In a televised verdict, the Seoul Central District Court in southern Seoul found her guilty of accepting luxury handbags and jewelry in return for favors from secretive religious sect Unification Church, better known as the Moonies.
However, it dismissed charges that she was allegedly involved in a stock manipulation scheme and in interfering with candidate nominations during the 2022 by-elections.
The sentence was far shorter than the 15-year prison term prosecutors had sought last month.
The court also ordered Kim to forfeit 12.8 million won (US$8,988).
With Wednesday's ruling, Kim and her husband, who was sentenced to five years in prison earlier this month over one of several charges related to his botched Dec. 3 martial law debacle in 2024, became the country's first former presidential couple to both be imprisoned on criminal convictions.
Meanwhile, later in the day, Kweon Seong-dong, the former leader of the main opposition People Power Party (PPP), was sentenced to two years in prison for receiving 100 million won in political funds from the church in 2022.
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