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<H1 class=title>■U.S. Ambassador To South Korea Injured In Razor Blade Attack</H1><!-- Author Information -->
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<DIV class=info><SPAN class=thirdparty-logo>The Huffington Post </SPAN><SPAN class="name fn"> | By <A href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sam-levine-/" rel=author sl-processed="1"><U><FONT color=#0066cc>Sam Levine </FONT></U></A></SPAN></DIV></DIV><!-- Article Byline Information -->
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<DIV class=times><SPAN class=posted>Posted: <TIME datetime="2015-03-04T18:23:00-05:00">03/04/2015 6:23 pm EST </TIME></SPAN><SPAN class=updated>Updated: <TIME datetime="2015-03-04T20:59:01-05:00">16 minutes ago </TIME></SPAN></DIV></DIV><!-- Breaking news bar --><!-- main entry body -->
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<DIV class="entry_image_caption large-image-caption" style="DISPLAY: none">U.S. Ambassador to South Korea Mark Lippert. Philippine and US officials on Wednesday said they agreed to improve bilateral cooperation regarding 'maritime security and freedom of navigation' amid China's heightened claims to the South China Sea. Defence and foreign department officials of the two countries also further threshed out plans to boost the rotation of US military forces through the Philippines as part of increased defence cooperation. Philippine Defence Undersecretary Pio Lorenzo Bat | Kim Ju-Sung / Yonhap / AP</DIV></SPAN></DIV><!-- Imageblog Social Share Bar --><!-- Social Share Bar -->
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<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Mark Lippert, the United States' ambassador to South Korea, was slashed in the face with a razor during a lecture in a public forum early on Thursday morning in Seoul, the State Department announced.</SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">The State Department </SPAN><A href="http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2015/03/238167.htm" target=_hplink sl-processed="1"><U><FONT color=#0066cc><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">said</SPAN></FONT></U></A><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> the injuries did not appear to be life threatening. Pictures released on South Korean media showed Lippert bleeding and covering his face.</SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">"We strongly condemn this act of violence," State Department spokesperson Marie Harf said in a </SPAN><A href="http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2015/03/238167.htm" target=_hplink sl-processed="1"><U><FONT color=#0066cc><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">statement</SPAN></FONT></U></A><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">. </SPAN></P><HH--PHOTO--LIPPERT-ATTACKED--2683594--HH><HH--PHOTO--LIPPERT-ATTACKED-2--2683600--HH data-twttr-id="twttr-sandbox-0">
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<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">The man was apprehended and taken into custody after the attack, the Associated Press reported.</SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Secretary of State John Kerry said on Twitter that his thoughts were with Lippert.</SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">According to the </SPAN><A href="http://bigstory.ap.org/article/5092d2905176480fb88796c069462e09/skorean-media-say-us-ambassador-attacked-and-hurt" target=_hplink sl-processed="1"><U><FONT color=#0066cc><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Associated Press</SPAN></FONT></U></A><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">, the attacker allegedly yelled that North and South Korea should be unified just before the attack.</SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Lippert </SPAN><A href="http://seoul.usembassy.gov/p_biography.html" target=_hplink sl-processed="1"><U><FONT color=#0066cc><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">was appointed ambassador</SPAN></FONT></U></A><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> last year after serving in several senior roles at the Defense Department, including chief of staff to former Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel. Before serving at the Defense department, Lippert served as a foreign policy adviser to Barack Obama in the Senate before becoming Deputy Assistant to the President and Chief of Staff for the National Security Council in 2009. He also served two years in the U.S. Navy and was deployed to Afghanistan.</SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Lippert's wife gave birth to a son in Korea in January, something that the ambassador marked on his Twitter feed.</SPAN></P>
<P><EM><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">This is a developing story and has been updated</SPAN></EM></P>
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