{"id":2138618,"date":"2024-01-02T15:46:02","date_gmt":"2024-01-02T20:46:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/south-korean-opposition-leader-stabbed-in-neck-after-being-approached-for-autograph\/"},"modified":"2024-01-02T15:49:32","modified_gmt":"2024-01-02T20:49:32","slug":"south-korean-opposition-leader-stabbed-in-neck-after-being-approached-for-autograph","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/south-korean-opposition-leader-stabbed-in-neck-after-being-approached-for-autograph\/","title":{"rendered":"South Korean opposition leader stabbed in neck while signing autographs"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsouth-korean-opposition-leader-stabbed-in-neck-after-being-approached-for-autograph%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2138618&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">South Korean opposition leader\u2063 Lee Jae-myung is seen after \u200che was\u2062 injured\u200c in Busan, \u2063South Korea, Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2024.\u2063 Lee\u2062 was attacked and injured by an unidentified man during a visit Tuesday to the southeastern city of Busan,\u2064 emergency officials said. (Sohn Hyung-joo\/Yonhap via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>OAN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/abril-elfi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Abril\u2063 Elfi<\/a><br \/>11:38 AM \u2013 Tuesday,\u200c January\u200b 2, 2024<\/p>\n<p>South Korea Opposition Leader Lee Jae-myung was \u2062stabbed in the neck during his visit\u200c to Busan.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>On\u200c Tuesday, 59-year-old \u200bLee was stabbed\u2062 in\u2063 the neck by an unidentified\u200b man who came \u200cup to him, asking for an \u201cautograph.\u201d The man\u200d then\u200d suddenly pulled out a knife and attempted to kill him. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING: \u2063South \u2063Korean opposition leader Lee Jae-myung has been stabbed\u200c in the neck<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6uMGtTkYfr\">https:\/\/t.co\/6uMGtTkYfr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bennyjohnson\/status\/1742005930504372320?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 2, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Lee, the head of the main opposition Democratic Party, had to\u2062 be airlifted \u2064to a hospital in Seoul after he received emergency treatment in Busan.<\/p>\n<p>Lee\u2019s political party later reported that he was\u200b recovering at an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/officials-eleven-soldiers-hospitalized-after-ingesting-chemical-found-in-antifreeze\/\" title=\"Officials: Eleven Soldiers Hospitalized After Ingesting Chemical Found In Antifreeze\">intensive care unit<\/a> following a two-hour surgery.<\/p>\n<p>Busan\u200b police officer Sohn Jae-han\u200c spoke at a briefing and described the incident. He explained\u200c that the attacker \u2062had approached Lee for an autograph as\u200b he walked through a crowd of journalists and then the man abruptly stabbed him in\u200d the left side of his neck.<\/p>\n<p>According\u2063 to Sohn, the suspect is around 67-years-old and he reportedly bought the 7-inch knife online.<\/p>\n<p>Videos on social media have shown the attacker attempting to pose as\u2064 a supporter of Lee, wearing a paper crown that said \u201cI\u2019m Lee\u200d Jae-myung.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Party spokesman Kwon Chil-seung informed reporters \u200dthat the politician had undergone revascularization \u200bsurgery \u200cat the Seoul National University Hospital due to\u200b damage to his jugular vein.<\/p>\n<p>Lee was also reported \u200cto \u200dbe conscious by police and emergency personnel and was not in critical condition.<\/p>\n<p>Lee\u2019s Democratic\u200c Party\u2063 said that the incident was \u201ca \u2063terrorist attack on\u200b Lee and a serious\u200d threat to democracy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Police are now investigating\u200b the motive for the attack. <\/p>\n<p>Lee lost the 2022 presidential election to current\u200b President Yoon Suk Yeol by \u20640.7\u2063 % points, which was reportedly\u200d the narrowest \u200dmargin ever recorded in a South Korean presidential election.<\/p>\n<p>Lee has\u2063 been a harsh critic of\u2063 Yoon\u2019s main policies ever since his defeat. In \u2062protest \u2062of Yoon\u2019s alleged lack of opposition to \u200cJapan\u2019s release of treated radioactive wastewater \u200dfrom its crippled \u200bFukushima nuclear power plant, his handling \u200bof the nation\u2019s\u200c post-pandemic economy, and \u2064his strict stance on North\u2063 Korea, Lee \u2063had staged a \u200c24-hour hunger strike last year.<\/p>\n<p>In\u200d Seongnam,\u200d where Lee\u200b served as mayor from 2010 to 2018, one of the many corruption charges against him is that he allegedly \u201cgave illegal favors\u200c to a private investor who made enormous profits\u201d from a questionable housing project. <\/p>\n<p>Stay\u2063 informed! Receive breaking \u200bnews \u200cblasts directly to your inbox for free. Subscribe here. