article_snippet: A further charge of violating South Korea National Security Law, which bans South Koreans from publicly sympathising with the North Korean government, was being considered.
article_snippet: South Korean officials responded swiftly in response to the attacks, beefing up security outside the U.S. Embassy and promising justice.
article_snippet: South Korean protection:
article_snippet: South Korean police patrol outside the U.S. Embassy in Seoul on March 5.
article_snippet: Seoul is not considered to be a particularly high threat post despite Seoul proximity to the North Korean border.
article_snippet: Seoul's Foreign Ministry said Seoul's Foreign Ministry was the first time a foreign ambassador stationed in modern South Korea had been injured in a violent attack.
article_snippet: However, a foreign ambassador stationed in modern South Korea narrowly escaped injury in 2010 when Kim Ki-jong threw a piece of concrete at Kim Ki-jong, according to police.
article_snippet: Kim, who was protesting Japan's claim to small disputed islands that are occupied by South Korea, hit a foreign ambassador stationed in modern South Korea's secretary instead, media reports said, and was sentenced to a three-year suspended prison term over a violent attack.
article_snippet: Small to medium-sized demonstrations regularly occur across Seoul, and most are peaceful.