Former First Lady Kim Keon Hee Goes to Prison

前第一夫人金建希被判入獄

Jun 26, 2026, 14:01
South KoreaPolitics

Introduction

A court in Seoul says Kim Keon Hee must go to prison for seven years. She took expensive gifts to help people get jobs and money.

首爾的一家法院判定金建希必須入獄七年。她收受昂貴禮品以幫助他人獲得工作和金錢。

Main Body

Kim took jewelry and a painting from business leaders. She also took a luxury watch. In return, she helped these people get government jobs.

金建希收受了商界領袖的珠寶和畫作。她還收了一只名貴手錶。作為回報，她幫助這些人獲得政府職位。

The court says she used her power as the president's wife to do this. The court took the gifts away and told her to pay a fine.

法院表示她利用身為總統夫人的權力來達成此事。法院沒收了這些禮品並要求她支付罰金。

Her husband, Yoon Suk Yeol, is also in trouble. He is not the president now. He faces a life sentence because he broke the law in 2024 and 2025.

她的丈夫尹錫悅也陷入麻煩。他現在已不再是總統。由於他在2024年和2025年違法，面臨終身監禁。

Conclusion

Kim Keon Hee is in prison now. She and her husband do not agree with the court. They want to fight the decision.

金建希目前在獄中。她與丈夫不同意法院的決定，希望能對判決提出上訴。

Vocabulary Learning

⚡️ Action Words (The Past)

Look at how we talk about things that already happened. We just add -ed to the end of the word.

  • Help → Helped
  • Use → Used

Example: "She helped these people." (It is finished).

📦 'The' vs 'A'

A / An = Any one thing (General) The = One specific thing (Special)

  • A court (Any court in the city)
  • The court (The specific court that made the decision)

💎 Useful Groups

Money & Things:

  • Jewelry
  • Luxury watch
  • Painting
  • Fine (Money you pay as punishment)

People & Power:

  • President
  • Wife
  • Business leaders

Vocabulary Learning

prison (n.)
A building where people are kept as a punishment for a crime.
Example:The thief had to go to prison for two years.
expensive (adj.)
Something that costs a lot of money.
Example:That luxury car is very expensive.
jewelry (n.)
Beautiful objects like rings or necklaces made of gold or diamonds.
Example:She wears gold jewelry every day.
luxury (adj.)
Very expensive and comfortable.
Example:They stayed in a luxury hotel by the beach.
government (n.)
The group of people who rule a country.
Example:The government made a new law about schools.
fine (n.)
Money you must pay as a punishment.
Example:He paid a fine for parking his car in the wrong place.
sentence (n.)
The amount of time a person must spend in prison.
Example:The judge gave him a five-year sentence.
decision (n.)
A choice that you make after thinking about it.
Example:It was a difficult decision to move to another city.
Practice A2 words in a crossword→