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.

Kim Keon-hee will be the first presidential spouse to be jailed on criminal charges if the court approves her arrest.

Charges against Kim, punishable by years in prison, range from stock fraud to bribery and illegal influence peddling.