<p>Seou: South Korean opposition Democratic Party leader Lee Jae-myung was stabbed in the neck and rushed to hospital for treatment on Tuesday, months ahead of a national parliamentary election.</p><p>The country has a history of political violence dating back to its founding in 1948. Here are some of the most recent incidents:</p>. <p><strong>2022: Song Young Gill</strong></p><p>Lee's predecessor as leader of the Democratic Party, Song Young-gil , was attacked in Seoul by an elderly man wearing a traditional robe who approached him from behind and struck him on the head with a hammer.</p><p>Song, who was also serving as manager for Lee's presidential campaign at the time, underwent surgery before returning to the campaign trail a day later.</p><p>Media described his attacker as a liberal activist with a YouTube channel. Reports said he shouted slogans criticising South Korea-US military exercises when he struck Song.</p><p>Song, a longtime lawmaker, was arrested in December over a cash-for-votes scandal related to that election.</p>.Watch | South Korea opposition chief Lee Jae-myung stabbed by autograph-seeker. <p><strong>2015: Mark Lippert</strong></p><p>Then U.S. ambassador Mark Lippert needed 80 stitches after his face was slashed with a fruit knife at a forum discussing Korean unification in the capital, Seoul.</p><p>He spent five days in hospital and underwent surgery for an 11-cm (4 inches) gash on the right side of his face, as well as a puncture wound on his left wrist that caused nerve damage, which was repaired.</p><p>The attack was carried out by a Korean nationalist who said he was protesting against annual US-South Korean military exercises.</p><p>It prompted an outpouring of public support in South Korea.</p><p>North Korean state media, meanwhile, said the attack against Lippert was "deserved punishment" for the military drills, calling the assault "the knife of justice".</p> .<p><strong>2006: Park Guen-Hye</strong></p><p>Then conservative opposition party leader, Park Geun-hye, was stabbed while attending a political rally.</p><p>She suffered an 11-centimetre gash to her face that required 60 stitches and prevented her from speaking normally for weeks.</p><p>The assailant told police he was frustrated at having to serve prison time for crimes he did not commit, media reported at the time.</p><p>The daughter of assassinated president Park Chung-hee, she was elected president herself in 2013, but was impeached and removed from office in 2017.</p>
<p>Seou: South Korean opposition Democratic Party leader Lee Jae-myung was stabbed in the neck and rushed to hospital for treatment on Tuesday, months ahead of a national parliamentary election.</p><p>The country has a history of political violence dating back to its founding in 1948. Here are some of the most recent incidents:</p>. <p><strong>2022: Song Young Gill</strong></p><p>Lee's predecessor as leader of the Democratic Party, Song Young-gil , was attacked in Seoul by an elderly man wearing a traditional robe who approached him from behind and struck him on the head with a hammer.</p><p>Song, who was also serving as manager for Lee's presidential campaign at the time, underwent surgery before returning to the campaign trail a day later.</p><p>Media described his attacker as a liberal activist with a YouTube channel. Reports said he shouted slogans criticising South Korea-US military exercises when he struck Song.</p><p>Song, a longtime lawmaker, was arrested in December over a cash-for-votes scandal related to that election.</p>.Watch | South Korea opposition chief Lee Jae-myung stabbed by autograph-seeker. <p><strong>2015: Mark Lippert</strong></p><p>Then U.S. ambassador Mark Lippert needed 80 stitches after his face was slashed with a fruit knife at a forum discussing Korean unification in the capital, Seoul.</p><p>He spent five days in hospital and underwent surgery for an 11-cm (4 inches) gash on the right side of his face, as well as a puncture wound on his left wrist that caused nerve damage, which was repaired.</p><p>The attack was carried out by a Korean nationalist who said he was protesting against annual US-South Korean military exercises.</p><p>It prompted an outpouring of public support in South Korea.</p><p>North Korean state media, meanwhile, said the attack against Lippert was "deserved punishment" for the military drills, calling the assault "the knife of justice".</p> .<p><strong>2006: Park Guen-Hye</strong></p><p>Then conservative opposition party leader, Park Geun-hye, was stabbed while attending a political rally.</p><p>She suffered an 11-centimetre gash to her face that required 60 stitches and prevented her from speaking normally for weeks.</p><p>The assailant told police he was frustrated at having to serve prison time for crimes he did not commit, media reported at the time.</p><p>The daughter of assassinated president Park Chung-hee, she was elected president herself in 2013, but was impeached and removed from office in 2017.</p>