A special counsel team is seeking a 13-year prison sentence for Unification Church leader Han Hak-ja on charges including bribing former first lady Kim Keon Hee with luxury gifts in exchange for church favors.
Kim Keon Hee, wife of ousted South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, was sentenced to seven years in prison for accepting luxury gifts in exchange for political and business favors. The Seoul Central District Court also ordered confiscation of the gifts.
South Korea's anti-corruption agency questioned a former special prosecutor aide regarding alleged biased investigation into the Unification Church probe. The probe focuses on whether the team selectively investigated politicians from the conservative People Power Party while ignoring similar allegations involving the liberal Democratic Party.
SEOUL, May 6 (Yonhap) -- Investigators on Wednesday launched a raid on more than...
South Korea's Seoul High Court increased former First Lady Kim Keon Hee's corruption sentence to four years, convicting her of receiving gifts including a Graff diamond necklace and Chanel bags from the Unification Church, and of stock price manipulation. The appeals court also reversed her acquittal on the manipulation charge. Her husband, ousted President Yoon Suk Yeol, was sentenced to life in prison for rebellion in December 2024. Kim has been in jail since August 2025 and plans to appeal to the Supreme Court.
Seoul High Court sentenced Rep. Kweon Seong-dong to two years in prison for accepting 100 million won ($68,000) in illegal political funds from a Unification Church official in January 2022. The court ordered forfeiture of the same amount and dismissed his claims of innocence despite corroborating evidence. The former PPP floor leader, once close to ex-President Yoon, plans to appeal.
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Seoul High Court upheld a two-year prison sentence for Rep. Kweon Seong-dong of the main opposition People Power Party, convicted of accepting 100 million won (US$68,000) in illegal political funds from a Unification Church official seeking favors from former President Yoon Suk Yeol's administration.
SEOUL, April 27 (Yonhap) -- An appeals court on Monday sentenced a former Unific...
South Korea's second comprehensive special counsel team raided the Korean National Police Agency and two other police offices on Monday over alleged mishandling of an investigation into suspected overseas gambling by Unification Church officials. Prosecutors are investigating claims that police obtained information in June 2022 that church leader Han Hak-ja and officials spent 60 billion won on gambling in Las Vegas between 2008-2011, but suspended the investigation after the intelligence was leaked to political circles, allegedly involving People Power Party Rep. Kweon Seong-dong.
