Kim Keon-hee, the spouse of South Korea’s embattled President Yoon Suk-yeol, has been absent from public view for weeks, sparking hypothesis that his controversial resolution to declare martial legislation was made to defend her from investigation.
A parody meme captioned “Yoon, the best lover who declared martial legislation for his spouse,” has gone viral, reflecting the widespread public suspicion about Kim’s function within the disaster.
Another well-liked meme reads: “Fill within the clean: I’ve executed every thing to guard my love, even [martial law].”
Yoon’s martial legislation declaration on December 3 got here simply hours earlier than the opposition-dominated National Assembly was set to vote on a particular investigation concentrating on allegations of corruption and misconduct by the primary girl.
Kim, 52, has not appeared publicly since October, when she accompanied her husband on a presidential journey to Southeast Asia.
Critics declare Yoon, 63, resorted to extraordinary measures to guard his spouse, who has been dogged by allegations starting from inventory market manipulation and affect peddling to fabricated educational credentials and plagiarism.
