South Korean Lawmaker Is Injured in Attack Weeks After Opposition Leader Was Stabbed

South Korean Lawmaker Is Injured in Attack Weeks After Opposition Leader Was Stabbed
People Power Party lawmaker Bae Hyunjin speaks at the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, on May 31, 2023. Go Bum-joon/Newsis via AP
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SEOUL, South Korea—A South Korean governing party lawmaker was treated for lacerations at a Seoul hospital after being attacked Thursday by an unidentified man who struck her head with a rock-like object, South Korean police and fire officials said.

A police official in Seoul’s Apgujeong district said a suspect was arrested at the scene of the attack on lawmaker Bae Hyunjin in southern Seoul.