South Korean ex-first lady sentenced to 7 years for bribery scandal

The former first lady had previously been sentenced to four years in a separate case involving the Unification Church.

By The Associated Press

South Korean court jails former first lady for seven years in bribery case

Kim Keon Hee was sentenced for taking bribes including luxury items in return for political favours.

South Korean ex-first lady Kim Keon-hee gets 7 years in jail for bribery

A South Korean court sentenced former first lady Kim Keon-hee, already serving time for corruption, to another seven years’ imprisonment on Friday in a jobs-for-gifts scandal. Kim, 53, was found guilty of accepting “high-value precious metals” in exchange for favours in personnel appointments, according to the live-streamed ruling. The court said she “unhesitatingly accepted valuables of a kind that the average citizen would struggle to acquire even once in a lifetime”. Kim is already serving...

By Agence France-Presse

South Korea's Ex-First Lady Jailed For 7 Years In Jobs-For-Gifts Case

Kim Keon Hee was found guilty of accepting "high-value precious metals" in exchange for favours in personnel appointments, according to the livestreamed ruling.

South Korea’s former First Lady Kim Keon Hee sentenced to seven years for bribery

South Korea’s former First Lady Kim Keon Hee was sentenced on Friday to seven years in jail for receiving bribes, after a court found her guilty of accepting luxury items such as jewellery and a Dior handbag in exchange for political favours. The wife of ex-President Yoon Suk Yeol – who was ousted in 2025 […]

Former first lady gets 7 years in influence-peddling case

Former first lady Kim Keon Hee was sentenced to seven years in prison Friday after a Seoul court found her guilty of accepting luxury gifts in return for exerting influence over government appointments, in a high-profile influence-peddling case that prosecutors described as a “sale of public office.” The Seoul Central District Court found Kim guilty of peddling influence under the Act on the Aggravated Punishment of Specific Crimes, ruling that she knowingly accepted valuables from businesspeopl

By The Korea Herald