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In September 2022 a Christian pastor had a meeting with Kim Keon Hee, the first lady of South Korea, in her private residence. That meeting was recorded with a hidden camera and the film was released a year later.

What happens in the footage is not entirely clear \u2026 except that it appears to show two people - a man and a woman meeting, and one offering an expensive bagged gift to the other. This obscure video triggered a political storm so large that some say it even affected the outcome of the country\u2019s parliamentary elections.

So what does a designer handbag say about South Korean politics?

Contributors:\nRaphael Rashid, freelance Journalist based in Seoul\nSarah Son, Director of the Centre for South Korean Studies at the University of Sheffield\nJong Eun Lee, Assistant Professor of Political Science at North Greenville University in South Carolina\nAndrew Yeo, Senior Fellow and South Korea Foundation Chair at the Brookings Institution

Presented by Tanya Beckett\nProduced by Louise Clarke\nResearched by Matt Toulson\nProduction Coordinator: Tim Fernley\nEditor: Tara McDermott

Image Credit: Philip Fong\\Getty