Kim Keon Hee, accused of accepting Chanel bags and other items as bribes, is the only former first lady in the country to have been put behind bars. Her husband has also been jailed on insurrection charges.

South Korea's former first lady, Kim Keon Hee, appeared on Tuesday in court, where a judge will decide whether to approve a special prosecutor's request for a warrant to arrest her on accusations of graft.

The wife of jailed and impeached former South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol has been arrested over graft charges that include bribery and stock manipulation. Former first lady Kim Keon Hee, 52, will join her husband in prison,