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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Alisha Rahaman Sarkar

South Korea’s former first lady took bribes and meddled in state affairs, prosecutor says

A South Korean prosecutor on Monday alleged that the wife of the impeached president Yoon Suk Yeol allegedly accepted bribes totalling over $200,000 and interfered in state affairs.

The special prosecutor's investigation into the former first lady, which wrapped up on Sunday, came amid a year-long probe into the disgraced president’s brief imposition of martial law last year and related scandals linked to the once-powerful couple.

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