Former South Korean President Moon Jae-in has been formally charged with bribery over claims that he helped secure a job for his former son-in-law at an airline, according to a report by Yonhap News Agency. Moon and his daughter, Moon Da-hye, are accused of receiving bribes through salary and other payments through the hiring of Moon's ex-son-in-law, surnamed Seo, by Thai Eastar Jet, a low-cost airline based in Thailand.

Seo was appointed executive director at the airline in 2018 after the company's founder and former two-term lawmaker Lee Sang-jik was appointed head of the Korea SMEs and Startups Agency, Yonhap reported. Prosecutors believe that Lee was given his government position as part of a deal to secure a job for Seo at the airline, especially since Seo had little to no background in the aviation industry at the time.