Park makes surprise visit to hospitalized U.S. envoy

President Park Geun-hye made a surprise visit to U.S. Ambassador to South Korea Mark Lippert on Monday as he recovers from wounds he sustained in a knife attack last week.

Park visited Severance Hospital, where the envoy has been hospitalized since Thursday when a South Korean activist slashed him in the face and wrist to protest joint military drills between Seoul and Washington.

Park made the visit immediately after returning to the country from a four-nation tour of the Middle East. (Yonhap)