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How South Korea’s former first family collapsed under corruption

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Ousted former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol gestures from a vehicle, as he returns to his former residence in an apartment complex in Seoul, South Korea, April 11, 2025.

Photo credit: Reuters

The wife of former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol interfered in state affairs in return for expensive valuables and money, a special prosecutor said on Monday.

The special prosecutor's investigations, which wrapped up on Sunday, came amid a year-long probe into Yoon's brief imposition of martial law last year and related scandals linked to the once-powerful couple.