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Sun Myung Moon
File:Sun Myung Moon, 2011.jpg
Sun Myung Moon in 2011.
Born (1920-02-25) 25 February 1920 (age 104)
Jeong-ju, North P'yŏng'an, Japanese Korea
(now North Pyongan, North Korea)
Occupation(s)Religious leader, author, activist, power broker
Known forFounder of Family Federation for World Peace and Unification
Notable workExplanation of the Divine Principle
Criminal chargeWillfully filing false Federal income tax returns 26 U.S.C. § 7206, and conspiracy—under 18 U.S.C. § 371
Criminal penalty18-month sentence and a $15,000 fine
Spouse(s)Sun-kil Choi (1944-1957)
Hak Ja Han Moon (1960-)
Children14
Korean name
Hangul
문선명
Hanja
Revised RomanizationMun Seon-myeong
McCune–ReischauerMun Sŏnmyŏng
Birth name
Hangul
문용명
Hanja
文龍明
Revised RomanizationMun Yong-myeong
McCune–ReischauerMun Yongmyŏng

Sun Myung Moon (Korean 문선명; born Mun Yong-myeong; 25 February 1920) is a South Korean billionaire,[1][2] author, power broker, media mogul, peace activist, religious leader and founder of the Unification Church.[3][4][5][6][7][8] The church has five to seven million members worldwide and often garners media attention for the blessing ceremony, a mass wedding or marriage rededication ceremony that can feature sometimes thousands of participants.[9][10][11][12] The church's portfolio of global interests has become a multi-billion-dollar empire.[13][14][15][16][17] The holdings include the UPI, The Washington Times,[18] and the Tongil Group, a one of the largest South Korean business group or chaebol with business interests world-wide. The church is the largest owner of U.S. sushi restaurants and in the Kodiak region of Alaska, it is the area's largest employer.[19][20] The church owns the only automobile manufacturing plant in North Korea, Pyeonghwa Motors, and is the second largest exporter of Korean goods.[21][22][23][24] Three of Moon's NGOs, Universal Peace Federation, Women's Federation for World Peace and Service for Peace, are in consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council.[25][26]

Titles

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Moon-owned The Ocean Resort in Yeosu, the venue of Expo 2012

Moon has honorary degrees from more than 10 universities and colleges worldwide.[27][28][29] Moon is a member of the Honorary Committee of the Unification Ministry of the Republic of Korea.[30] According to a pro-Moon book, "there are several writers who argue that Moon should be nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize."[31]

According to the Guinness World Record, Moon is the record-holder for presiding over mass marriages.[32]

Interests

Global

Moon-owned Yeongpyeong Resort, The Ocean Resort and Pineridge Resort are scheduled to host the Expo 2012,[33][34] 2018 Winter Olympics[35][36] and Formula 1.[37] Moon also manages FIFA-accredited Peace Cup.[38] FIFA itself has funded more than $2m for Peace Cup since 2003.[39]

United Nations

Since 2000, Moon promotes the creation of an interreligious council at the United Nations as a check and balance to its political-only structure.[40][41] Since then King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia and King Juan Carlos of Spain hosted officially a program to promote the proposal.[42] Former Foreign Minister of South Korea Ban Ki-moon became the first ever Asian UN Secretary General with strong support of Bush administration which has been influenced by Sun Myung Moon.[43] Ban Ki-moon lists his religious affiliation as "non-denominational Christian,"[44] a "code word", as notable writer David Icke describes it, often used by members of the Unification Church.[45] Ban Ki-moon, while being a South Korean Foreign Minister, has visited Sun-Myung-Moon-related [46][47] Embassy of South Korea in Washington, D.C. and thereafter, while being the UN Secretary General, attended an event of the Unification Church.[48][49][50]

Moon's Universal Peace Federation is in general consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council[51][52] and a member of the UN Commission on Sustainable Development,[53][54] a member of the United Nations Division for Palestinian Rights,[55][56] a member of the United Nations Human Rights Council,[57][58][59] a member of the UNHRC,[60][61] a member of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs and United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific,[62]

Science

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Sun Myung Moon and Eugene Wigner, the Nobel Prize in physics laureate, 1982

Participants in one or more of the International Conferences on the Unity of the Sciences, founded by Moon, included Nobel laureates John Eccles (Physiology or Medicine 1963, who chaired the 1976 conference),[63] Eugene Wigner (Physics 1963).[64]

Politics

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Sun Myung Moon with heads of states or heads of governments, 1995

Moon founded the Family Party for Universal Peace and Unity in different countries.[65] Thus, Ek Nath Dhakal, a Member of Parliament (MP) from the party is a member of the Unification Movement and leader of the Nepalese chapter of the Universal Peace Federation.[66] Official events have periodically been held in honor of Sun Myung Moon in the municipalities of Korea.[67] Moon's projects have been lobbied in the National Congress of Brazil by Brazilian MPs.[68][69][70] Formerly, U.S. Presidents Harry S. Truman, Dwight D. Eisenhower and Richard Nixon were "honorary" presidents or directors of Moon's Korean Culture and Freedom Foundation,[71] and former United States Secretary of the Treasury Robert B. Anderson was Moon's consultant.[72] Moon have been held the dialogues between the members of the Israeli Knesset and the Palestinian Parliament as part of his Middle East Peace Initiatives.[73]

