The Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education has begun the process of revoking former first lady Kim Keon Hee’s teacher's certificate after receiving a formal request from Sookmyung Women’s University’s Graduate School of Education.
Special counsel raids police headquarters and lawmakers' offices, investigating former first lady Kim Keon Hee for alleged election meddling and corruption.
Sookmyung Women's University requested that the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education revoke former first lady Kim Keon-hee's teaching certificate, which she obtained by obtaining a now-invalidated master's degree.
Investigators from a special counsel team raided the headquarters of Sambu Construction in Seoul on July 3 as part of a probe into stock price manipulation allegations involving Kim Keon Hee, wife of former President Yoon Suk Yeol.
A special counsel team investigating a litany of allegations against former first lady Kim Keon Hee has barred her from leaving South Korea, signaling the start of what could become one of the country’s most politically sensitive probes in years.
Kim Keon Hee, wife of former President Yoon Suk Yeol, was discharged from Seoul Asan Medical Center on Friday, 11 days after being hospitalized for treatment of depression and panic disorder.
Following Sookmyung Women's University's decision to revoke former first lady Kim Keon Hee's master's degree, Kookmin University is also working on assessing if her Ph.D. will be revoked.
Sookmyung Women's University announced Tuesday that it had decided to revoke Kim Keon Hee's master's degree, wife of former President Yoon Suk Yeol, after it confirmed that her thesis had been plagiarized.
A nursing home operated by the brother-in-law of former President Yoon Suk Yeol was found to have fraudulently claimed 1.44 billion won ($1.05 million) in long-term care benefits, prompting a National Health Insurance Service (NHIS) probe.
Kim Keon Hee, wife of former President Yoon Suk Yeol, once again refused to attend a prosecutorial summons requested on Monday regarding two separate criminal investigations.
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