South Korea's ruling party leader said on Friday (Dec 6) President Yoon Suk Yeol needs to be removed from authority for the safety of the country for trying to impose martial law, but stopped short of urging members to vote for impeachment.
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00:00South Korea's ruling party leader said on Friday that President Yoon Suk-yeol needs
00:05to be removed from authority for the safety of the country for trying to impose martial
00:10law, but stopped short of urging members to vote for impeachment.
00:15Speaking after a party meeting at the parliament, party leader Han Dong-hoon said Yoon had ordered
00:21the arrest of prominent politicians over grounds that they were among those anti-state forces
00:27during the martial law.
00:29The main opposition Democratic Party leader Lee Jae-myung said the declaration of martial
00:33law was a rebellion waged by the president in order to maintain or extend his power.
00:39Yoon shocked the nation and his own ruling People Power Party on Tuesday when he announced
00:44he was imposing martial law in order to root out anti-state forces and overcome obstructionist
00:51political opponents.
00:52Meanwhile, morning commuters in Seoul were joined by protesters on Friday ahead of an
00:58expected vote on whether to impeach Yoon.
01:01The protests and a heavy police presence follow Yoon's surprise move to declare martial law
01:07on Dec. 3.