S. Korea's Ex-First Lady Gets Four-Year Prison Sentence
The Seoul High Court upheld a guilty verdict against Kim — wife of ousted President Yoon Suk Yeol — on two separate counts: participation in a stock price manipulation scheme and accepting high-end gifts from the Unification Church. She had previously been handed a 20-month sentence, which the court determined was insufficient given the gravity of the offenses.
The ruling falls well short of what prosecutors had demanded. Special counsel Min Joong-ki's team had pushed for a 15-year prison term, reflecting the severity with which investigators viewed her conduct.
The verdict arrives amid an extraordinary period of legal reckoning for South Korea's former ruling household. Yoon himself was stripped of the presidency last year following his conviction over the imposition of martial law in December 2024 — a move that sent shockwaves through the country's political establishment. He now faces a life sentence stemming from that ruling, with multiple additional legal cases still pending against him.
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