SEOUL/BUSAN: Opposition leader Lee Jae-myung was attacked during a visit to the southeastern port city of Busan on Tuesday and taken to a hospital while conscious.
Lee, chairman of the main opposition Democratic Party, was attacked on the left side of his neck by an unidentified man at 10:27 a.m. during a question and answer session with reporters after touring the construction site of a new airport on Busan’s Gadeok Island.
Lee was transferred to Pusan National University Hospital approximately 20 minutes after the attack.
At the time of the transfer, Lee remained conscious, but the bleeding continued.
The male suspect, pretending to be one of Lee’s supporters, approached the politician asking for an autograph and then carried out the attack with an unidentified weapon approximately 20-30 centimeters in length, according to eyewitnesses.
He was arrested at the scene.
President Yoon Suk Yeol expressed deep concern over Lee’s safety and ordered the police and relevant authorities to swiftly determine the
facts and make every effort to quickly transport Lee to a hospital and provide him treatment, according to his spokesperson Kim Soo-kyung.
Yoon also stressed that such violence should never be tolerated under any circumstances, Kim said.
Lee Jae-myung, leader of the main opposition Democratic Party, lies down after he was attacked by an assailant on the left side of his neck during a visit to the construction site of an airport on Gadeok Island off the southeastern port city of Busan on Jan. 2, 2024.
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Hanoi: Singapore’s economy grew by 1.2% last year, avoiding a recession amid a global economic slowdown stemming from high interest rates, according to preliminary data released by the Ministry of Trade and Industry on January 2.
The figure was slower than the 3.6% recorded in 2022, as the trade-reliant economy logged sluggish exports due to weaker demand from key trade partners like the US, Europe and China.
In the fourth quarter, the city-state’s economic growth reached 2.8%, accelerating from the 1% expansion in the previous quarter.
Singapore’s aviation and tourism-related sectors continued to benefit from a recovery in visitor arrivals. The export-driven manufacturing sector, particularly the electronics industry, faced weaker demand from major trading partners but began to log growth in the final quarter.
The island state projected its growth for 2024 to come in between 1% and 3% with expectations of recovery in semiconductors and other exports./.
Source: Vietnam News Agency