The North Korean government celebrated when the US envoy to South Korea Ambassador Mark Lippert was Wednesday attacked in a bloody knife incident on the face and his wrist.
Lippert was attacked by a man wielding a 10-inch knife and loudly screaming that the two nations South and North Korea should be unified.
As a US official said Lippert is now “doing well and in great spirits … Will be back ASAP to advance US-ROK [Republic of Korea] alliance,” the North Korean government and some citizens there celebrated.
“He caused it and this is a true sign of why the South should come to us,” shouted one North Korean, a top civil servant in that government.
There are at present at least 25,000 US troops in the South, guarding against the threat from North Korea. Some Koreans resent their continued presence 60 years after the Korean War ended. VIDEO: