A special counsel team led by Min Joong-ki is conducting a substantive review of the arrest warrant requested for Han Hak-ja, chairperson of the Unification Church (Family Federation for World Peace and Unification), at the Seoul Central District Court on…[Continue Reading...]
SEOUL, South Korea -- South Korean investigators said Thursday that they have requested an arrest warrant for the leader of the Unification Church. The announcement came a day after they questioned her about allegations that the church bribed the wife…[Continue Reading...]
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The leader of the Unification Church was questioned by investigators on Wednesday over allegations that the church bribed the wife of South Korea’s jailed former President Yoon Suk Yeol and a conservative lawmaker close to…[Continue Reading...]
SEOUL, South Korea -- The elderly leader of the international Unification Church became the latest high-profile figure in South Korea to face an investigation in connection with criminal probes of former President Yoon Suk Yeol and his wife. Hak Ja…[Continue Reading...]
The first trial of Jeon Seong-bae, nicknamed "Geonjin Bapsang," accused of receiving various requests and bribes from the Unification Church, will take place on the 23rd. The 33rd Criminal Division of the Seoul Central District Court (Judge Lee Jin-kwan) has…[Continue Reading...]
The special counsel team led by Min Joong-ki, investigating various allegations involving Kim Keon-hee, was reported on the 11th to be conducting search and seizure operations at Unification Church-affiliated institutions in connection with suspicions of Unification Church members joining the…[Continue Reading...]
The Unification Church has summoned its leaders and executives worldwide to its South Korean headquarters amid a sweeping investigation into its alleged ties to the country’s now-expelled presidential couple, a Korean media outlet reported Wednesday. According to CBS NoCut News,…[Continue Reading...]
A shaman closely associated with former first lady Kim Keon Hee was indicted Monday on charges of accepting bribes in exchange for various favors for the Unification Church, businesses and politicians. Jeon Seong-bae, better known as Geonjin, was indicted with…[Continue Reading...]
Since its mid-August release, The Echoes of Survivors: Inside Korea’s Tragedies has shocked audiences by exploring South Korea’s most notorious modern crimes. Episodes 5 and 6 focus on the Chijon Sect, active in 1993–1994, led by Kim Gi-hwan. The gang…[Continue Reading...]
The head of the Unification Church, Han Hak-ja, who faces allegations of instructing a request for sect-related favors targeting former President Yoon Suk-yeol and his wife, was confirmed to have been hospitalized at Seoul Asan Hospital on the 4th ahead…[Continue Reading...]
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