Telegram messages reveal Kim Keon Hee asked about probe delays involving current first lady

Former first lady Kim Keon Hee questioned why a probe into the current first lady Kim Hea Kyung appeared stalled while her own case moved quickly, a message disclosed by the court showed on Monday. The Telegram messages sent to then Justice Minister Park Sung-jae in May 2024 were revealed during a trial on his alleged involvement in former President Yoon Suk Yeol’s short-lived imposition of martial law, and violation of a law banning improper solicitation by acting on a request from Yoon’s wife.

By The Korea Herald