Ex-first lady further indicted over taking luxury gifts for business favors

A special counsel team on Friday further indicted former first lady Kim Keon Hee on charges of taking luxury gifts, including a designer necklace and watch, from multiple people seeking business favors. Charges against Kim include taking Van Cleef & Arpels jewelry worth more than 100 million won ($69,213) from the chairman of a construction company in 2022 and receiving a gold turtle the same year from Lee Bae-yong, who was later named head of the National Education Commission. Along with Kim, s