15 year jail term for man who stabbed South Korean opposition leader

Lee Jae-myung says he will appeal the court's decision, which could bar him from running for president in 2027.

Lee was stabbed in the neck by a knife-wielding man who approached while asking. South Korean opposition leader Lee Jae-myung leaving a hospital ...

The knife-wielding man attacked Lee Jae-myung, head of the liberal Democratic Party, South Korea's biggest political party, in January after ...

Lee Jae-myung suffered a wound to his jugular vein and underwent emergency surgery after the attack in January.

The ruling could unseat South Korean opposition leader Lee Jae-myung and deny him a shot at running for president in the next election.

Reuters. South Korea's main opposition Democratic Party leader Lee Jae-myung arrives at a court in Seoul, South Korea, November 15, 2024.

The 67-year-old man who stabbed the leader of South Korea's opposition Democratic Party in January was sentenced to 15 years in prison by a ...

The attack on Lee Jae-myung in January raised alarms about South Korea's political polarization. His assailant was convicted of attempted ...

Lee Jae-myung was found guilty of breaching electoral rules by making false claims during the 2022 South Korean presidential election.

In a sentencing hearing at the Busan District Court, a judge said the crime which took place ahead of a general election was a serious challenge ...

A South Korean court handed the country's opposition leader a suspended prison sentence Friday for violating election laws -- a ruling that ...

A South Korean court convicted on Friday main opposition party leader Lee Jae-myung for violating the election law, handing him a one-year ...

The knife-wielding man attacked Lee Jae-myung, head of the liberal Democratic Party, South Korea's biggest political party, in January after ...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A man who stabbed South Korea's opposition leader in the neck earlier this year was sentenced to 15 years in ...

The stabbing took place ahead of South Korea's parliamentary elections in April - with a court verdict describing the attack as a "grave ...

The Busan District Court handed down the sentence Friday for the 67-year-old assailant, who was identified only by his last name of Kim, Yonhap ...

The attack was condemned as an 'act of terror' and a challenge to democracy by politicians.

The knife attacker who stabbed Korean opposition leader and Democratic Party Chair Lee Jae-myung in the neck in January while posing as a ...

Lee Jae-myung said he would appeal the ruling, which is 'difficult to accept'.

South Korean opposition leader Lee Jae-myung was convicted of violating election law and sentenced to a suspended prison term Friday by a ...