Foreign media such as CNN and the BBC, and the martial law army are focused on the attention of Ahn Gwi-ryeong.

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Foreign media have focused on reporting Ahn Gui-ryeong, spokesman of the Democratic Party of Korea, who shouted, "Aren't you ashamed?" while holding the martial law army's gun?

On the 4th (local time), U.S. broadcaster CNN highlighted Ahn in an article titled, "A politician who fought with an armed soldier outside the Korean National Assembly is being viral."

CNN reported, "After the Korean president declared martial law, a video of a journalist-turned-politician struggling with armed soldiers and expressing resistance and anger is widely shared online."

Earlier, on the night of the 3rd, when Yoon Suk Yeol's president declared an emergency martial law, there was a physical conflict between armed martial law forces and citizens deployed in the main building of the National Assembly. In the process, Ahn grabbed the martial law army's gun with his hand and shouted, "Aren't you ashamed?" and the martial law army appeared to aim the gun at Ahn.

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CNN introduced Ahn as a spokesman for the main opposition Democratic Party and a former YTN anchor, and said the video of him colliding with martial law forces had been viewed more than 7 million times on social media (SNS) until the afternoon of the 4th. In addition, he said he contacted the Democratic Party of Korea with spokesman Ahn and asked for comment.

"Ahn's actions quickly became a hot topic, and his courage was praised," the U.K. Economic Times said in an article titled "Let's meet a brave Korean activist who stood up to the martial law army."

The BBC also reported an interview with Ahn, citing a video showing Ahn in one of the videos that received a lot of attention online.A spokesman for

told the BBC at the time, "I didn't intend to think about something with my head or calculate it rationally, but I just thought, 'We have to stop it first, if we don't stop it, there's no next time."

He continued, "I think I threw myself in the moment to stop it. In the process, (the soldiers) grabbed my arm and blocked it, so I think I pushed (the soldiers)," he said, adding, "I was able to hold (the gun) because I was shaking off the arm I was holding and holding something like this."

Finally, Ahn said, "I was so sorry for the people of one person before I was a political party, and I was heartbroken because it seemed to witness the regression of history," adding, "It is a little sad and frustrating that this is happening to Korea in the 21st century."

Lee Yu-na, reporter for the digital news team