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South Korea's ousted President Yoon Sung-nyeo waved at supporters as he left the presidential complex for the final time.

Last week, the Constitutional Court upheld Mr. Yoon's impeachment over his short-lived declaration of martial law in December.

The former president and his wife have returned to their apartment in the south of Seoul.

Our Seoul correspondent, Jeanne Mackenzie, gave us this update.

JEANNE MACKENZIE, Seoul Correspondent, South Korea News & World Reporter Now, this presidential complex has dramatic scenes, but, really, today, nothing compared to what we have witnessed there over the past few months.

This is where we have seen these huge standoffs between Mr. Yoon's presidential security team, who were protecting him, and the police who were trying to arrest him, as Mr. Yoon actually barricaded himself inside this compound at times to try to resist arrest.

So, today has been a much more peaceful picture.

Mr. Yoon has accepted the decision of the Constitutional Court that we got here in Seoul last Friday to remove him from office.

And as I said, he's moving back into his old apartment.

He's going there with his wife and his 11 pets.

So that is his six dogs and his five cats.

But he is still entitled to presidential security.

So he will have a number of bodyguards looking after him there as well.

And he is going to remain in the spotlight for a little bit longer, because, on Monday, his criminal trial is getting under way.

He has been charged with insurrection because of his attempts to stage this military takeover back in December.

And this is one of the most serious crimes that you can be charged with here in South Korea.

So, if he's found guilty, he is either going to be sentenced to life in prison or the death penalty.

And, as you said, this has been an enormously tumultuous time here in South Korea, which is now only just beginning to look forward.

So there is a general election, an election, a presidential election plan for two months'  We are starting to see candidates come forward.

And we are expecting this to be an incredibly polarising and tumultuous time for South Korea, because this period in general has really polarised the country.

And that was the BBC's Jean MacKenzie there in Seoul.