{"id":6009,"date":"2025-08-29T06:16:48","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T06:16:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/south-koreas-ex-first-lady-kim-keon-hee-indicted-on-bribery-charges\/"},"modified":"2025-08-29T06:16:48","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T06:16:48","slug":"south-koreas-ex-first-lady-kim-keon-hee-indicted-on-bribery-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/south-koreas-ex-first-lady-kim-keon-hee-indicted-on-bribery-charges\/","title":{"rendered":"South Korea’s ex-first lady Kim Keon Hee indicted on bribery charges"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Kim Keon Hee, the wife of South Korea’s ousted former President Yoon Suk Yeol, has been indicted for bribery and other charges, a special prosecution team said on Friday, amid a widening probe into the country’s martial law crisis and scandals involving the once powerful couple.<\/p>\n

Both Yoon and Kim have been arrested and are in jail, with Yoon already undergoing trial on charges that include insurrection following his ouster in April over a botched bid to impose martial law in December.<\/p>\n

The couple are under separate investigations by special prosecutors appointed after Yoon’s removal from office and President Lee Jae Myung took office.<\/p>\n

It is the first time that a former first lady has been indicted in South Korea.<\/p>\n

The charges against Kim, which are punishable by years in prison if she is found guilty, range from stock fraud to bribery that have implicated business owners, religious figures and a political power broker.<\/p>\n

The former first lady has been the subject of numerous high-profile scandals, some dating back more than 15 years, which overshadowed Yoon’s turbulent presidency and inflicted political damage on him and his conservative party.<\/p>\n

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Kim’s lawyers have denied the allegations against her and said news reports about some of the gifts she allegedly received were groundless speculation.<\/p>\n

Special prosecutors investigating the country’s martial law crisis also indicted on Friday former Prime Minister Han Duck-soo who was appointed by Yoon on charges of abetting insurrection and committing perjury, a prosecution spokesperson said.<\/p>\n

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Kim Keon Hee, the wife of South Korea’s ousted former President Yoon Suk Yeol, has been indicted for bribery and other charges, a special prosecution team said on Friday, amid a widening probe into the country’s martial law crisis and scandals involving the once powerful couple. Both Yoon and Kim have been arrested and are…<\/p>\n

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