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Overview
- A Seoul court ruled that Kim accepted luxury gifts, including a Chanel bag and a Graff necklace, that constituted bribes from the Unification Church.
- Judge Woo In-sung acquitted her of stock manipulation and campaign-finance charges.
- Prosecutors had sought a 15-year sentence and say they will appeal the acquittals.
- Kim’s defense says it will appeal the bribery conviction and has described the probe as politically motivated.
- Her husband, former president Yoon Suk Yeol, remains in custody after a five-year sentence for obstruction tied to his martial-law bid and still faces additional cases, including an insurrection charge that can carry the death penalty.