South Korea's main opposition Democratic Party leader, Lee Jae-Myung, was stabbed in the neck by an unidentified assailant during a visit to the southeastern city of Busan. The incident occurred as Lee walked through a crowd of journalists and others after touring the proposed site of a new airport in Busan, stated a report in the Associated Press. 

According to the report, the attacker approached the leader in the guise of seeking an autograph before stabbing him in the left side of his neck with a knife. Lee, 59, was quickly transferred from Busan, where he had received basic treatment, to a hospital in Seoul for surgery. Lee's exact condition is still unknown, despite the fact that he wasn't in serious condition at first.