S. Korea Man Charged in Knife Attack on US Ambassador

South Korean prosecutors on Wednesday indicted a man who slashed the U.S. ambassador in Seoul last month on charges of attempted murder. Kim Ki-jong, 55, was also indicted Wednesday on charges of assaulting a foreign envoy and obstruction, according to an official at the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office, who did not want to be named, citing department rules. South Korean law requires the trial to start within 14 days, and there is a possibility that it could start as...

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