Ex-first lady set to attend first hearing of corruption trial

Former first lady Kim Keon Hee is set to attend the first hearing of her corruption trial Wednesday, with the press allowed to film her appearance. Kim's trial is scheduled to begin at the Seoul Central District Court at 2:10 p.m. following her indictment on charges of stock manipulation, bribery and other corruption. The former first lady will be brought to the courtroom from a detention center where she has been held in custody since Aug. 12. She is the first spouse of a former president to stand trial, and her husband, ousted President Yoon Suk Yeol, is simultaneously standing trial on charges related to his failed bid to impose martial law in December. Kim is accused of violating the Capital Markets Act, the Political Funds Act and a law on the acceptance of bribes for mediation. The first charge relates to allegations that she conspired with a former head of Deutsch Motors, a BMW dealer in South Korea, as well as a close associate, to manipulate the company's stock price and make 810 million won ($581,000) in illegal profits between 2010 and 2012. The second charge relates to allegatiWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times