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The woman behind South Korea's incoming president Yoon Suk-yeol

Viewed as a big political risk, Kim Keon-hee is expected to stay in the shadows as First Lady

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For years, Ms Kim Keon-hee was the woman behind the scenes of some of South Korea's most expensive art exhibitions.
Now, she is set to become the woman behind the country's most powerful man. Her husband, former prosecutor-general Yoon Suk-yeol, will be inaugurated as South Korea's 20th president on May 10, after winning a tightly contested race earlier this month.
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