article_snippet.sent: South Korean police charged Mark Lippert's attacker with attempted murder.
article_snippet.sent: North Korea previously called the attackdeserved punishment' but denied any role in the attack.
article_snippet.sent: wrist after being attacked by a knife-wielding pro-North Korean activist during a breakfast forum in Seoul last week.
article_snippet.sent: The alleged attacker, known as an anti-U.S. activist who was previously convicted of hurling a piece of concrete at the Japanese ambassador in Seoul in 2010, was arrested at the scene.
article_snippet.sent: Police are seeking to bring charges including attempted murder against Kim Ki-jong, 55, for the attack.
article_snippet.sent: Police said the motive for Kim's action was not known, but Kim shouted after the attack that Kim opposes the ongoing annual U.S.-South Korea military drills that North Korea condemns as a preparation for a northward invasion.