BEIJING: Chinese security personnel beat and severely injured a South Korean photojournalist covering President Moon Jae-In's visit to Beijing on Thursday, a South Korean media group said.

The scuffle took place hours before Moon was scheduled to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping in an attempt to ease tensions over the US deployment of a missile defence system in South Korea.

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