Kim Keon-hee, the spouse of deposed former President Yoon Suk-yeol, is accused of manipulating shares, violating political funds legal guidelines, and taking bribes from the Unification Church
Kim Keon-hee, the spouse of former President Yoon Suk-yeol, speaks to her attorneys whereas showing for the ultimate listening to in her corruption trial on the Seoul Central District Courtroom on Dec. 3, 2025. (pool photograph)
A particular counsel requested a 15-year jail sentence for former South Korean first woman Kim Keon-hee on Wednesday.
Particular counsel Min Joung-kie made the sentencing request in the course of the remaining listening to within the trial of Kim, who’s charged with inventory manipulation at Deutsch Motors (a violation of the Capital Markets Act), arranging non-public opinion polls with Myung Tae-kyun (a violation of the Political Funds Act), and doing favors for a shaman named Jeon Seong-bae and the Unification Church (influence-peddling underneath the Act on the Aggravated Punishment of Particular Crimes).
“As punishment for the defendant’s influence-peddling and her violation of the Capital Markets Act, we ask that she be sentenced to 11 years in jail, fined 2 billion gained and required to pay 800 million gained in restitution. And as punishment for her violation of the Political Funds Act, we additional ask that she be sentenced to 4 years in jail and required to pay 132 million gained in restitution,” the particular counsel mentioned throughout his concluding assertion within the listening to.
By Jang Hyeon-eun, employees reporter
Please direct questions or feedback to [english@hani.co.kr]
