Amid the struggle to save himself from getting arrested, South Korea's impeached&nbsp;President Yoon Suk Yeol has landed in another soup after his wife was accused of plagiarising her master's thesis. As per a report by South China Morning Post, a probe has been launched against Kim Keon-hee, the First Lady of South Korea, by Sookmyung Women's University in 2022. Kim has been accused of falsifying the thesis she submitted in 1999 to pursue a master's degree.&nbsp;
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The university presented the report to Kim in December 2024 2024, and&nbsp;she is expected to contest the findings by the end of January 2025, the news agency reported. It has been reported that if South Korea's First Lady decides to appeal against the university's decision, it will consider it before filing the final results.&nbsp;
<h3>Multiple controversies over Kim </h3>
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It's not the first time Kim has fallen into a controversy because of her academic credentials. Apart from facing allegations of stock market manipulation and interference in election nominations, she has been in the headlines for academic records since 2022.&nbsp;
South Korea's Kookmin University gave her a clean chit after a probe into her doctoral degree&nbsp;for months. She got that degree in 2008.
<h3>Personal life</h3>
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Kim majored in painting at Kyonggi University and earned her master's in art education. She later earned a PhD in digital content design. Despite the variations in her degrees, she continued to teach in various schools. In 2007, she founded a cultural content company called Covana Contents.&nbsp;
She married Yoon in 2012 when she was 40 and he was 52. In 2018, she claimed in an interview that she had known the impeached president for "a long time" but got married after the suggestion of a mutual friend.&nbsp;
The latest controversy came when Yoon was in political turmoil after he was impeached following his failed bid to impose martial law in the country.
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(With inputs from agencies)

World | Trending: Kim is facing allegations of having falsified her master's thesis. This accusation could have significant implications for her academic and professional reputation.

Amid the struggle to save himself from getting arrested, South Korea's impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol has landed in another soup after his wife was accused of plagiarising her master's thesis. As per a report by South China Morning Post, a probe has been launched against Kim Keon-hee, the First Lady of South Korea, by Sookmyung Women's University in 2022. Kim has been accused of falsifying the thesis she submitted in 1999 to pursue a master's degree. Also read | Chinese woman gives birth four hours after finding out she was pregnant The university presented the report to Kim in December 2024 2024, and she is expected to contest the findings by the end of January 2025, the news agency reported. It has been reported that if South Korea's First Lady decides to appeal against the university's decision, it will consider it before filing the final results. Multiple controversies over Kim Also read | World’s sick leave champion nation’s economic woes intensify It's not the first time Kim has fallen into a controversy because of her academic credentials. Apart from facing allegations of stock market manipulation and interference in election nominations, she has been in the headlines for academic records since 2022. South Korea's Kookmin University gave her a clean chit after a probe into her doctoral degree for months. She got that degree in 2008. Personal life Also read | US: Rhode Island man shoots seven-month pregnant wife, children in murder-suicide Kim majored in painting at Kyonggi University and earned her master's in art education. She later earned a PhD in digital content design. Despite the variations in her degrees, she continued to teach in various schools. In 2007, she founded a cultural content company called Covana Contents. She married Yoon in 2012 when she was 40 and he was 52. In 2018, she claimed in an interview that she had known the impeached president for "a long time" but got married after the suggestion of a mutual friend. The latest controversy came when Yoon was in political turmoil after he was impeached following his failed bid to impose martial law in the country. Also read | Indian men accused of killing Khalistani terrorist Nijjar released on bail by Canada court: Report (With inputs from agencies)

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South Korean lawmakers are set to vote Saturday on whether to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol over his failed martial law bid, in a second parliamentary showdown that appeared on a knife edge.

