00:00A South Korean court has sentenced former First Lady Kim Con-Kee to 20...
00:05...in prison for corruption.
00:07The verdict comes just weeks after her husband...
00:10...former President Yoon Sook Yul was handed a five-year jail term on multiple charges.
00:15Together, the rulings mark the first time a presidential couple in South Korea...
00:20...he's been convicted at the same time.
00:25The Seoul Central District Court ruled that Kim had misused her position to pursue...
00:30...personal gain.
00:31Prosecutors said Kim received gifts worth up to $56...
00:35...including a diamond necklace and Chanel handbags from the university.
00:40...in exchange for business and political favors.
00:44However, the court...
00:45...are cleared Kim of separate charges related to stock price manipulation and allegations.
00:50...is that she accepted free opinion polls from a political broker ahead of the 2020...
00:55...22 presidential election...
00:57...which Yoon went on to win.
00:59Other cases...
01:00...against Kim remain pending.
01:01They include allegations that she helped recruit unification...
01:05...church followers in the Conservative People Power Party...
01:08...and accepted gifts in exchange...
01:10...for government job appointments.
01:12Kim has denied all wrongdoing...
01:15...the cases against her as deeply unjust.
01:18She has acknowledged receiving Chanel handbags...
01:20...but said they were returned unused.
01:25...not about theيف...
01:27...and tried to invite Kim had theindi eczema...
01:28...that they wanted the
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