Overview

• The Seoul Southern District Court scheduled the detention review for 3 p.m. Saturday, according to her lawyer, Lim Moo-young.
• Police resumed questioning on Friday and said they will decide later whether to seek a formal arrest warrant.
• Lee Jin-sook was detained Thursday on suspicion of violating election law and breaching political neutrality.
• The accusations stem from partisan remarks she allegedly made on conservative YouTube channels in September last year, which authorities say were intended to obstruct the election of President Lee Jae Myung.
• Her detention followed the abolition of the Korea Communications Commission the day earlier under a reorganization that created a new Korea Media and Communications Commission, and she had been appointed to a three-year term by Yoon Suk Yeol in July 2024.