US EditionSpecial Counsel Estimates 2,000 Unification Church Members Recruited to PPP in 2023
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(Tokyo = Yonhap News) Correspondent Kyung Soo-hyun = In July 2022, former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was suspected of having a relationship with the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification (formerly the Unification Church, hereinafter referred to as the Family Federation)...
Special counsel estimates 2,000 Unification Church members recruited to PPP in 2023
A special counsel team investigating alleged collusion between the Unification Church and former first lady Kim Keon Hee has estimated the number of church believers who joined the then ruling People Power Party (PPP) ahead of its 2023 leadership election to be around 2,000, judicial officials said Thursday. The estimate was disclosed by special counsel Min Joong-ki's team on Nov. 7, when it additionally indicted Kim, shaman Jeon Seong-bae and U…
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