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

South Korean ex-first lady Kim Keon-hee gets 7 years in jail for bribery
South China Morning Post Friday 26 June 2026, 07:55 UTC By Agence France-Presse 1 min read
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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”.

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 a...
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