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Belgium Recalls Envoy to South Korea After His Wife Assaulted 2 Boutique Staff During Shopping News18 1 hour ago News18 © Provided by News18 Belgium Recalls Envoy to South Korea After His Wife Assaulted 2 Boutique Staff During Shopping Belgium on Friday said it will recall its ambassador to South Korea after the envoy’s wife was accused of assaulting two boutique staff in an incident that went viral. Belgian Foreign Minister Sophie Wilmes ordered Ambassador Peter Lescouhier to end his mission this summer, a statement said, adding that that his spouse, Xiang Xueqiu, had met privately with the employees to apologise. “Now that Mrs. Xiang Xueqiu has personally presented her excuses and cooperated with the police, Minister of Foreign Affairs Sophie Wilmès has decided that it is in the best interest of our bilateral relations to end Ambassador Lescouhier’s tenure in the Republic of Korea this summer,” the statement said.

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