"What Kind of Wife Does That?" ... Yoon Suk Yeol and Kim Keon Hee's 'Duet Video' Released

Former Presidential Office aide Jung Jiwon releases video of couple before their detention
Yoon: "When I was demoted... Kim gave me spending money"

A video of former President Yoon Suk Yeol and his wife, Kim Keon Hee, singing together has been released.

Former President Yoon Suk Yeol and his wife, Kim Keon Hee, were seen singing in casual attire. The video was shared on social media by Jung Jiwon, a former administrative official at the presidential office.

On October 17, Jung Jiwon, a former administrative official at the Presidential Office, posted a video on social media showing the former presidential couple before they were detained. In the video, which appears to have been filmed at their home, Kim, wearing a T-shirt, holds a microphone and sings. She then hands the microphone to Yoon, who is wearing a white undershirt, and he sings as well.

Jung, who worked as an aide to Kim, recalled that the couple were so affectionate that they practiced musical songs together. "I remember how much they enjoyed The Phantom of the Opera. They were such an affectionate couple that they even practiced the musical's OST song 'All I Ask of You' as a duet," Jung said.

Jung also shared a past conversation with Yoon. She said that on a weekend not long after he took office, she asked him, "When were you happiest, Mr. President?" Yoon reportedly replied, "I think I was happiest when I was demoted."

When Jung expressed surprise, Yoon said, "(Back when I was working in the provinces) I would take an express bus to Seoul every weekend, and my wife would be waiting to pick me up at the terminal. She wasn't ill back then, so we went on dates every week, watching movies or performances." He continued, "When I went back to the provinces on Sunday, she would drop me off at the terminal and put plenty of spending money in cash in my wallet. She told me not to let it get me down and to buy the kids something to eat. What kind of wife does that?" Jung said Yoon recalled.

On her social media account, Jung says, "I am sharing the truth behind false claims about the former President and his wife that had not previously been made public, as well as stories about their modest everyday life." The account profile also lists the inmate mailing addresses for Yoon and Kim.

Kim, who was indicted in August 2025 on charges of violating the Political Funds Act and the Capital Markets Act, as well as mediation bribery under the Act on the Aggravated Punishment, etc. of Specific Crimes, reportedly received treatment after raising health concerns while in custody. At the first hearing of her appeal in August 2026, on the mediation bribery charge under the Act on the Aggravated Punishment, etc. of Specific Crimes, Jung reportedly wept as she said, "(Kim) has to lie down all day and barely eats, so she doesn't even have the strength to stand up." The hearing was held before Seoul High Court's Criminal Division 15-3.

According to an internal detention center report obtained by the office of Kim Eui-gyeom, a lawmaker from the Democratic Party of Korea, Kim complained of dizziness in August 2026 and received intravenous fluids. The report also found that she ate some of the group meals provided by the detention center, while continuing to eat food purchased with funds deposited in her inmate account. Recent reports have also said that the total amount deposited into the inmate accounts of the former presidential couple during their detention reached 2.2 billion won.

The detention period for Kim's Supreme Court appeal in the cases involving the three major allegations expires on October 31.

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