“Let go! Don’t you feel the shame?” Ahn can be seen shouting at the soldier in the clip. After she grabs his rifle, the soldier steps back.
Asked if she knew it would gain that much attention, Ahn said: “There were many people braver than me who stood up to the martial law troops.”
“There were people who even managed to stop armoured vehicles outside. So, I don’t think my actions were particularly special,” Ahn said.
The commander of the martial law troops said on Thursday he had no intention to wield firearms against the public. The country’s vice defence minister said no live ammunition was provided to the troops.
South Korean opposition lawmakers plan to vote this weekend to impeach the president.
“I think that the people have already psychologically impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol,” Ahn said. “Who could trust a president declaring martial law almost like a child playing games or entrust the nation to such leadership?”
