This April 13, file photo, shows former first lady Kim Keon Hee attending former Justice Minister Park Sung-jae's insurrection trial hearing at the court in southern Seoul. (Seoul Central District Court) A Seoul court is set to deliver its verdict this week on former first lady Kim Keon Hee, who ha»»»

SEOUL: South Korea’s ruling Democratic Party swept most seats in local elections but failed to flip the crucial Seoul mayoral seat, official results showed Thursday, in a sign that voters sought to keep a check on its power. The vote was seen as an early referendum on President Lee Jae Myung’s firs»»»

On 13–14 May, the Republic of Korea saw the registration of candidates for the local and by-elections to the National Assembly scheduled for 3 June come to an end. These elections will be the first nationwide vote since the administration of President Lee Jae Myung came to power and are regarded by»»»

- An appeals court on Tuesday increased the corruption sentence for former first lady Kim Keon Hee to four years in jail, more than doubling her sentence after she unsuccessfully appealed a prior conviction. Kim is the wife of jailed former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, who faces various co»»»

SEOUL – South Korea’s former first lady Kim Keon Hee was sentenced on April 28 to four years in prison for stock manipulation and bribery, after an appeals court increased her earlier sentence. The appeals court said that Kim had participated in manipulating the price of a thinly traded Korean stoc»»»