Unification Church leader Han Hak-ja, who faces trial on bribery charges linked to former first lady Kim Keon Hee, has returned to detention after a court rejected her request to extend her temporary release due to health issues, legal sources…[Continue Reading...]
Han Hakja, President of the Unification Church, who had been indicted and detained over alleged collusion between the Unification Church and political circles and was then temporarily released, requested an extension of her release period, but the request was denied.…[Continue Reading...]
A New York City man who lived rent-free in the New Yorker Hotel for years and even attempted to claim ownership of the property has pleaded guilty to fraud charges. Mickey Barreto entered the plea on Wednesday, Feb. 18, in…[Continue Reading...]
The joint police-prosecution task force currently investigating alleged collusion with religious groups such as the Unification Church and Shincheonji searched the office of Democratic Party of Korea lawmaker Chun Jae-soo on suspicion of destroying criminal evidence. According to legal sources…[Continue Reading...]
The joint police-prosecution investigation team looking into alleged collusion between the Unification Church and the Shincheonji Church of Jesus has summoned former Democratic Party of Korea lawmaker Im Jongsung, who is suspected of receiving money and valuables. The joint investigation…[Continue Reading...]
According to legal circles on the 11th, the 27th Criminal Division of the Seoul Central District Court (Judge Woo In-sung presiding) approved the suspension request filed by Han’s side. The court decided to suspend her detention from 10 a.m. on…[Continue Reading...]
It has been confirmed that the indictment of Song Kwang-seok, former chairman of the Unification Church-affiliated Universal Peace Federation (UPF), who is accused of "split donations" to the political sphere, includes the names of 11 current and former lawmakers from…[Continue Reading...]
Tokyo, Feb. 4 (Jiji Press)--Tokyo High Court will decide on March 4 whether to back a lower court's order for the Unification Church to disband itself, informed sources said Wednesday. If the high court upholds the dissolution order, it will…[Continue Reading...]
On January 21, Yamagami Tetsuya was sentenced to life imprisonment for the July 2022 murder of former Prime Minister Abe Shinzō. Courts typically exercise judicial discretion in sentencing, departing from what prosecutors demand, but in an unusual move, the Nara…[Continue Reading...]
Yun Young-ho, former world head of the Unification Church, who is accused of offering bribes to former first lady Kim Keon-hee, the spouse of former President Yoon Suk-yeol, and Kweon Seong-dong, a member of the People Power Party, was sentenced…[Continue Reading...]
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