Overview

• On August 6, Kim Gun-hee attended her first interrogation by the Special Prosecution Office and apologized to the public for causing concern.
• Special prosecutors filed for her arrest warrant on August 7, with the Seoul Central District Court set to decide on her detention on August 12.
• She is under investigation on 16 counts, including receiving luxury gifts from a former Unification Church executive through an intermediary.
• The inquiry also targets her alleged unlawful intervention in her husband’s party candidate selection and past involvement in stock price manipulation.
• Conservative opposition figures denounce the investigation as partisan retaliation by President Lee Jae-myung’s administration, and simultaneous detention with Yoon Suk-yeol would be unprecedented.