SEOUL, Feb. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Mark Lippert, former U.S. Ambassador to South Korea currently working as YouTube Asia-Pacific’s public policy chief, will likely move to Samsung Electronics as an executive for the tech giant’s North American business, industry sources here said Thursday. Lippert — who served as the last U.S. ambassador to South Korea [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – U.S. ambassador Mark Lippert is set to end his 27-month term in South Korea, with his official duties scheduled to wrap up on January 20. During a one-hour farewell press conference held at the ambassadorial residence, Habib House, in central Seoul, Lippert shed tears several times, recalling memories of [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – The country’s top court on Wednesday sentenced a 56-year-old South Korean man to 12 years in prison for attempting to murder the top U.S. envoy to South Korea. The Supreme Court found Kim Ki-jong guilty of attacking Amb. Mark Lippert with a knife at a breakfast function in Seoul [...]
SEOUL, May 17 (Korea Bizwire) – Prosecutors sought a 17-year prison term for a 56-year-old South Korean man at an appeals court on Tuesday for assaulting the top U.S. envoy to South Korea last year as well as two prison staff. Kim Ki-jong is currently serving a jail term for attacking Ambassador Mark Lippert with [...]
“We are very understanding of the decision. President Barack Obama is looking forward to meeting Park at a “mutually convenient time.” “Obviously, we have been in close consultations back and forth with the government (of South Korea), watching the situation closely over the last several days. We are very understanding of the decision,” - Mark [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — The top U.S. diplomat here Tuesday sympathized with South Korea’s concerns over Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s reluctance to repent on its past militarism. Mark Lippert, U.S. ambassador to South Korea, was quoted as saying by informed sources that he agreed with Rep. Na Kyung-won on South Korea’s concerns [...]
SEOUL, April 7 (Korea Bizwire) – It looks exactly like a prop from a sci-fi movie, but in reality, it’s nothing more than a custom-designed splint. Mark Lippert, the U.S. ambassador to Korea, recently posted a picture on Facebook of the device he’s using to help recuperate from injuries sustained to his left hand and [...]
“This incident has only strengthened our belief in the unbreakable bond that exists between the United States and the Republic of Korea.” “One of my first public events (since resuming work) dealt with one of my favorite topics — Korean food. Since I love it so much, it was with enthusiasm that I attended the [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Police officers will be assigned to guard foreign envoys in South Korea even without their request if their safety appears to be at risk, the nation’s police chief said Wednesday. The measure comes amid heightened concerns about the safety of foreign envoys here following last week’s knife attack on [...]
SEOUL, March 11 (Korea Bizwire) – The US Embassy drew strong opposition from Korean journalists by searching their possessions without consent before a press conference featuring Ambassador Mark Lippert, which took place prior to his discharge from Severance Hospital. On March 10, staffers from the US Embassy searched through belongings left by reporters and journalists in the [...]