article_snippet: US ambassador Mark Lippert, 42, was discharged from hospital after being attacked by a knife-wielding activist .
article_snippet: Mark Lippert suffered a deep facial gash and stab wound to The US ambassador to South Korea who was slashed across the face by an activist wrist after being attacked by a knife-wielding pro-North Korean activist during a breakfast forum in Seoul last week.
article_snippet: Mark Lippert refused to comment about attack as Mark Lippert left hospital due to the on-going police investigation.
article_snippet: Mark Lippert suffered a deep facial gash and stab wound to Mark Lippert wrist after being attacked by a knife wielding pro-North Korean during a breakfast forum in Seoul last week .
article_snippet: As Mark Lippert left Seoul's Severance Hospital Mark Lippert said Mark Lippert felt 'pretty darned good, all things considered,' after the 'scary incident.
article_snippet: Mark Lippert pictured above, seated at the breakfast table just prior to being attacked by Kim Thursday morning .
article_snippet: The anti-US activist has denied that The anti-US activist intended to kill Mark Lippert.
article_snippet: Mark Lippert had become known for an approachable, informal style since taking up Mark Lippert posting in Seoul in November and after the attack questions were raised about Mark Lippert security arrangements.
article_snippet: Previously, Mark Lippert was guarded by a single, unarmed South Korean policeman in plain clothes.
article_snippet: Mark Lippert refused to discuss possible new security arrangements, except to say U.S. officials would take 'a hard look' at procedures in South Korea and then make a decision, as Mark Lippert left hospital. '
article_snippet: We have made it We mission to be open and friendly and that will not change,' said Mr Lippert at the press conference.
article_snippet: Lippert appeared on Thursday wrapped in a neck bandage after being treated for Lippert injuries, which include slashing wounds and nerve damage .
highlights_snippet: US ambassador to South Korea Mark Lippert discharged from hospital .
  
highlights_snippet: 42-year-old said US ambassador to South Korea Mark Lippert was 'pretty darned good,' as US ambassador to South Korea Mark Lippert thanked medics .
  