The presidential election set to take place in South Korea on March 9 is of critical importance to the future of the nation as the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) seeks to extend its influence further over both North and South Korea. That’s according to Arthur Lee, who defected from North Korea when he was 29, and who spoke to EpochTV’s “China Insider” program at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Orlando, Florida, on Feb. 27. “I think this upcoming election is very important, because we’re kind of at a crossroads, where we are either going to be a free nation or become a one-party dictatorship,” Lee said. In South Korea’s widely anticipated election, the eighth since the country officially adopted democracy, the leading candidates are Lee Jae-myung of the ruling Democratic Party, Yoon Suk-yeol of the People Power Party, and Sim Sang-jung of the Justice Party. The current president, Moon-Jae …