Source: South China Morning Post [Hong Kong]
“Investigators on Friday raided the headquarters of the Unification Church in South Korea as part of a widening corruption inquiry involving former first lady Kim Keon-hee, marking another setback for the controversial religious group following the assassination of Japan’s ex-leader Shinzo Abe in 2023. Armed with court-issued warrants, a special prosecutor’s team searched the church’s main compound in Gapyeong, northeast of Seoul, and its Seoul branch office. … Investigators seized documents, computer files and other suspected evidence related to allegations that the church bribed Kim shortly after her husband, Yoon Suk-yeol, was elected president in March 2022 on a platform of ‘fairness and common sense.’ Among the key accusations is that former senior church official Yoon Young-ho gave luxury items – including Chanel handbags and a diamond necklace – to a broker who promised to deliver them to Kim between April and August 2022.” (07/19/25)