{
  "id": 12516903,
  "title": "Unification Church foundation sought to sell $39 mil. in assets during probe: lawmaker",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/unification-church-foundation-sought-to-sell-39-mil-in-assets-during",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-07T01:52:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/southkorea/law-crime/20261007/unification-church-foundation-sought-to-sell-39-mil-in-assets-during-probe-lawmaker"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The Unification Church foundation attempted to sell assets worth $39 million during a corruption investigation involving former President Yoon Suk Yeol, according to a lawmaker. The Foundation for the Support of HSA-UWC, which is managed by the Unification Church, submitted two applications in December and March to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism to dispose of its land and buildings. However, both requests were rejected by the ministry, citing a lack of justification for selling high-value assets without a clear plan for their future use, especially during the ongoing investigation by a special counsel and police.",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Yonhap News",
        "title": "Unification Church foundation sought to sell 52.3 bln won in assets during probe: lawmaker",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/unification-church-foundation-sought-to-sell-52-3-bln-won-in-assets",
        "published": "2026-10-07T01:40:42.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "Unification Church foundation sought to sell $39 mil. in assets during probe: lawmaker",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/unification-church-foundation-sought-to-sell-39-mil-in-assets-during-12520221",
        "published": "2026-10-07T02:12:03.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}