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First lady back in spotlight five months after Dior bag scandal

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By Lee Yeon-woo
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Korea's first lady Kim Keon Hee, second from left, speaks with Cambodia's first lady Pech Chanmony, second from right, at the presidential office in Seoul, Thursday, before attending an official luncheon with the visiting Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet, followed by a summit. It took five months for Kim to appear in public since her return with the president from a visit to the Netherlands. Kim has kept a low profile following recent allegations that she accepted a Christian Dior handbag in 2022 from a Korean American pastor who concealed a hidden camera. Courtesy of the presidential office

Korea's first lady Kim Keon Hee, second from left, speaks with Cambodia's first lady Pech Chanmony, second from right, at the presidential office in Seoul, Thursday, before attending an official luncheon with the visiting Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet, followed by a summit. It took five months for Kim to appear in public since her return with the president from a visit to the Netherlands. Kim has kept a low profile following recent allegations that she accepted a Christian Dior handbag in 2022 from a Korean American pastor who concealed a hidden camera. Courtesy of the presidential office