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A scandal involving the president’s spouse has become a major issue for his party ahead of a crucial parliamentary election.

The president was grappling with a slowing economy, a deadly crowd crush and nuclear threats from a belligerent neighbor. Then came a much more personal scandal: spy cam footage that showed his wife accepting a $2,200 Dior pouch as a gift.

It has quickly escalated into one of the biggest political crises for President Yoon Suk Yeol of South Korea, who has made his mark in foreign policy by aligning his country more closely with the United States and Japan but has been bogged down by controversies at home, many of them involving the first lady, Kim Keon Hee.

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[-] crazyCat@sh.itjust.works 37 points 9 months ago

Meanwhile Jared Kushner gets $2 billion from the Saudis and nobody bats an eye.

[-] SinningStromgald@lemmy.world 21 points 9 months ago

Many eyes batted but no in power did anything.

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