The Presidential Office accused Kim Jong Un of defamation against his wife Kim Kun-hee... Supreme Court rules that ”operational regulations must be made public” (South Korea)

In response to the allegations against Kim Gun-Hee, the wife of President Yoon Seok-yeol, the Presidential Office has launched legal action, and has made public the operating rules for the Presidential Office.
According to legal circles on the 14th, the third division of the Supreme Court decided to overturn the lawsuit filed by the People's Solidarity for Participatory Democracy against the Chief of Staff of the President to refuse to disclose information.
The ruling in favor of the plaintiffs in the lawsuit was finalized the day before by dismissing the motion for non-continuance of the trial. Prior to this, the Presidential Office had filed a lawsuit against Kim Eui-gyeom, who had filed a lawsuit against Kim for stock price manipulation in January 2023.
In response, the Democratic Party has filed a defamation lawsuit against the office of the President. The Democratic Party has questioned whether the Office of the Presidential Secretary, which assists the President, can file a lawsuit regarding Mrs. Kim's personal matter, saying,
However, the President's Office has refused to disclose the information, citing concerns that if the internal regulations were to be made public, which include security matters, it could hinder the fair conduct of operations.
The court ruled that the matter should be disclosed, and the People's Solidarity for Participatory Democracy filed a lawsuit. In the first and second hearings, the court ruled that "it is difficult to recognize any disruption to business, and the procedures through which each department in the Secretariat handles its business are subject to public scrutiny.
The Supreme Court also upheld the ruling, saying that the presidential office should no longer undermine the principle of the rule of law and should abide by the Supreme Court's decision.
"We demand that a ruling be made immediately to make public the list of presidential office staff and operating regulations," they said.