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S Korea's ex-first lady jailed for corruption
Bangkok Post
|January 29, 2026
Kim gets 20 months in prison over gifts
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South Korea's former first lady Kim Keon-hee arrives at the Seoul Central District Court, on Aug 12, 2025.
(REUTERS)
A South Korean judge handed the country's former first lady Kim Keon-hee 20 months in jail for accepting lavish gifts from a cult-like church yesterday, but acquitted her for alleged stock manipulation and other charges. Controversy has long surrounded 53-year-old Kim and accusations of graft, influence peddling and even academic fraud dominated her husband Yoon Suk-yeol's time in office.
Both are now in custody — Yoon for actions taken during his disastrous declaration of martial law in December 2024 and its chaotic aftermath and Kim for corruption.
Yesterday, Judge Woo In-sung of the Seoul Central District Court found her guilty of corruption and sentenced her to 20 months in prison.
She was found to have accepted lavish bribes from the cult-like Unification Church — including a Chanel bag and a Graff necklace.
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