article_snippet.sent: His left hand is still in a cast from the attack.
article_snippet.sent: US Ambassador Mark Lippert required 80 stitches to close up the wounds on Kim hand, arm and face that Kim sustained from the anti-US activist .
article_snippet.sent: Kim suffered deep gashes on Kim face and arm and was treated at a Seoul hospital for five days.
article_snippet.sent: Lippert, 42, was bleeding from deep wounds to his face and arm and wrist but was able to walk after the attack.
article_snippet.sent: Doctors said later Kim condition was stable after 'very successful' surgery that required 80 stitches in his face and arm as the White House expressed optimism for Kim quick return to Kim duties.