Overview

• Special counsel Min Joong-ki’s team has summoned Kim Keon Hee to appear for her third interrogation on Wednesday after her arrest and initial questioning sessions.
• Kim’s aide Kim Ye-seong and shaman Jeon Seong-bae were questioned alongside the former first lady, allowing prosecutors to cross-examine their testimonies for inconsistencies.
• Prosecutors indicted a Unification Church official surnamed Yoon for allegedly coordinating luxury gift deliveries of high-end jewelry and designer bags to Kim through the shaman.
• Investigators are probing about 18.4 billion won in IMS Mobility investments and a separate 3.38 billion won embezzlement allegation against Kim Ye-seong.
• Kim remains in pretrial detention and has largely exercised her right to remain silent during previous multi-hour sessions as the probe advances toward formal indictments.