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South Korea’s ruling party leader hospitalized after attack by stranger

By The Staff Reuters

Posted March 6, 2022 11:21 pm

Updated March 6, 2022 11:32 pm

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South Korea‘s ruling party leader, Song Young-gil, was hospitalized on Monday after being attacked by a stranger with an unknown object while campaigning in Seoul for the party’s presidential candidate, Lee Jae-myung, the Yonhap news agency reported.

(Reporting by Hyonhee Shin; Editing by Shri Navaratnam)

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