South Korea’s Scandal-Prone First Lady

By Kenji Yoshida and Jason Morgan • December 01, 2024

Kim Keon-hee is the First Lady of South Korea. She has also become a liability for her husband, President Yoon Seok-yeol.

Scandal after scandal, many caused by First Lady Kim, have hobbled the political prospects of President Yoon, sending his approval ratings down into the high teens and throwing the future of conservativism in South Korea into disarray.

South Korea is in a tough geopolitical neighborhood—so why are tabloid-level scandals taking up so much of the political oxygen there?

This is the article in The Diplomat.

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About Kenji Yoshida and Jason Morgan

Jason Morgan is associate professor at Reitaku University in Kashiwa, Japan. Kenji Yoshida is a journalist and translator based in Seoul, South Korea. He holds a BA in government from the College of William and Mary.