This time, a female member of the ruling party was beaten and injured - an abnormal situation in which members of parliament are attacked in quick succession before the general election

Bae Hyun-jin (40), a member of South Korea's ruling party People's Power, was attacked by a man on the street in Seoul on the 25th of this month and was taken to the hospital. He was bleeding, but his injuries were not life-threatening. attacked Mr. Bae
The suspect, believed to be a juvenile, was arrested at the scene. In South Korea, on the 2nd of this month, Lee Jae-myung, the representative of the largest opposition party, the Democratic Party of Japan, was slashed with a knife by a man in Busan, the southern city, where he was on a tour.
An attack has just occurred. As the April general election approaches, there have been a number of attacks targeting politicians, and the state of security is likely to be questioned.
According to Yonhap News, the incident occurred around 5:20 pm on the 25th. After attending the plenary session of the National Assembly, Mr. Bae made his last appearance.
Participated in a rally to denounce the main opposition party, the Democratic Party of Japan. Afterwards, I moved to Gangnam-gu, Seoul, and when I entered a building in the district, a man immediately asked me if I was Bae Hyun-jin, a member of the National Assembly.
After that, I was hit about 10 times in the back of the head. Mr. Bae was taken to the hospital. He suffered cuts and is currently hospitalized. The man was apprehended by Bae's associates, and police officers who rushed to the scene caught him red-handed.
I was arrested. The man describes himself as ``15 years old.'' Police authorities are currently investigating the motive. Mr. Bae is 40 years old from Seoul City. TV station MBC's broadcaster Naeun is from the station.
Naka became popular as a caster for the flagship news program ``MBC News Desk''. In 2012, she withdrew from the union during a union strike demanding the resignation of management and returned to being a newscaster.
When he returned home, he was at odds with the labor union. At the end of 2017, when the management team was changed, he left the program and became a reporter after that. He left the bureau in March 2018 and joined the Liberty Korea Party, a conservative party that existed at the time.
Joined the party. He ran in the parliamentary by-election in June of the same year, but lost. He then ran as a candidate for the United Future Party, the successor party to the Liberty Korea Party, in the April 2020 general election and was elected for the first time. Same political party
Until now, he has served as a top committee member of the successor political party ``People's Power.'' He is also a member of the nonpartisan Korea-Japan Parliamentary Alliance, and is promoting exchanges with Japanese parliamentarians.
Members of the ruling and opposition parties have voiced their outrage over the incident. On the night of the 25th, Han Dong-hoon, the head of ``People's Power'' and chairman of the emergency response committee, said that Mr. Bae
I went to visit him at the hospital where he was admitted. He told reporters, ``Something that should never have happened happened. We must uncover the truth and severely punish the culprits.'' The largest opposition party “Together”
"Political terrorism of any kind must not be tolerated. A thorough and decisive response is required," Lee Jae-myung, head of the Democratic Party of Japan, commented on his social media.
On the 2nd of this month, Mr. Lee was visiting the southern city of Busan, where he was visiting a new airport construction site and was being interviewed by reporters.
He was stabbed in the left side of his neck with a knife by a man who approached him looking for food. After being transported to Busan National University Hospital and receiving first aid, he was transferred to Seoul National University Hospital where he underwent surgery. 60 arrested on suspicion of attempted murder
The man told police that he wanted to prevent Lee from becoming president. Police said the crime was motivated by personal political beliefs. The man said, ``Mr. Lee was identified in the (April) general election.
"I decided to kill him in order to give the candidate official recognition and prevent him from winning many seats," he said. Mr. Lee was discharged from the hospital on the 10th.
In South Korea, there have been incidents in the past where party leaders and other important figures were attacked. In 2006, at the time
President Park Geun-hye, former representative of the Grand National Party, the main opposition party, was attacked by a man while giving a speech in support of local elections in Seoul. Mr. Park was slashed with a box cutter,
He suffered serious injuries that required approximately 60 stitches to his right cheek. In March 2022, Park was greeting supporters in front of her private residence in Daegu, in the southeastern city of Daegu, when a crowd threw a soju bottle at her. At this time, about ten people
Mr. Park was protected by the quick response of his security personnel, and was not injured. South Korea has a government agency, the Presidential Security Agency, which protects the president and his family.
You will receive almost the same level of protection. In addition, in March 2022, Song Yong-gil, who was the representative of the Democratic Party of Japan at the time, was hit on the head with a blunt object by a man while campaigning for support before the presidential election.
An incident is occurring. In South Korea, a general election will be held in April this year. It is expected that members of the Diet will become more active in their political activities, such as campaigning around the country, but ahead of that, members of both the ruling and opposition parties have been
This is an abnormal situation where they are attacked. Rep. Ahn Cheol-soo of People's Power called for, ``The police must conduct a thorough investigation and establish measures to prevent recurrence.'' On the other hand, the ruling and opposition parties are condemning each other.
Regarding the current political world, which is full of wars, he said, ``There is an urgent need to stop war-like politics and return to the original politics.''