As South Korea descended into political chaos this week, one woman stood out for grabbing the barrel of a gun of an armed solider outside the country’s National Assembly Tuesday night.
Ahn Gwi-ryeong, 35, a former TV anchor who serves as spokesperson for the opposition Democratic party, has gone viral for her act of defiance, seen by many as brave.
However, she insists that putting her hand on the gun, in response to a short-lived declaration of martial law, was not particularly special or brave and that she was just doing anything she could to fight back against the declaration and deescalate the situation on both sides.
“My only thought was that I just needed to stop them. I pushed them away, shook them off, and did everything I could,” she told Reuters.
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