South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol is months out from a crucial election seen as a barometer of his mid-term popularity, but surveys show he has a big problem – the latest scandal surrounding his wife.
Kim Keon Hee, 51, is not a typical first lady in patriarchal South Korea. She had already established a career in organizing art exhibitions when she married Yoon, then a prosecutor, 12 years ago. The couple have no children but own a brood of cats and dogs whose photos feature prominently in Yoon’s presidential office.
In the secretly filmed footage of their next meeting, Kim is heard expressing her intent to “actively get involved in inter-Korean matters.” But it was the Dior bag that sparked the most uproar. “South Korean society reacts most sensitively when public figures or people close to them abuse their power and enjoy privileges by leveraging their political and social status,” said Kim Yun-cheol, a politics professor at Kyung Hee University.
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