Knifed US envoy to be released from Seoul hospital
US Ambassador Mark Lippert is set to be released Tuesday after five days in a South Korean hospital for treatment of injuries caused by a knife attack.
Lippert has been hospitalized at Seoul's Severance Hospital since Thursday when a knife-wielding man slashed him on the face and left arm during a breakfast forum in Seoul.
Media images showing the bleeding ambassador shocked many in South Korea, a US ally, and caused an outpouring of public sympathy. President Park Geun-hye visited Lippert while activists held a series of pro-US rallies near the US Embassy in Seoul.
Doctors have removed the 80 stitches needed to close the cut on Lippert's face, Severance's general director Yoon Do-heum told reporters. He said the ambassador still feels some pain in his arm, but it is manageable with medicine. He may experience sensory problems in his left hand for several months.
