Kim Keon Hee has been under scrutiny for accepting a Dior bag in violation of government ethics rules.
South Korea 's President Yoon Suk Yeol and First Lady Kim Keon hee arrive for a three-day state visit to the UK SEOUL: South Korea 's first lady Kim Keon Hee has been questioned over allegations of stock manipulation and graft involving aThe questioning comes as the opposition calls for a special probe into the first lady, who has been under scrutiny for accepting a Dior bag in violation of government ethics rules, and for her alleged role in a stock manipulation scheme.
Hidden camera footage released last year appeared to show Kim accepting a US$2,200 luxury designer handbag, an act that was later dubbed the"Dior bag scandal" by local papers.Such a gift would violate South Korean law, which bans public officials and their spouses from accepting anything worth more than US$750.
In his first remarks on the bag scandal in February, Yoon dismissed it as a"political scheme" and said his wife had accepted the bag only because it was difficult for her to refuse it.
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