S. Korea presses attempted murder charges against U.S. envoy's assailant

File photo taken March 6, 2015, shows Kim Ki Jong, a 54-year-old South Korean nationalist who slashed U.S. Ambassador to South Korea Mark Lippert's face and arm with a 25-centimeter knife while the envoy was attending a breakfast forum in Seoul the previous day. On April 1, South Korean prosecutors filed attempted murder charges against Kim who seriously wounded the U.S. ambassador. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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