A man wielding a box cutter has attacked the leader of South Korea's main opposition party, slashing her face during a campaign rally.
Park, chairwoman of the Grand National Party, suffered a 10 centimeter (four-inch) cut to her face, will be hospitalized for at least a week and will not be able to speak well for months, said Choi Kyung-deuk, spokesman for Severance Hospital.
He told police that he was "upset at a society that lacks democracy," said Han Jin-ho, head of the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency.
"In a democratic society, any acts of terrorism or violence during election campaigns cannot be tolerated under any circumstance for whatever reason," Roh said during a Cabinet meeting, according to his office.
