Since , she has been the chief executive officer and president of the art exhibition company Covana Contents. In , Kim established Covana Contents, a company that specializes in art exhibitions, [ 4 ] and has been serving as the chief executive officer and president since then. In , the media reported that she had allegedly not paid taxes. In , the opposition Democratic Party accused Kim and her family of manipulating the stock price of an auto dealership. In , courts found that Kim had entrusted her bank accounts to scammers who manipulated the stock price of the Deutsch Motors automotive import company.
Kim's academic writings have come under scrutiny for suspected plagiarism. The statement sparked a strong reaction from the university community, and a panel of sixteen professors across academia released their own findings to support allegations of Kim's plagiarism during her master's study at Sookmyung Women's University and her doctoral study at Kookmin. Kim was given until the end of January to dispute the decision. Rival parties in South Korea hold different opinions on the issue and have accused each other of being motivated by politics.
Her mother is Choi Eun-sun [ ko ] , who was tried and acquitted on charges of operating an elderly care hospital without a medical license from to She was paroled in May Kim married Yoon Suk Yeol in Kim and Yoon own six dogs and five cats. Among their pets were two Turkmen shepherd puppies gifted by Turkmenistan 's President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow during their visit in June Initially raised at the presidential residence , the Turkmen puppies were transferred to the Seoul Grand Park Zoo in November for safety reasons due to their size and growth.
On January 17, , South China Morning Post , KoreaTimes , and other news outlets reported Kim being in declining health shortly after being left alone at the presidential residence in Hannam-dong. Kim was noted to have turned "so thin that it worries us. Contents move to sidebar hide. Article Talk. Read Edit View history. Tools Tools. Download as PDF Printable version. In other projects. Wikimedia Commons Wikidata item. First Lady of South Korea since For the South Korean footballer, see Kim Gun-hee.
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