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Amb. to Seoul Mark Lippert Gets an F-16 Ride Over South Korean Airspace, DPRK Reacts
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Tweet of the Day: Lighting Up the Christmas Tree in Seoul
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US Embassy Seoul: The Terminator and the Mother of Dragons Visit South Korea; Grigsby Gets a Kiss
Posted: 1:03 am PDT
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Arnold Schwarzenegger and “Game of Thrones” actress Emilia Clarke arrived in Seoul to promote the fifth installment in the “Terminator” franchise, “Terminator Genisys“ directed by Alan Taylor. They visited Ambassador Lippert, at the COM residence, and Grigsby got a kiss from Terminator man.
한국에 오신 걸 환영합니다! 아침에 @Schwarzenegger @Emilia_Clarke @USFKPAO 하고 같이 만났어요! 재미있었어요! Welcome to ROK! #TerminatorGenisys pic.twitter.com/GxWYXyKHXc
— Mark Lippert (@mwlippert) July 3, 2015
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새 친구 @Schwarzenegger 하고 같이 뽀뽀했어요!!! pic.twitter.com/CuZAcKSE9A
— Grigsby (@GrigsbyBasset) July 3, 2015
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US Embassy Seoul: Ambassador Mark Lippert Returns to Work
Posted: 1:13 pm EDT
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Great to walk into work today w @LRobynDC & 세준 & @GrigsbyBasset – great to be back! 아침에 미국 대사관 으로 산책했어요! 재미있어요!! pic.twitter.com/rEo3PkFv99
— Mark Lippert (@mwlippert) March 19, 2015
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A/S Russel in Seoul expressed gratitude for outpouring of support from ROK for @mwlippert http://t.co/DQe4cLcsK0 pic.twitter.com/eZndgA1VbC
— EAP Bureau (@USAsiaPacific) March 17, 2015
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VIDEO: U.S. Ambassador to Seoul Mark Lippert: ‘I feel incredibly lucky’
Posted: 5:37 pm PST
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Mark Lippert, the U.S. ambassador to South Korea, joins TODAY to talk about the terrifying moment he was attacked by a man wielding a knife. He’s out of the hospital and recovering, and says he feels safe in South Korea.
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US Embassy Seoul: Ambassador Mark Lippert Leaves Hospital
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US ambassador to South Korea Mark Lippert to be released from Seoul hospital after knife attack http://t.co/Ag5kTWevnv
— Agence France-Presse (@AFP) March 10, 2015
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US ambassador Mark Lippert thanks South Koreans for support as he leaves hospital after attack http://t.co/zhNPU1WPl1 pic.twitter.com/urF0wtaErK
— BBC Breaking News (@BBCBreaking) March 10, 2015
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U.S. Ambassador to South Korea Mark Lippert is out of a Seoul hospital days after being wounded in a knife attack http://t.co/DKXbUSI52K
— CBS News (@CBSNews) March 10, 2015
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Ambassador Mark Lippert tweets, “doing well & in great spirits …”
Posted: 11:04 EST
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Doing well&in great spirits! Robyn, Sejun, Grigsby & I – deeply moved by the support! Will be back ASAP to advance US-ROK alliance! 같이 갑시다!
— Mark Lippert (@mwlippert) March 5, 2015
More details from Reuters and Voice of America below:
- Ambassador Lippert was attacked and slashed in the face by a Korean nationalist at about 7:40 a.m. local time Thursday (2240 GMT Wednesday) at a forum hosted by the Korean Council for Reconciliation and Cooperation in Seoul. The attack took place in a government arts centre across the street from the heavily guarded US embassy.
- He was treated at Yonsei University’s Severance Hospital where he underwent a two and a half hour surgery that required 80 stitches.
- A small fruit knife was used in the attack.
- The attack resulted on a gash on the ambassador’s face measuring 11 centimeters (4 inches) long and 3 centimeters (1 inch) deep, located from his right cheekbone to jaw on the right side of his face and a puncture wound on his left wrist, causing nerve damage that was repaired. There was reportedly no major damage to his facial nerves or salivary glands. Reports say he will be hospitalised for three or four days.
- The forum organizer denied that the alleged assailant was a member. “Kim was able to gain admittance by taking advantage of a bureaucratic oversight, saying he was from an old group that no longer exists but remains on the organization’s list. He said it was an annual event and there had been no such incident like this in past, so they did not request extra police presence.” The assailant who was caught and identified also tried to attacked the Japanese ambassador to South Korea in 2010 by throwing a piece of concrete. He was reportedly given a suspended jail term for that incident.
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Ambassador David Shear: From Vietnam to DOD’s Asian and Pacific Security Affairs (APSA)
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Last month, President Obama announced his intent to nominate Ambassador David B. Shear to be the next Assistant Secretary of Defense for Asian and Pacific Security Affairs in the Department of Defense. The WH released the following brief bio:
Ambassador David B. Shear is the U.S. Ambassador to the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, a position he has held since 2011. From 2009 to 2011, he served as Deputy Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs at the Department of State (DOS). Previously, he was the Director of the Office of Chinese and Mongolian Affairs in the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs at DOS. Mr. Shear joined the Foreign Service in 1982 and has served in Sapporo, Beijing, Tokyo, Kuala Lumpur, and Washington, D.C.
Mr. Shear received a B.A. from Earlham College and an M.A from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, and has attended Waseda University, Taiwan National University, and Nanjing University.
Ambassador David Shear with Senator John McCain
US Embassy Vietnam: CODEL McCain – Jan 18-20, 2012
APSA is responsible for oversight of security cooperation programs and foreign military sales programs within the regions under its supervision. It looks like it covers East Asia, South & Southeast Asia and Afghanistan, Pakistan and Central Asia.
If confirmed. Ambassador Shear would succeed Mark Lippert who was appointed to the position in 2011 and confirmed by the Senate in 2012. In May 2013, Mr. Limpert became the Chief of Staff to the Secretary of Defense. Dr. Peter R. Lavoy who served as the Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for Asian and Pacific Security Affairs (APSA) is reportedly leaving this month. Ambassador Derek J. Mitchell, the current U.S. Ambassador to Burma was previously the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for APSA.
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