Overview

• A Seoul Central District Court judge ordered Kim Keon Hee’s detention Tuesday over concerns she would destroy evidence, marking the first time a former president and first lady have been jailed together.
• Special counsel Min Joong-ki’s office has scheduled additional summons and is coordinating forensic analyses after previous raids that seized phones and documents.
• Investigators searched the 21gram interior design firm and People Power Party headquarters in Yeouido, confiscating materials linked to Unification Church membership allegations.
• Prosecutors allege Kim received luxury gifts and manipulated stock prices, lobbied for infrastructure changes tied to her family, and meddled in party candidate nominations.
• People Power Party figures such as leadership candidate Kim Moon-soo have condemned the detentions as politically motivated retribution.