Overview

• A Seoul court granted a special prosecutor’s request to detain Kim Keon Hee, citing a risk she could destroy key evidence in the ongoing probe.
• Kim was remanded to the Guro-gu detention center and is being held separately from her husband, making them the first former presidential couple jailed at the same time.
• The special prosecution team is pursuing at least 16 additional charges, including money laundering, electoral fraud and organized stock manipulation.
• Investigators arrested a close associate arriving from Vietnam and carried out raids on companies linked to luxury gift schemes, such as a construction firm tied to a high-value necklace.
• Kim has denied all allegations, offered a brief apology for public concern and said she will contest the charges during pretrial proceedings.