U.S. ambassador heads home after release from hospital
- 9 years ago
We begin with the latest on the injured U.S. Ambassador to South Korea Mark Lippert.
He was discharged from hospital earlier in the afternoon.
Before leaving, he told reporters that the Seoul-Washington alliance remains firm.
Arirang's Hwang Sung-hee has the story.
Scarred but with a huge smile on his face, Ambassador Lippert thanked the South Korean public for their support following last week's brutal knife attack.
Speaking to reporters before leaving the hospital on Tuesday, the U.S. envoy said -- in Korean -- that the incident will only strengthen ties between Seoul and Washington.
"The ground hardens after it rains."
Ambassador Lippert, who was attacked by a man wielding a knife at a breakfast meeting in central Seoul last week, needed 80 stitches on his right cheek and left arm.
The stitches on his face have been removed, but doctors will be visiting his home every day to check on his arm until he is fully recovered.
All things considered, the envoy says he feels pretty darn good.
"I mean it was obviously a scary incident but I am walking, talking, holding my baby, hugging my wife. So I just feel really good."
But he did hint at a possible change in the security procedures,... as many blamed lax security for the attack.
At the time of the attack, the ambassador only had one full-time South Korean bodyguard with him.
"But obviously as people and the state department of Washington have said we are gonna take a hard look at the techniques procedure here and I'll leave it to the security experts to come up with the recommendations and policies going forward.
The ambassador, with a mix of Korean words, asked the South Korean public to treat him as they had done before the incident -- as the "guy next door" and "Se-jun's dad."
"I will still be a and as people here in Korea have called me."
"Despite the appalling incident, Lippert said he wants to return to work as soon as possible to advance the alliance between the two countries, adding there will
He was discharged from hospital earlier in the afternoon.
Before leaving, he told reporters that the Seoul-Washington alliance remains firm.
Arirang's Hwang Sung-hee has the story.
Scarred but with a huge smile on his face, Ambassador Lippert thanked the South Korean public for their support following last week's brutal knife attack.
Speaking to reporters before leaving the hospital on Tuesday, the U.S. envoy said -- in Korean -- that the incident will only strengthen ties between Seoul and Washington.
"The ground hardens after it rains."
Ambassador Lippert, who was attacked by a man wielding a knife at a breakfast meeting in central Seoul last week, needed 80 stitches on his right cheek and left arm.
The stitches on his face have been removed, but doctors will be visiting his home every day to check on his arm until he is fully recovered.
All things considered, the envoy says he feels pretty darn good.
"I mean it was obviously a scary incident but I am walking, talking, holding my baby, hugging my wife. So I just feel really good."
But he did hint at a possible change in the security procedures,... as many blamed lax security for the attack.
At the time of the attack, the ambassador only had one full-time South Korean bodyguard with him.
"But obviously as people and the state department of Washington have said we are gonna take a hard look at the techniques procedure here and I'll leave it to the security experts to come up with the recommendations and policies going forward.
The ambassador, with a mix of Korean words, asked the South Korean public to treat him as they had done before the incident -- as the "guy next door" and "Se-jun's dad."
"I will still be a and as people here in Korea have called me."
"Despite the appalling incident, Lippert said he wants to return to work as soon as possible to advance the alliance between the two countries, adding there will