Allegations that Kim Hye-kyung, wife of President Lee Jae-myung, received so-called “imperial golf” treatment resurfaced on Oct. 29 during a National Assembly Steering Committee audit of the Presidential Office. Chief of Staff to the President Lim Gwanghyun rejected as false claims that she played alongside a famous professional golfer and received expensive lessons, and demanded an apology from the opposition. However, he did not directly answer whether Kim had actually played golf, and questions continued over how she came to use a military golf course and whether she received preferential treatment.

Chief of Staff Lim Gwang-hyun takes an oath during a parliamentary audit of the Presidential Office, the National Security Office and the Presidential Security Service, held by the National Assembly's House Steering Committee on Oct. 29, 2026.

At the National Assembly Steering Committee’s audit of the Presidential Office, the National Security Office and the Presidential Security Service that day, Lim responded to a question from Yoon Yong-geun of the People Power Party, who raised allegations about Kim’s golf, saying, “The crux of this matter is the false claim that the First Lady played ‘imperial golf’ with world-class golfer Lydia Ko, even though they did not play together, or received lessons worth tens of millions of won, which she never took.”

He added, “An apology must come first for telling the public falsehoods about ‘imperial golf,’ ‘imperial lessons’ and Lydia Ko,...

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