South Korean ruling party lawmaker attacked on the street.

South Korean lawmaker Bae Hyun-jin, a member of the ruling People Power Party, was attacked in Seoul on January 25th by an unidentified assailant who struck her in the head with a rock-like object. Bae, a former television news anchor, sustained minor injuries and was hospitalized in stable condition. The attack comes weeks after opposition lawmaker Lee Jae-myung was stabbed in the neck in Busan, raising concerns about South Korea's polarized politics.

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