Ousted South Korean President Park Geun-hye expressed defiance toward the corruption allegations against her as she vacated the presidential palace and returned to her home on Sunday, two days after the constitutional Court removed her from office. Park, dressed in a dark blue coat and her hair tied in a bun, smiled and waved from inside the car. “Former President Park will now be investigated by prosecutors as a civilian and as a criminal suspect,” Youn said in a statement. Park took her time to bid farewell to hundreds of presidential staff members before leaving the Blue House in a motorcade, said presidential spokesman Kim Dong-jo. Hundreds of her supporters stood near her private home for hours before she vacated the Blue House.

Source: National Post March 12, 2017 13:43 UTC