Other

Moon's followers believe that he sleeps about two hours a night. He speaks without notes and gives lengthy speeches, some of which last all day.[74] He knows many languages, including English,[75] and, according to his official webpage, is fluent in Japanese.[76]

Biography

Early life

Sun Myung Moon was born Mun Yong-myeong on February 25, 1920 in modern-day Sangsa-ri (上思里, lit. "high-thought village"), Deogun-myon, Jeongju-gun, North P'yŏng'an Province, at a time when Korea was under Japanese rule. Moon's birthday was recorded as January 6 by the traditional lunar calendar (February 25, 1920, according to the Gregorian Calendar).[77][78]

Moon's family followed traditional Confucianist beliefs. When he was around 10 years old, they converted to Christianity and joined the Presbyterian Church, where he taught Sunday school.[79]

After World War II and the Japanese occupation ended in 1945, Moon returned to Korea and began preaching his message.[79] The beginnings of the church's official teachings, the Divine Principle, first saw written form in 1946. The book lays out the core of Unification theology and is held to have the status of scripture by believers[80] estimated five to seven million people worldwide.[81][82][83][84].

1950s

Moon built his first church as a refugee in Pusan before formally founding "The Holy Spirit(ual) Association for the Unification of World Christianity" in Seoul on May 1, 1954. He published the foundation book of the church, Wolli Hesol, or Explanation of the Divine Principle, in 1957.[85] In 1950-s, he was a supporter of the World League for Freedom and Democracy, an international anti-communist organization based in Taiwan.[86] Financial support for Moon's early anti-communist activities came from Ryoichi Sasakawa, a Japanese billionaire.[87]

By the end of 1957, Moon sent missionaries in 112 towns throughout the South Korea. At the time Moon's Unification Church had the first ever megachurch in Korea.[88]

In 1958, Moon sent missionaries to Japan, and in 1959, to the United States of America.[89]

In 1962 Moon and other church members founded the Little Angels Children’s Folk Ballet of Korea, a children's dance troop which presents traditional Korean folk dances. He said that this was to project a positive image of South Korea to the world.[90]

1970s

In the 1970s Moon, who had seldom spoken to the general public before, gave a series of public speeches to audiences in the United States, Japan, and South Korea. The largest rally were a rally in 1975 against North Korean aggression in Seoul and a speech at an event organized by the Unification Church in Washington D.C. that also featured fireworks and music. These talks were highly visible and brought Moon into greater public attention.[91] At the time, Moon was the best known Korean in the world.[74] This fact, plus the myriad organizations, his anti-communism, mass weddings, and his ambition — led to highly critical media coverage in the 1970s and 1980s[74]

In 1971, Moon moved to the United States, which he had first visited in 1965. He remained a citizen of the Republic of Korea and maintained a residence in South Korea.[92]

In 1972 Moon founded the International Conference on the Unity of the Sciences, a series of scientific conferences.[93][94] The first conference had 20 participants; while the largest conference, in Seoul, South Korea in 1982, had 808 participants from over 100 countries.[95][96]

On February 1, 1974 Nixon publicly thanked a Unification Church-related pro-Nixon campaign and officially received Moon.[97]

In 1975, Moon sponsored one of the largest peaceful gatherings in history (1.2 mln people) in Yoido, South Korea. That same year, he sponsored a rally of 300,000 by the Washington Monument in Washington D.C..[98]

In 1975, Moon founded the International Relief and Friendship Foundation,[99] the charitable fund,[100] which co-sponcors UN and UNESCO programs[101] for the sake of implementation of the Millennium Development Goals in the Middle East,[102][103] Haiti,[104] Africa,[105] etc.

In 1975, Moon sent out missionaries to 120 countries around the world.[85]

1980s

In 1980 Moon asked church members to found CAUSA International as an anti-communist educational organization, based in New York.[106] In the 1980s it was active in 21 countries. In the United States it sponsored educational conferences for Christian leaders[107] as well as seminars and conferences for Senate staffers and other activists.[108] In 1986 it produced the anti-communist documentary film Nicaragua Was Our Home.[109]

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Memoirs of Sun Myung Moon presented to Armando Guebuza, the President of Mozambique

In 1981, the Unification Movement proposed to build 200 km- and $ 100 billion- underwater tunnel to the governments of Japan and Korea, which is now at the initial stage of construction and is funded by both governments.[110]

In 1982 Moon sponsored the US$50 million movie Inchon about the Korean War.[111][112][113][114]

