A court is set to deliver its verdict Wednesday on the corruption and bribery case of former first lady Kim Keon Hee, the wife of ousted former President Yoon Suk Yeol, marking the first ruling of three criminal trials she faces. The Seoul Central District Court is scheduled to hold the sentencing hearing at 2:10 p.m., which will be televised live. If found guilty, Kim and her husband would become the first former presidential couple to both be convicted. Yoon has been sentenced to five years in prison on charges stemming from his martial law bid in 2024 and faces more charges, including leading an insurrection. Special counsel Min Joong-ki’s team has demanded a 15-year prison term against Kim in the trial on charges that include involvement in a stock manipulation scheme and accepting luxury gifts from the Unification Church. Specifically, Kim has been charged with conspiring with a former head of Deutsch Motors, a BMW dealer in Korea, as well as a close associate, to manipulate the company’s stock price and make 810 million won ($565,170) in illegal profits between 2010 and 2012. She wa
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