<p>Seoul: The 67-year-old man who stabbed the leader of <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/south-korea">South Korea</a>'s opposition Democratic Party in January was sentenced to 15 years in prison by a court on Friday, the <em>Yonhap</em> news agency reported.</p><p>In a sentencing hearing at the Busan District Court, a judge said the crime which took place ahead of a general election was a serious challenge and an attempt to destroy representative democracy, according to <em>Yonhap</em>'s report.</p><p>Prosecutors had sought a 20-year prison sentence for the attacker, who <em>Yonhap</em> named as Kim, but did not give his first name.</p><p>Lee Jae-myung, who recently resigned as Democratic Party leader, <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/world/south-korea-opposition-chief-lee-jae-myung-stabbed-in-neck-2832067">was stabbed in the neck</a> while visiting the southern city of Busan in January.</p>.Karnataka delegation woos South Korea Inc for investments.<p>Video footage showed a man wearing a paper crown with Lee's name on it, approaching Lee and asking for an autograph before lunging forward and stabbing him in the neck.</p><p>The attack was condemned as an "act of terror" and a challenge to democracy by President Yoon Suk Yeol and politicians from both the ruling and opposition parties.</p><p>Lee's party scored a landslide victory in a parliamentary election in April, dealing a resounding blow to President Yoon and his conservative party but fell short of a super majority.</p><p>Lee narrowly lost the 2022 presidential election and is on trial on bribery charges he denies.</p>
<p>Seoul: The 67-year-old man who stabbed the leader of <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/south-korea">South Korea</a>'s opposition Democratic Party in January was sentenced to 15 years in prison by a court on Friday, the <em>Yonhap</em> news agency reported.</p><p>In a sentencing hearing at the Busan District Court, a judge said the crime which took place ahead of a general election was a serious challenge and an attempt to destroy representative democracy, according to <em>Yonhap</em>'s report.</p><p>Prosecutors had sought a 20-year prison sentence for the attacker, who <em>Yonhap</em> named as Kim, but did not give his first name.</p><p>Lee Jae-myung, who recently resigned as Democratic Party leader, <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/world/south-korea-opposition-chief-lee-jae-myung-stabbed-in-neck-2832067">was stabbed in the neck</a> while visiting the southern city of Busan in January.</p>.Karnataka delegation woos South Korea Inc for investments.<p>Video footage showed a man wearing a paper crown with Lee's name on it, approaching Lee and asking for an autograph before lunging forward and stabbing him in the neck.</p><p>The attack was condemned as an "act of terror" and a challenge to democracy by President Yoon Suk Yeol and politicians from both the ruling and opposition parties.</p><p>Lee's party scored a landslide victory in a parliamentary election in April, dealing a resounding blow to President Yoon and his conservative party but fell short of a super majority.</p><p>Lee narrowly lost the 2022 presidential election and is on trial on bribery charges he denies.</p>