SEOUL, June 23 (Yonhap) — Former first lady Kim Keon Hee defied prosecutors’ summons Monday over allegations of stock price manipulation and interference with the election nomination process, officials said. A special investigation unit under the prosecution had requested Kim, the wife of ousted President Yoon Suk Yeol, to appear for questioning as a suspect, [...]
SEOUL, May 12 (Korea Bizwire) – Prosecutors have ordered former first lady Kim Keon Hee to appear for questioning this week over allegations of influence-peddling in the 2022 parliamentary by-elections, legal sources said Monday. Kim, the wife of impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol, was recently sent a summons by the Seoul Central District Prosecutors Office [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — The National Assembly was set to hold a revote Wednesday on two special counsel bills targeting impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol over his failed martial law bid and allegations surrounding first lady Kim Keon Hee. The special counsel bill targeting Yoon calls for the designation of special prosecutors to [...]
SEOUL, June 27 (Korea Bizwire) — First lady Kim Keon Hee has said she hopes to be a “K-culture salesperson” promoting Korean culture and art overseas, according to a recent interview with a U.S. media outlet. In the written interview with Artnet News, an online art journal, published Monday (local time), Kim also said she [...]
BALI, Indonesia, Nov. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — First lady Kim Keon-hee revisited a hospital in Phnom Penh to discuss ways to provide treatment for a Cambodian child with a congenital heart disease, the presidential office said Monday. Kim returned to Hebron Medical Center, which was established by a South Korean pediatrician and remains largely run [...]
SEOUL, June 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Nearly six out of 10 South Koreans feel first lady Kim Keon-hee has not done well in her role over the first month and a half of President Yoon Suk-yeol’s term, a survey showed Wednesday. Data Research polled 1,000 South Korean adults Monday on Kim’s performance as first lady [...]
SEOUL, May 23 (Korea Bizwire) — In meeting with first lady Kim Keon-hee for the first time this past weekend, U.S. President Joe Biden had a few good words to say, according to sources Monday. Biden was greeted by first lady Kim Keon-hee when he arrived at the National Museum of Korea for a state [...]