Politics
Ex-justice minister’s wife faces court hearing on arrest warrant
Oct. 23, 2019
Chung Kyung-shim, former Justice Minister Cho Kuk’s wife, appeared at the Seoul Central District Court on Wednesday for a hearing on her arrest. She attended the hearing with her attorney. Chung faces 11 charges, including fabricating a document to support her daughter’s university application, obstructing business, insider trading, embezzlement and withholding evidence. She has denied them. Chung submitted what appeared to be a medical diagnosis to the prosecution during the previ