South Korean lawmakers are set to vote Saturday on whether to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol over his failed martial law bid, in a second parliamentary showdown that appeared on a knife edge. A week after a first attempt to remove Yoon from the martial law debacle foundered, the National Assembly will vote Saturday around 4:00 pm (0700 GMT) on whether to impeach the president for "insurrectionary acts undermining the constitutional order". Two hundred votes are needed for the measure to pass, meaning opposition lawmakers must convince eight parliamentarians from Yoon's conservative People Power Party (PPP) to defect. Watch | Netanyahu Testifies in Corruption Trial As of noon Friday, seven ruling party lawmakers had pledged to support impeachment -- leaving the vote up in the air. Thousands of South Koreans have taken to the streets of Seoul to demand Yoon's resignation and jailing, after his short-lived martial law declaration sent soldiers and helicopters to parliament on December 3-4. On Friday, the leader of the opposition Democratic Party, Lee Jae-myung, implored ruling PPP lawmakers to side with the protesters and back Yoon's removal from office. "What the lawmakers must protect is neither Yoon nor the ruling People Power Party but the lives of the people wailing out in the freezing streets," Lee said. "Please join in supporting the impeachment vote tomorrow. History will remember and record your choice." Two PPP lawmakers supported the motion last week. Opposition lawmaker Kim Min-Seok said Friday he was "99 per cent" sure the impeachment motion would pass. Ball with the court Should it be approved, Yoon will be suspended from office while South Korea's Constitutional Court deliberates. Prime Minister Han Duck-soo will step in as the interim president during that time. Also read | France’s new PM Francois Bayrou vows to tackle 'Himalayan' budget deficit, calls for unity The court will then have 180 days to rule on Yoon's future. If it backs his removal, Yoon will become the second president in South Korean history to be successfully impeached. There is also precedent for the court to block impeachment: in 2004, then-president Roh Moo-hyun was removed by parliament for alleged election law violations and incompetence, but the Constitutional Court later reinstated him. The court also currently only has six judges, meaning their decision would need to be unanimous. And should the vote fail, Yoon can still face "legal responsibility" for the martial law bid, Kim Hyun-jung, a researcher at the Korea University Institute of Law, told AFP. "This is an act of insurrection," she said. "Even if the impeachment motion does not pass, the president's legal responsibilities under the Criminal Code... cannot be avoided." 'So angry' Yoon has remained unapologetic and defiant as the fallout from his disastrous martial law declaration has deepened and an investigation into his inner circle has widened. On Friday, prosecutors said they had arrested a military commander who headed the Capital Defence Command. Arrest warrants were also issued by Seoul Central District Court for the national police chief and the head of the city's police, citing "risk of destruction of evidence". In a televised address, Yoon vowed on Thursday to fight "until the very last minute" and doubled down on unsubstantiated claims the opposition was in league with the country's communist foes. Yoon's approval rating -- never high -- has plummeted to 11 per cent, according to a Gallup Korea poll released Friday. The same poll showed that 75 per cent now support his impeachment. Also read | West Asia crisis: Blinken vows to work with Iraq against IS; Syrians celebrate Assad's fall Protesters calling for his ouster for more than a week run the gamut of South Korean society -- from K-pop fans waving glowsticks to retirees and blue-collar workers. "Impeachment is a must and we must fight relentlessly," Kim Sung-tae, a 52-year-old worker at a car parts manufacturer, told AFP. "We're fighting for the restoration of democracy." Teacher Kim Hwan-ii agreed. "I'm so angry that we all have to pay the price for electing this president." Disclaimer: This story has been published from a news agency feed with minimal edits to adhere to WION's style guide. The headline may have been changed to better reflect the content of the story or to make it more suitable for WION audience.

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The South Korean politician likely to emerge as the next president promised justice and common sense on Sunday as workers renovated the home of ousted leader Park Geun-hye to prepare for her departure from the presidential Blue House.

The Constitutional Court ruled on Friday to uphold a parliamentary vote to impeach Park, dismissing her from office over an influence-peddling scandal that has shaken the country&#39;s political and business elite.

A snap presidential election will be held by May 9.

Leading in opinion polls to succeed Park is liberal politician Moon Jae-in, who advocates reconciliation with North Korea.

&quot;We still have a long way to go. We have to make this a country of justice, of common sense through regime change,&quot; Moon told a news conference on Sunday.

&quot;We all have to work together for a complete victory.&quot;

Park, 65, is South Korea&#39;s first democratically elected leader to be forced from office.

Her ouster followed months of political paralysis and turmoil over a corruption scandal that also landed the head of the Samsung conglomerate in jail and facing trial.

Park did not appear in court on Friday and she has not made any comment since. She has remained at the Blue House though would leave at some time and return to her Seoul residence, a spokesman said on Friday.

