Kim Keon Hee, wife of impeached former President Yoon Suk Yeol, became the first former first lady in Korea to sit as a defendant as her trial opened on charges of stock manipulation, political interference, and bribery.
Former First Lady Kim Keon Hee made history on August 6 by becoming the first Korean first lady to appear publicly as a suspect in a criminal investigation. Her questioning centered on allegations of stock manipulation tied to Deutsch Motors.