Prosecutors tracing the flow of luxury gifts allegedly intended for former first lady Kim Keon Hee have uncovered a new lead — a trail of high-stakes casino bets in Las Vegas tied to Unification Church leader Han Hak-ja. Prosecutors are…[Continue Reading...]
SEOUL — South Korea's liberal-led legislature on Thursday overwhelmingly passed bills to launch special investigations into former president Yoon Suk Yeol's short-lived imposition of martial law and into criminal allegations about his wife Kim Keon Hee, targeting the ousted conservative…[Continue Reading...]
Journalist Eito Suzuki, who has long covered issues related to the Unification Church, now known formally as the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification, has expressed joy over his recent court victory, saying, "I was given the appropriate judgment."…[Continue Reading...]
Prosecutors reportedly seized a Chanel box believed to be part of a lobbying attempt targeting former first lady Kim Keon Hee, intensifying a growing investigation into allegations of illicit gift-giving and influence-peddling involving close aides and religious figures. The Seoul…[Continue Reading...]
A religious leader has been barred from leaving the country on suspicion of bribing former first lady Kim Keon Hee with luxury gifts. Prosecutors investigating allegations that Jeon Seong-bae — a shamanic figure linked to allegations of political peddling by…[Continue Reading...]
Prosecutors investigating influence-peddling allegations involving shaman Jeon Seong-bae, also known as “Geon Jin,” are zeroing in on a close aide to ex-first lady Kim Keon Hee. The Seoul Southern District Prosecutors’ Office's virtual asset crime task force unit recently questioned…[Continue Reading...]
The prosecution, investigating the suspicion of the 'Gunjin Beomsa Gate,' conducted an emergency search and seizure of the luxury company Chanel Korea. This is to find the whereabouts of a Chanel bag that a former senior official of the Unification…[Continue Reading...]
The existence at Expo of the carbonated barley drink, whose parent company is almost wholly owned by the Church, caused an online backlash. A notorious South Korean drink made a brief appearance at Osaka Expo. I say “brief” because the…[Continue Reading...]
Prosecutors investigating allegations that shaman Jeon Seong-bae, known as “Geon Jin,” made illicit requests to former President Yoon Suk Yeol and his wife Kim Keon Hee are expanding their investigation to focus on a man surnamed Yoon, a former director-general…[Continue Reading...]
In March 2025, the Tokyo District Court ordered the dissolution of the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification — formerly the Unification Church — following decades of controversies surrounding its business practices and ‘spiritual sales’. While the Church has…[Continue Reading...]
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