Chinese security guards on December 14, 2017, attacked South Korean reporters travelling with South Korea President Moon Jae-in at a trade fair in Beijing. South Korea's Yonhap said the 14 reporters, who are part of the presidential press corps, were blocked from following President Moon as he visited booths representing South Korean businesses. When they complained, around 15 guards reacted violently, grabbing a photojournalist from the Hankook Ilbo newspaper by the collar to eject him from the venue. Another photographer from the Maeil Business newspaper was beaten up shortly afterwards as a scuffle broke out again between journalists and security guards—presidential officials were also pushed around as they tried to protect the reporter, according to South Korean publication Korea JoongAng Daily.
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