South Korean opposition leader to be discharged from hospital

The leader of South Korea’s main opposition party, Lee Jae-myung, will be discharged from the hospital where he has been recovering since an attacker stabbed him in the neck last week at a public event.
Lee’s condition has improved and he will continue to receive treatment at home, although it is not known when he might resume his duties, Democratic Party official Kwon Hyuk-ki told reporters.
Lee, a former presidential candidate who narrowly lost the 2022 election to conservative President Yoon Suk Yeol, was attacked in the southern port city of Busan last Tuesday by a man who lunged at him with a camping knife after asking for his autograph.
Surgeons operated on Lee for more than two hours to repair a jugular vein in his neck.
Police have revealed few details about the suspect, a 67-year-old man who was disguised as a supporter, and an official at Busan Metropolitan Police Agency said that they decided on Tuesday not to disclose his identity to the public.