Scuffles in the South Korean parliament

Lee Yoon-sung, vice-speaker of the national assembly, is surrounded by security guards as he passes new bills. Parliament approved a set of disputed bills centred on allowing newspapers and conglomerates to own stakes in broadcasting stations, amid a boycott by opposition lawmakers who accuse the government of attempting to rein in domestic media organisations Photograph: Jo Yong-hak/Reuters

Lawmakers of South Korea's ruling Grand National party stop an opposition legislator, left, as he tries to reach the speaker's podium Photograph: Jung Yeon-je/AFP/Getty Images

South Korean opposition legislator Kang Ki-jung, centre top, brawls with members of the ruling party Photograph: Jung Yeon-je/AFP/Getty Images

An opposition legislator, centre, tries to climb up to the parliament speaker's podium as other members try to stop him Photograph: Jung Yeon-je/AFP/Getty Images

Lee Jung-hee, centre, a lawmaker of the opposition Democratic Labour party, is taken away by the ruling Grand National party's lawmakers Photograph: Jo Yong-hak/Reuters

South Korean oppositon legislators hold placards opposing media reform bills after failing to block their passage through parliament in Seoul Photograph: Jung Yeon-je/AFP/Getty Images