envoy has been recovering from wounds he sustained in a knife attack last week. The visit...

    • Posted March 9, 2015
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    Attacker faces grave charges, including attempted murder

    SEOUL, March 6 (Yonhap) — A 55-year-old South Korean activist was taken into custody Friday on charges of attempting to murder the top U.S. diplomat in Seoul. Kim Ki-jong also faces charges of violence against a foreign...

    • Posted March 6, 2015
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  • A South Korean conservative activist burns a North Korean flag, portraits of North Korea leader Kim Jon Un and Kim Ki-jong, the suspect of slashing U.S. Ambassador to South Korea Mark Lippert, during a rally demanding speedy recovery of Lippert near the U.S. embassy in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, March 6, 2015. A knife attack Thursday that injured Lippert is the latest act of political violence in a deeply divided country where some protesters portray their causes as matters of life and death. The letters at a banner read " A rally demanding speedy recovery of U.S. Ambassador to South Korea Mark Lippert " (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
    S. Korea denounces N. Korea over its reaction to Lippert case

    SEOUL, March 6 (Yonhap) — South Korea denounced North Korea on Friday for approving of the shocking knife attack on Mark Lippert, the U.S. ambassador to Seoul. Pyongyang’s support for the heinous act demonstrates the insincerity of...

    • Posted March 6, 2015
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    S. Koreans show outpouring of support for injured US ambassador

    By Kim Bo-eun U.S. Ambassador to Korea Mark Lippert was the subject of an outpouring of support and concern after he was attacked by a knife-wielding radical activist. Lippert’s official blog (lippertsinkorea.blogspot.com) was filled with numerous messages...

    • Posted March 5, 2015
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