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.
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