article_snippet: The 42-year-old, whose face was bandaged and had The US ambassador to South Korea who was slashed across the face by an activist arm in a brace, needed 80 stitches after being set upon.
article_snippet: The 42-year-old needed 80 stitches to the deep knife wound to Mark Lippert face after attack .
article_snippet: Doctor's removed 80 stitches needed to close the deep wound on the ambassador's face, Severance's general director Yoon Do-heum told reporters.
highlights_snippet: Needed 80 stitches and may have suffered nerve damage as a result .
  