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International Business Times
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Kang Jin-kyu and Cat Barton

S. Korean Democracy Faces 'Most Critical Moment', Opposition Leader Tells AFP

South Korea's main opposition Democratic Party leader Lee Jae-myung had warned for months that Yoon might resort to martial law (Credit: AFP)

Lawmakers camping out in parliament, hundreds of thousands of protestors expected outside, a landmark vote to impeach the president over martial law -- South Korean democracy faces its "most critical moment", opposition leader Lee Jae-myung told AFP Friday.

The country could have a new interim leader as soon as Saturday night, if the impeachment motion set for 7 pm (1000 GMT) succeeds in removing wildly unpopular President Yoon Suk Yeol from office over his bid to impose martial law on the democratic South.

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