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Special Counsel Requests Transfer of All Cases in Kim Keon Hee Probe

Min Joong-ki’s team has secured 40 prosecutors before relocating to new Seoul offices for face-to-face questioning.

This composite photo shows Min Joong-ki (L), head of an independent counsel tasked with investigating corruption allegations linked to former first lady Kim Keon Hee. (Yonhap)
Special Prosecutor Min Joong-ki is surrounded by reporters on his way to his office in southern Seoul on June 24, 2025. (Yonhap)
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Overview

  • The special counsel team asked the Supreme Prosecutors Office, National Office of Investigation and Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials to hand over every case linked to Kim Keon Hee.
  • It has assembled 40 prosecutors, including eight senior and 32 rank-and-file officers, and plans to divide them into eight investigative units handling 16 allegations.
  • Office renovations are under way in the KT Gwanghwamun West Building in Jongno District ahead of a planned July 1 move-in for the special counsel’s staff.
  • Kim Keon Hee has repeatedly ignored prosecution summons on alleged stock-price manipulation and election interference while hospitalized at Asan Medical Center for an undisclosed illness.
  • The investigation spans alleged manipulation of Deutsch Motors stock, acceptance of luxury gifts and interference in parliamentary by-elections, with police also probing transport route changes favoring her family.