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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Kim Tong-Hyung

How the Unification Church is linked to an investigation into South Korea's former first lady

South Korea Unification Church Explainer - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

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 Han is the 82-year-old widow of the church’s South Korean founder, Sun Myung Moon. She and the church have denied allegations they bribed Yoon’s wife, Kim Keon Hee, and a conservative lawmaker in an effort to secure business and political favors.

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