Kim Keon Hee Dior video: How an ultra-expensive 'Dior bag' can end South Korean President's stint?

In a bizarre development, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has been landed in a major controversy after the country's first lady Kim Keon Hee was caught on tape accepting an ultra-expensive Dior Bag as a gift. South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol's wife Kim Keon Hee was caught in a sting operation accepting an expensive gift from a Korean American pastor, Rev Abraham Choi, which violates Korea’s anti-bribery law. While Yoon Suk Yeol Dior Video first surfaced in September 2023 last year, it has become a major controversy in the country with the opposition leaders accusing the leader of accepting the ultra-expensive bag in the form of a bribe. South Korean President Diro bag scandal comes months before the April 10 elections and could potentially threaten Yoon's bid to reclaim a parliamentary majority. Below is everything you need to know about Kim Keon Hee's Dior Bag scandal- 

What is South Korea Kim Keon Hee's Dior Bag scandal?

As mentioned above, Keon Hee, South Korea’s First Lady, is accused of accepting an expensive gift from a Korean American pastor, Rev Abraham Choi, which violates Korea’s anti-bribery law. As per South Korean law, it is illegal for public officials and their spouses to accept any gift worth more than 1 million won in one go or a total of 3 million won within a year. As per reports, Keon Hee's Dior bag costs 3 million won (USD 2,200 or Rs 1,86,811). 

The country has taken down Kim Keon Hee's Dior Video but a few channels have aired the South Korean First Lady sting operation video. 

Talking more about Kim Keon Hee Dior Video, a left-wing YouTube channel, Voice of Seoul, last year posted the clip. The pastor, Choi Jae-young, secretly filmed himself buying the bag and gifting it to Kim Keon Hee using a camera embedded in his watch.

The video shows the pastor purchasing a greyish-blue calfskin Dior bag from a store. As per reports, the receipt puts the bag's cost at 3 million won. After the purchase, he visits Covana Contents, a company in Seoul owned by the First Lady. There, she asks him, 'Why do you keep bringing me these things?' Reportedly, the bag was bought by pastor Choi Jae-young in September 2022.