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Politician tussles with soldier outside South Korean parliament

A video that has gone viral shows An Gwi-ryeong, a journalist-turned-politician scuffling with an armed solider outside South Korea's parliament building. The incident happened after South Korea's president imposed martial law which has since ended. An is the spokesperson for the main opposition Democratic Party and former anchor on broadcaster YTN. CNN has reached out to An and the Democratic Party for comment.

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