The spokesman was not available for comment on Sunday but media outside her private home in Seoul&#39;s upmarket Gangnam district said renovators were working inside the house.

The Yonhap news agency cited Blue House officials as saying Park was expected to move out of the presidential complex as soon as the renovation on her private home was finished, perhaps on Monday.

Celebration

Moon called on Park to publicly accept the court ruling.

He said it would be cruel to force her out of the Blue House while her private home was being prepared for two or three days. But he warned that she should not try to destroy or remove any documents when she left.

Thousands of Park&#39;s opponents rallied in Seoul on Saturday, where they have been gathering every weekend for months, to celebrate her departure and demand that she be arrested.

The former president&#39;s conservative supporters also took to the streets not far away, though fewer in number.

Police were out in force with riot shields but there were no reports of trouble.

Two pro-Park protesters were killed as they tried to break through police lines outside the court on Friday.

One was believed to have had a heart attack, a hospital official said, and the other died as protesters attacked police buses being used as a barricade. A third protester, a man aged 74, suffered a heart attack and died on Saturday.

Park&#39;s dismissal marked a dramatic fall from grace of South Korea&#39;s first woman president and daughter of Cold War military dictator Park Chung-hee. She served as his first lady after the 1974 assassination of her mother.

Her father, who seized power in a 1961 coup, ruled for 18 years until he was assassinated in 1979.

Now, having lost presidential immunity, she could face criminal charges over bribery, extortion and abuse of power in connection with allegations of conspiring with her friend, Choi Soon-sil. Both women denied wrongdoing.

(Reuters)

The Constitutional Court ruled on Friday to uphold a parliamentary vote to impeach Park Geun-hye over an influence-peddling scandal

The South Korean politician likely to emerge as the next president promised justice and common sense on Sunday as workers renovated the home of ousted leader Park Geun-hye to prepare for her departure from the presidential Blue House. The Constitutional Court ruled on Friday to uphold a parliamentary vote to impeach Park, dismissing her from office over an influence-peddling scandal that has shaken the country's political and business elite. A snap presidential election will be held by May 9. Leading in opinion polls to succeed Park is liberal politician Moon Jae-in, who advocates reconciliation with North Korea. "We still have a long way to go. We have to make this a country of justice, of common sense through regime change," Moon told a news conference on Sunday. "We all have to work together for a complete victory." Park, 65, is South Korea's first democratically elected leader to be forced from office. Her ouster followed months of political paralysis and turmoil over a corruption scandal that also landed the head of the Samsung conglomerate in jail and facing trial. Park did not appear in court on Friday and she has not made any comment since. She has remained at the Blue House though would leave at some time and return to her Seoul residence, a spokesman said on Friday. The spokesman was not available for comment on Sunday but media outside her private home in Seoul's upmarket Gangnam district said renovators were working inside the house. The Yonhap news agency cited Blue House officials as saying Park was expected to move out of the presidential complex as soon as the renovation on her private home was finished, perhaps on Monday. Celebration Moon called on Park to publicly accept the court ruling. He said it would be cruel to force her out of the Blue House while her private home was being prepared for two or three days. But he warned that she should not try to destroy or remove any documents when she left. Thousands of Park's opponents rallied in Seoul on Saturday, where they have been gathering every weekend for months, to celebrate her departure and demand that she be arrested. The former president's conservative supporters also took to the streets not far away, though fewer in number. Police were out in force with riot shields but there were no reports of trouble. Two pro-Park protesters were killed as they tried to break through police lines outside the court on Friday. One was believed to have had a heart attack, a hospital official said, and the other died as protesters attacked police buses being used as a barricade. A third protester, a man aged 74, suffered a heart attack and died on Saturday. Park's dismissal marked a dramatic fall from grace of South Korea's first woman president and daughter of Cold War military dictator Park Chung-hee. She served as his first lady after the 1974 assassination of her mother. Her father, who seized power in a 1961 coup, ruled for 18 years until he was assassinated in 1979. Now, having lost presidential immunity, she could face criminal charges over bribery, extortion and abuse of power in connection with allegations of conspiring with her friend, Choi Soon-sil. Both women denied wrongdoing. (Reuters)

South Korean opposition vows justice as Park prepares presidential Blue House exit