SEOUL – A South Korean judge handed the country’s former first lady, Kim Keon Hee, a 20-month jail sentence for corruption on Wednesday but acquitted her of alleged stock manipulation and other charges.
Controversy has long surrounded 53-year-old Kim and accusations of corruption, influence peddling and even academic fraud dominated during 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 alleged stock manipulation and receiving gifts from the cult-like Unification Church.
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