Police on Sunday questioned a former chief secretary to Unification Church leader Han Hak-ja as part of a widening investigation into allegations that the church provided illicit money to politicians across party lines. Jeong Won-ju, who formerly oversaw the church's…[Continue Reading...]
Police investigating allegations of political lobbying by the Unification Church arrested and questioned Yun Young-ho, former head of the Unification Church’s global headquarters, who was detained at a detention center on the 26th. The police also re-summoned Song Kwang-seok, former…[Continue Reading...]
The Democratic Party of Korea proposed the *Act on the Appointment of Special Prosecutors, etc.*, related to allegations of the Unification Church’s lobbying of political circles with money and valuables, on the 26th. The investigation targets include not only the…[Continue Reading...]
Police investigating allegations that the Unification Church provided money and valuables to politicians summoned and questioned a key figure who managed the sect's funds for about 10 hours. Police were said to have focused on how the funds mobilized for…[Continue Reading...]
Police is under investigation on the 22nd into the Unification Church over allegations of receiving money and valuables, summoning the sect's finance and accounting officials. The Korean National Police Agency's special task force on this day questioned two Unification Church…[Continue Reading...]
The ruling Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) has agreed on the need to introduce an independent counsel to investigate allegations that the Unification Church lobbied and bribed politicians to influence policymaking processes. This is a welcome development. The ruling party…[Continue Reading...]
The opposition parties on Sunday settled the terms of a special counsel bill to look into a political funding scandal involving the Unification Church that has spilled over from the main opposition People Power Party into the ruling Democratic Party…[Continue Reading...]
Former President Yoon Suk Yeol appeared before a special counsel team Saturday to undergo questioning as a suspect over corruption allegations linked to his wife, Kim Keon Hee. It marked the jailed former president's first appearance before special counsel Min…[Continue Reading...]
A decades-old proposal to build an undersea tunnel linking South Korea and Japan has re-emerged at the center of a widening political scandal involving the Unification Church and alleged illicit funding of senior politicians. Findings released by a special counsel…[Continue Reading...]
Police questioned jailed Unification Church leader Han Hak-ja on Wednesday over bribery allegations involving multiple politicians, officials said. Police have been investigating allegations that the church gave tens of millions of won and luxury gifts to former Oceans Minister Chun…[Continue Reading...]
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