Seoul, Jan. 20 -- South Korea officially designated President Lee Jae Myung's stabbing incident in January 2024 as a terrorist act, multiple media outlets said Tuesday. Prime Minister Kim Min-seok presided over the national counter-terrorism committee meeting, formally recognizing the 2024 incident as a terrorist act. It marked the first official designation since the anti-terrorism act was established in 2016.
Lee, then opposition leader of the Democratic Party, was stabbed on the left side of his neck with a modified knife by a man in his 60s who disguised himself as a supporter and approached Lee, who was visiting the construction site of the new Gadeokdo airport near the southeastern port city of Busan in January 2024.
Lee suffered a ...