South Korea's nightly news programs are dominated by the political tumult that has gripped the nation since President Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law early last month, with Wednesday's broadcasts focusing on rival pro- and anti-Yoon protests outside his official residence in Seoul.

Yoon is currently holed up in the fortified residence, and, up to now, has been kept from being detained for questioning by South Korea's presidential security service.

Yoon is under criminal investigation for insurrection after his botched martial law declaration. A new detention warrant against the embattled president was issued Tuesday, and anti-corruption investigators have vowed to use more forceful methods to detain him.

For the vast majority of South Koreans, however, little changed after the initial shock of Yoon's December announcement.

Since then, Yoon has been impeached and the case is being considered by the Constitutional Court. Meanwhile the opposition Democratic Party has filed impeachment motions against several senior politicians who have taken over the reins of government since Yoon retreated to his official residence.

And with the Corruption Investigation Office still trying to take Yoon into custody, ordinary South Koreans just want the political crisis to be over and for the government to once again start addressing day-to-day problems, such as the weak economy and a currency that continues to slip against the dollar.

Many are proud, however, that a nation........

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