S. Korean President Yoon faces leadership crisis over the First Lady’s controversies

SEOUL – South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol is known to be a loving, devoted husband.

But analysts say his determination to protect his controversy-plagued wife, First Lady Kim Keon-hee, most recently by vetoing a Bill that would allow the opposition-controlled National Assembly to investigate her alleged involvement in a 2009 to 2012 stock manipulation case, may come at a huge cost to him and the ruling People Power Party (PPP) as the country heads towards a general election in April.