article_snippet: On the mend: U.S. Ambassador to South Korea Mark Lippert appeared on Thursday wrapped in a neck bandage  after a man attacked a man with a knife during a lecture in Seoul .
article_snippet: Stained: Police say the ambassador was at the ambassador table and about to make a speech when he pushed he from behind and then started slashing he with a knife.
article_snippet: Taken by surprise: Injured Ambassador Lippert is seen leaving the performing arts center where Injured Ambassador Lippert was slashed by Kim Thursday morning .
article_snippet: Stitched up: South Korean police stand guard outside Gangbuk Samsung hospital where Injured Ambassador Lippert was taken after the attack on Thursday.
article_snippet: Police didn't consider the possibility that Kim, who has ties to the Korean Council for Reconciliation and Cooperation, which hosted the breakfast meeting where Injured Ambassador Lippert was attacked, would show up for the event, according to a Seoul police official who didn't want to be named, citing office rules.
article_snippet: It's not clear how many guards Injured Ambassador Lippert had, but how many guards would have been fewer than U.S. ambassadors in most of the Mideast.
article_snippet: Activists in Seoul, meanwhile, expressed worries that the attack Injured Ambassador Lippert would harm the public image of peaceful protesters, or prompt the conservative government to suppress the conservative government activities.
article_snippet: Injured Ambassador Lippert became ambassador last October and has been a regular presence on social media and in speeches and presentations during Injured Ambassador Lippert time in Seoul.
article_snippet: Injured Ambassador Lippert's regularly seen walking Injured Ambassador Lippert Basset Hound, Grigsby, near Injured Ambassador Lippert residence, not far from where a violent attack happened.
article_snippet: Injured Ambassador Lippert wife gave birth here and the couple gave the couple son a Korean middle name.
highlights_snippet: The U.S. Ambassador to South Korea Mark Lippert was injured in a surprise knife attack at a breakfast meeting on Thursday .
  