SEOUL, Sept. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Special counsel Min Joong-ki’s team on Thursday requested an arrest warrant for a senior construction company executive over his alleged role in a stock price manipulation scheme possibly involving former first lady Kim Keon Hee. The investigation team filed for the warrant for Lee Ki-hoon, vice chairman of Sambu [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 1 (Korea Bizwire) – Former first lady asked for the Unification Church’s cooperation in backing a specific candidate in the People Power Party’s (PPP) leadership election in March 2023, an indictment written by special counsel Min Joong-ki’s team showed Monday. The team suspects that the Unification Church sought to request various policy favors from the administration [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 29 (Korea Bizwire) – A special counsel team on Friday indicted former first lady Kim Keon Hee on charges of corruption and bribery, making her the first spouse of a former president to stand trial under custody. Kim, the wife of ousted former President Yoon Suk Yeol, was indicted with physical detention on [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — A special counsel team said Friday it has indicted an associate of former first lady Kim Keon Hee under detention on charges of embezzlement. Known as the “butler” of the former first lady’s family, Kim Ye-seong’s indictment came after he was placed under arrest earlier this month on charges [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 26 (Korea Bizwire) – A special counsel team said it plans to indict former first lady Kim Keon Hee with physical detention on Friday. The team led by special counsel Min Joong-ki announced the date Tuesday, confirming earlier reports that the indictment could come as early as Friday, before Kim’s detention period expires [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – Jailed former first lady Kim Keon Hee again exercised her right to remain silent during questioning by a special counsel team Thursday in her third session since her arrest last week, sources said, with the team set to grill Kim once more on Saturday. Kim, the wife of former [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — An associate of former first lady Kim Keon Hee appeared for a court hearing Friday for his arrest on charges of embezzlement as part of a special counsel probe targeting the former first lady. Kim Ye-seong, known as the “butler” of the former first lady’s family, arrived at the [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 7 (Korea Bizwire) – A special counsel team requested an arrest warrant for former first lady Kim Keon Hee on Thursday, a day after questioning her over allegations of election meddling and other irregularities. Special counsel Min Joong-ki’s team said it filed for the warrant on charges of violations of the Capital Market [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – A special counsel team on Wednesday wrapped up its first questioning of former first lady Kim Keon Hee over her alleged involvement in stock manipulation schemes, election meddling and other charges. Kim denied allegations against her, according to judicial sources. The questioning lasted more than seven hours after beginning [...]
SEOUL, July 21 (Korea Bizwire) — A special counsel team said Monday it has summoned former President Yoon Suk Yeol and former first lady Kim Keon Hee to appear for questioning over allegations of election interference and other irregularities. Special counsel Min Joong-ki’s team sent a summons to the Seoul Detention Center where Yoon is [...]