Lee, who suffered a wound to his jugular vein, was first taken to hospital in Busan (File) Seoul, South Korea: South Korean opposition leader Lee Jae-myung narrowly escaped death when he was stabbed in the neck, a party lawmaker said Wednesday, as police were granted a warrant to search his assailant’s property. Lee was surrounded … Read more
South Korea’s opposition Democratic Party leader Lee Jae-myung remained hospitalized in intensive care on Wednesday, a day after a knife attack on him shocked political leaders who were vying for the upper hand in a major election three months away. Surgeons operated on Lee for more than two hours late on Wednesday to repair a … Read more
In the 1970s, Mr Lee worked in a glove factory as South Korea underwent a rapid economic rise. A rarity among politicians in status-obsessed South Korea, former child factory worker Lee Jae-myung rose to become a presidential contender, telling voters his working-class roots equipped him to fight inequality. Mr Lee, who was under treatment in … Read more
