Upon arrival, the ousted leader apologized to her supporters for her failure to complete her five-year term, but stopped short of accepting the court's ruling.
"I feel sorry that I have failed to complete the presidential mandate given to me," Park said in a statement that Liberty Korea Party Rep. Min Kyung-wook, Park's former spokesman, read out after Park arrived at her private residence in Samseong neighborhood.
"Though it will take time, I believe the truth will be definitely unearthed," she added, indicating she still does not acknowledge her corruption charges ranging from bribery to abuse of authority.
Park is alleged to have allowed her friend Choi Soon-sil with no government post to meddle in state affairs and colluded with Choi in extorting money and favors from local conglomerates such as Samsung Group. Both have flatly denied the charges with Park calling them a "colossal mountain of preposterous lies."
As a motorcade carrying her and her aides and security staff neared her home, her supporters standing on each side of the alley, called on "our president" to stay strong and fight to reverse the ruling. Her well-wishers, some teary-eyed, brandished national flags, chanting emotional words of encouragement.
Beyond the alley, Park's opponents demanded that she immediately face a prosecutorial probe. Some called for her arrest, denouncing her sleaze allegations.
Right in front of her residence, the so-called pro-Park lawmakers, including Suh Chung-won, Choi Kyung-hwan and Yoon Sang-hyun, as well as former and current presidential secretaries greeted her.
Korean Program analyses the situation with Korean political commentator Jung Sik Seo
