[Newsmaker] Wife of Korean Air chief grilled over alleged illegal hiring of foreign housekeepers
Social affairsJun 11, 2018
Lee Myung-hee, wife of Korean Air Lines Co. chief, on Monday appeared for questioning once again, this time over allegations that she hired housekeepers from the Philippines without due visas.Lee, 69, arrived at the Seoul office of the Korea Immigration Service at around 10 a.m.She is accused of hiring some two dozen maids from the Southeast Asian country for at least the past decade by sponsoring them with traineeship visas in violation of the law.To work as housekeepers in Korea, a foreigner m