FILE PHOTO: South Korean President Moon Jae-in and first lady Kim Jung-sook cast their early vote for the upcoming March 9 presidential election, at a polling station in Seoul, South Korea, March 4, 2022. Yonhap via REUTERS
SEOUL (Reuters) - The leader of South Korea's ruling party was hospitalised on Monday after being attacked while campaigning for this week's presidential election, a race already overshadowed by controversy and in which early voting has been marred by irregularities.
Democratic Party leader Song Young-gil was attacked in Seoul by a man wearing a traditional robe who approached him from behind and struck him on the head with a smaller hammer, a video uploaded to YouTube by a Democrat campaigner showed.
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