A court on Wednesday sentenced the former South Korean first lady, Kim Keon Hee, to one year and eight months in prison after finding her guilty of accepting luxury gifts from the Unification Church.

South Korea’s former first lady Kim Keon Hee accepted money and luxury goods in exchange for interfering in state affairs, a special prosecutor said on Monday, as a high-profile corruption probe concluded.

South Korean prosecutors have requested a 15-year prison sentence for former First Lady Kim Keon Hee, who is on trial for bribery, stock manipulation, and violating political fundraising laws. The case is tied to a wider investigation into former President Yoon Suk Yeol’s brief declaration of martial law last year.

At the opening hearing of her corruption trial on Wednesday, former South Korean first lady Kim Keon Hee denied all allegations.

South Korea’s former first lady Kim Keon Hee, the wife of ousted ex-president Yoon Suk Yeol, has been indicted on bribery and other charges, prosecutors announced Friday, marking another major turn in the country’s deepening political scandal.

South Korea's former first lady Kim Keon Hee has been arrested on charges of involvement in a stock manipulation scheme, election meddling and bribery, making her and her husband, former President Yoon Suk Yeol, the first former presidential couple to be detained simultaneously.

A Seoul court has wrapped up a four-hour hearing on whether to arrest former first lady Kim Keon Hee over allegations of stock manipulation, election meddling, and bribery.

South Korea’s former first lady Kim Keon Hee publicly apologized on Wednesday as she appeared for questioning over a long list of corruption allegations that plagued her husband Yoon Suk Yeol’s presidency. Arriving at the special prosecutor’s office in Seoul, Kim said, “I am truly sorry that a nobody like myself has caused concern for everyone in the country,” but declined to answer any questions from reporters about the charges against her.