The attacker reportedly yelled about reuinifying North and South Korea before he attacked Lippert. He is now under arrest. Lippert has been the ambassador to South Korea since 2014 and had previously worked as President Obama’s foreign policy advisor while he served in the Senate. He later ...
The assailant was wielding a razor and shouted "South and North Korea should be reunified,"the Associated Press reported. Police officials said a suspect, Kim Ki-jong, has been detained. "We can confirm that U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Korea Mark Lippert was assaulted this morning in...
The U.S. ambassador to South Korea was listed in stable condition after he was attacked by a man with a knife in the country's capital Wednesday while giving a speech, officials said. The U.S. Embassy later said Lippert was in stable condition after surgery at a Seoul hospital. Photos ...
AUTHORITIES on 2 April charged Kim Ki-jong with attempted murder, assault on a foreign envoy, and obstruction of business\nfor wounding the United States Ambassador to South Korea, Mark Lippert, during a knife attack on 5 March, Airiang reported.Jane's Terrorism Watch Report...
The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations has welcomed North Korea’s announcement that it has suspended nuclear and long-range missile tests, and praised the way the U.N. Security Council “really came together” in order to achieve that. Article content Article content Speaking at an info...
Lee Hye-hoon, head of South Korea's parliamentary intelligence committee, said in a radio interview on Tuesday the U.S. ambassador to South Korea talked to her at length earlier this month about how Seoul had been only paying one-fifth what it should have been paying for the cost of stat...
The former US ambassador to South Korea, Sung Kim, was appointed as acting assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific Affairs. His appointment also emphasizes the importance the new administration is placing on the North Korean human rights issue. In the past, Kim has stressed the...
Nikki Haley, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, earlier Monday warned North Korea against provoking America. “What we have said from the beginning, and what I’ll continue to say, is the United States is not looking for a fight so don’t give us a reason to have one,” she...
U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Linda Thomas-Greenfield told the U.N. Security Council at Monday's meeting: "Let me be clear, our lawful efforts to defend against the DPRK's repeated escalatory actions do not in any way justify the DPRK's unlawful behaviour." N...