South Korea: Ex-first lady Kim handed longer graft sentence

Government

An appeals court on Tuesday increased the corruption sentence for former first lady Kim Keon Hee to four years in jail, more than doubling her sentence after she unsuccessfully appealed a prior conviction. Kim is the wife of jailed former South Korean Preisdent Yoon Suk Yeol, who faces various convictions and charges  connected to him trying to impose martial law in December 2024, only to be impeached and suspended within weeks and removed from office and charged within months .  While still in

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