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"rc-widget-10bad2\" data-rc-widget data-widget-host=\"habitat\" data-endpoint=\"\/\/trends.revcontent.com\" data-widget-id=\"278641\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"dpsp-share-text\" style=\"margin-bottom:10px\"> \t\t \t\tShare this post!\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Monica Rodriguez takes a look at the real meaning behind\u200c \u201ccognitive\u2063 security\u201d and how the illegitimate government is weaponizing it against \u2064American citizens.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>with Alex Newman<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>with Anthony Watson<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>with Breanna Morello<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Apple fell nearly 3% to \u2062a seven-week low after \u200cBarclays downgraded the shares \u200don concerns \u200cdemand for\u200d its\u200d devices will remain weak in 2024.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Bitcoin galloped past \u200d$45,000 for the first\u200d time \u200bsince April 2022, buoyed by optimism around\u200b the possible approval of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wall-st-kicks-off-2024-on-a-dull-note-as-yields-rise-apple-dips\/\" title=\"Wall Street starts 2024 on a lackluster note with rising yields and Apple's decline\">exchange-traded spot bitcoin funds<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>December 22, 2023 \u2013 6:05 AM PST HONG KONG (Reuters) \u2013 Chinese regulators\u2063 announced on Friday\u2063 a wide \u2064range of rules aimed\u2026 \u200d <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>One of the main\u200d bottlenecks for \u2063Tesla is the \u200dspeed it can make the 4680 batteries used in the \u2064Cybertruck with its \u2063new\u200c dry-coating\u200c technology.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> rnrn  <\/p>\n<h2> What are \u2063the potential implications of the \u2062attacker&#8217;s motive in relation to political stability\u200b and democracy in South Korea?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Man rights rally in front of the Presidential Blue House earlier this year. He has been vocal \u2063about \u2064holding the \u2063current \u200cadministration accountable and advocating for the rights of the Korean people.<\/p>\n<p>This recent attack on Lee Jae-myung is deeply\u200c concerning \u200band raises questions about the\u200b safety of \u200dpolitical figures in South Korea. \u2064It is alarming that someone was able to get so close to a prominent leader and carry out such a violent act. \u200dThe \u200bfact that the attacker pretended \u200dto be a\u200b supporter\u2062 shows a level of planning and deception that is unsettling.<\/p>\n<p>The immediate response to the incident was commendable, with emergency officials quickly attending to Lee and transporting him to a hospital in Seoul. The fact that he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cause-of-lebron-james-sons-collapse-identified-anatomically-and-functionally-significant-defect-found\/\" title=\"LeBron James' Son's Collapse Cause Identified: 'Significant' Defect Detected\">received prompt medical attention<\/a> and underwent surgery is a testament to the efficiency of the emergency response system in South Korea.<\/p>\n<p>The \u2062investigation into the motive behind the attack is crucial. While the attacker&#8217;s age\u2064 and the \u2064purchase of the weapon online may provide some initial\u2062 clues, it\u2062 is important to thoroughly investigate\u2064 any possible connections to political motives, extremist groups, or personal vendettas. The motive will shed light on the broader implications of the attack and whether there is a\u200d larger threat to the political stability and \u200ddemocracy of South Korea.<\/p>\n<p>Political violence should never be tolerated in any form, and it is vital for the government and law enforcement agencies to take swift action in bringing the\u2063 perpetrator\u200b to justice. The\u200b safety of political leaders, regardless of their \u2064affiliations or ideologies, is essential for\u2062 the functioning of\u2063 a democratic society.<\/p>\n<p>Lee Jae-myung&#8217;s recovery\u2063 is being\u200d closely monitored, and \u2064it is encouraging to hear that he is conscious and in stable condition. However, the fact\u200b that this attack took place emphasizes the need for increased \u200dsecurity measures for political figures in South Korea. It is essential to strike a balance between accessibility and ensuring the safety \u200bof elected officials.<\/p>\n<p>In conclusion, the attack on Lee Jae-myung is a deeply concerning incident that highlights \u2062the need for improved security measures and a thorough investigation into the motive behind the attack. The\u200d safety of political leaders should be a priority, and any\u2063 act of violence against them is not just an attack on an individual but also a threat to democracy itself. South \u200bKorea must remain vigilant in\u200d upholding\u2063 its democratic values and protecting the rights and safety of its political \u200cfigures.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South Korean opposition leader Lee Jae-myung was injured in an attack by an unidentified man during his visit to Busan. Emergency officials reported the incident on Tuesday, January 2, 2024. 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