South Korean opposition leader Lee Jae-myung stabbed during news conference
livemint.comAP reported. Busan’s emergency office said Lee, head of the main opposition Democratic Party, was attacked as he visited the construction site of a new airport in the city. South Korean media cited witnesses as saying the man used a knife-like weapon to stab Lee’s neck.
TV video showed Lee lying on the ground with a person pressing a handkerchief to his neck to stop the bleeding. The reports said police arrested the man on the spot. They said the attacker was wearing something that looked like a crown on his head.
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol expressed "deep concern" for opposition leader Lee Jae-myung, who was stabbed in the neck on Tuesday, according to AFP reports. Yoon expressed "deep concern over the safety of Lee Jae-myung upon hearing of the attack", his spokeswoman Kim Soo-kyung said. "Yoon emphasized our society should never tolerate this kind of act of violence under any circumstances." Lee lost the 2022 presidential election to President Yoon Suk Yeol by a narrow margin.
The liberal former provincial governor is known for his outspoken style, as per AP reports. His supporters see him as an anti-elitist hero who could reform establishment politics, eradicate corruption, and solve growing economic inequality. Critics view him as a dangerous populist who relies on stoking divisions and demonizing his conservative opponents.
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