<figure id="attachment_347281" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-347281" style="width: 5500px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="a897ed7a"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2023/12/f77b1c58dc8bd46a078696f34fab22ea.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-347281" class="wp-caption-text">Kim during a visit to the United Kingdom in November.</figcaption></figure>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> I asked him, &#8220;Did he really receive a luxury bag? If he did receive it, did he return it or does he still have it? I want a clear answer.&#8221;</span></p>
<p> On November 28, Park Joo-min, a member of the opposition Democratic Party of Korea (DPJ), harshly criticized the scandal involving the beautiful First Lady Kim Keon-hee (51) at the National Assembly.</p>
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<p> Kim&#8217;s scandal is that she accepted a bag from the luxury brand Dior from a man she met with. The bag was said to be a luxury item costing 3 million won (about 340,000 yen). If it was a bribe for value, it would be a violation of the Kim Yong-ran Act in South Korea (the Unfair Competition Prevention Act).</p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> The man who is alleged to have given Kim the luxury bag is Pastor Choe Jae-yong, who travels between North and South Korea and is involved in the North-South unification movement.&#8221; On September 13, 2010, he visited and met with Kim&#8217;s arts event planning company, Kobana Contents, in central Seoul. It is said that he presented him with brand-name goods.&#8221; (Reporter for a Korean newspaper)</span></p>
<h2> Please don&#8217;t do this!</h2>
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<p> Kim&#8217;s allegations of bribery are not entirely baseless: On November 27, the YouTube channel &#8220;Seoul Voice&#8221; released a video of Kim allegedly receiving a luxury bag from Pastor Choi. The video recorded the following graphic exchange between the two men.</p>
<p> Mr. Kim: <span class="strongInContent">&#8220;Why are you buying me such an expensive thing</span>?</p>
<p> Pastor Choi, <span class="strongInContent">I don&#8217;t think I can give you a gift next time</span>.</p>
<p> Mr. Kim <span class="strongInContent">〈Don&#8217;t do this &#8230;&#8230;. Please don&#8217;t do this!</span></p>
<p> Pastor Choi, [This is just how I <span class="strongInContent">feel</span>.</p>
<p> In the video, Kim appears to be confused but does not refuse to accept the luxury bag.</p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> The video seems to have been shot with the built-in camera of a wristwatch worn by Pastor Choi. The video was apparently shot by a reporter for the &#8220;Seoul Voice,&#8221; who gave the bag to Pastor Choi in advance, and who has been involved in a lawsuit with the president and his wife after publishing seven hours of Kim&#8217;s private phone calls. When the video in question was released, he left the Voice of Seoul shortly afterward.</span></p>
<p> Although the case was initiated by a reporter, it is believed that Pastor Choi had his own agenda. Who is Pastor Choi?</p>
<div data-friday-nextpage-lead=" The Identity of the Suspicious Pastor"></div>
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<p><span class="strongInContent">Kim and Pastor Choi are from the same town of Yangpyeong in northern Korea and have a close family relationship. They are also in personal contact with each other. Pastor Choe is said to be dissatisfied with the current administration, which continues to take a tough stance toward North Korea. If the bribe to Kim is true, he may have intended to seek an easing of policy toward the North.</span></p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> The Korean Broadcasting Workers Union has condemned the &#8220;Seoul Voice&#8217;s&#8221; reporting methods, saying that they &#8220;exceed the permissible range for public disclosure of exchanges between public figures. The union also stated, &#8220;We feel that the program&#8217;s &#8216;bait-and-switch&#8217; coverage is maliciously designed to discredit the president and the president&#8217;s wife. It may have been intended to tarnish the Kims&#8217; image.</span></p>
<p> As of December 8, the South Korean president&#8217;s office has not given a clear response to the uproar. The opposition parties intend to pursue the matter further.</p>
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 South Korea's beautiful first lady, Kim Keon-hee, is once again in the center of a scandal. She is alleged to have received a luxury bag from a pastor who is working for the unification of South and North Korea. The video shows a graphic exchange between the two. We report in detail on the horrifying bribery scandal!

The beautiful first lady of South Korea, “allegedly bribed by a man with a luxury bag,” was seen at the scene of her receipt.

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