Prosecutor General Lee One-seok said Tuesday that an investigation into first lady Kim Keon Hee’s acceptance of a luxury handbag will be “swift and stern according to the rule of law and evidence.”
In the survey, 32 percent of respondents called for an investigation, while 22 percent recommended that the first lady publicly apologize and provide an explanation for the situation.
The People Power Party emergency steering committee member Kim Gyeong-ryul initiated tensions between the party and the president's office by comparing the first lady to Marie Antoinette. Kim on Sunday said he was withdrawing from the election.
President Yoon Suk Yeol is expected to discuss sensitive issues, including the Christian Dior handbag received by the first lady. He has also ceased answering questions during door-stepping session since 2022.
People Power Party (PPP) interim leader Han Dong-hoon and President Yoon Suk Yeol met over lunch at the presidential office in Seoul on Monday in an apparent attempt to amend relations frayed over the first lady...
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un was seen with a new Mercedes-Benz Maybach GLS 600, a luxury vehicle whose import into North Korea is banned under UN sanctions.
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