Seoul court sentences Unification Church leader Hak Ja Han to 2 years in prison
Seoul Central District Court sentenced 83-year-old Unification Church leader Hak Ja Han to two years in prison on Monday for bribery and corruption charges. Han, the widow of former church founder Sun Myung Moon, was convicted of violating the political funds act, bribery, and embezzling church funds. She was arrested in September 2025 and charged with providing luxury goods to then-first lady Kim Keon Hee, a Yoon Suk Yeol loyalist, in exchange for political favors.
Han also received a six-month prison sentence for giving lawmaker Kweon Seong-dong 100 million won ($73,000) before Yoon's inauguration in May 2022. The Unification Church, founded in 1954 by Moon, expressed regret for the incident but vowed to appeal the verdict.
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