In 1982 in the case United States vs. Sun Myung Moon, Moon was convicted by the U.S. government for filing false federal income tax returns and conspiracy. His conviction was upheld on appeal in a split decision. He was given a prison sentence and spent 18 months in the Federal Correctional Institution in Danbury, Connecticut. Many individuals, organizations and religious figures protested the charges, saying that they were unjust and threatened freedom of religion and free speech, clerics urged pardon from the government for Rev. Moon.[115] Prof. Laurence H. Tribe of the Harvard University Law School argued for Mr. Moon that the trial by jury had doomed him to conviction based on religious prejudice.[116] Based on this case, reporter Carlton Sherwood wrote the book Inquisition: The Persecution and Prosecution of the Reverend Sun Myung Moon. A son of Moon in an interview to Korea Daily, stated that at the time ostracism towards Asian Americans had been caused by the War in Vietnam.[117] Moon himself said the following on this occasion:[118][119]

I would not be standing here today if my skin were white and my religion were Presbyterian. I am here today only because my skin is yellow and my religion is Unification Church.... The ugliest things in this beautiful country of America are religious bigotry and racism.

In 1984, according to New York Times and the Vatican Mission to the United Nations, the rector of an Argentine Roman Catholic university awarded an honorary degree to Moon at a ceremony in a United Nations.[120]

In Washington, D.C., Moon found common ground with strongly anti-communist leaders of the 1980s, including United States President Ronald Reagan. His international media conglomerate News World Communications, founded with Unification Church funds in 1976,[121] founded The Washington Times in 1982. By 1991, Moon said he spent about $1 billion on the paper[122] (by 2002 roughly $1.7 billion),[123] which he called "the instrument in spreading the truth about God to the world".[124]

In 1985, Moon and his wife received the Doctor of Divinity degree from the Shaw University.[125]

In 1986, Marc Galanter (psychiatrist) made a research concluded that "Moon`s marriages proved to be happy".[126] Another long-run research by psychologist Robert Epstein concluded that "arranged marriage in the Unification Church works as well as arranged marriages in other cultures and certainly far better on average than mainstream marriages in the United States".[127] According to USA Today, "Moon teaches that romantic love leads to sexual promiscuity, mismatched couples and dysfunctional societies".[128][129]

In August 1985, seven years before the fall of Soviet Union, the Professors World Peace Academy, an organization founded by Moon, sponsored a conference in Geneva to debate the theme "The situation in the world after the fall of the communist empire." The conference was chaired by professors Morton Kaplan and Aleksandras Štromas.[130]

In 1988, the Blessing Ceremony of the Unification Church was held for 6,516 couples in South Korea, all personally matched by Moon.[131]

In 1989, Moon became the largest foreign investor in China[132][133]

In 1989, Moon founded Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma,[134] the most successful soccer club in Korean football, having won a record 7 league titles, 2 FA Cups, 3 League Cups, and 2 AFC Champions League titles.

1990s

In April 1990 Moon visited the Soviet Union and met with President Mikhail Gorbachev. Moon expressed support for the political and economic transformations under way in the Soviet Union. At the same time the Unification Church was expanding into formerly communist nations.[135] That same year, Moon founded $8 mln Universal Ballet project, with Soviet-born Oleg Vinogradov as its art director and Julia Moon as its prima ballerina. At the opening ceremony, letters of congratulation from President Bush and John Frohnmayer, chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, were read.[136]

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Sun Myung Moon with Sixto Durán Ballén, the President of Ecuador, 1994

In 1990, Moon met with Ahmed Kuftaro, the Grand Mufti of Syria, who presented to Moon a signed copy of the Koran.[137][138][139]

In 1991 he met with Kim Il Sung, the North Korean President, to discuss ways to achieve peace on the Korean peninsula, as well as on international relations, tourism, etc.[140]

In 1992 Moon founded the Women's Federation for World Peace, sending 1,600 female volunteers to 160 countries around the world to care for children, and for eradication of poverty, hunger, illiteracy and AIDS.[141] Three branches of the Federation of Women for Peace around the world in different countries have a special consultative status with UN ECOSOC.[142] Women's Federation for World Peace is a member of the UN Commission on Sustainable Development as well.[143]

In 1992 Moon gave the wedding blessing for the 30,000 couples at the Seoul Olympic Stadium.[144] Three years later he did it again for 360,000 couples here.[145]

In 1994, Moon was officially invited to the funeral of Kim Il Sung, in spite of the absence of diplomatic relations between North Korea and South Korea.[146] Later on, in 2011, after the death of Kim Jong-il his youngest son laid a wreath to Kim in Pyongyang.[147]

In 1995, Moon met with the Argentinian President Carlos Menem.[148]

In 1995, Moon received an honorary degree from the University of Bridgeport, which he financially rescued investing $98 mln."The entire world did everything it could to put an end to me, yet I did not die, and today I am firmly standing on top of the world" - Moon said during the ceremony.[149] "If you have somebody who's that much of a benefactor, you don't just shake his hand and say thank you. Without him, the university would have died." -- Dr. Richard L. Rubenstein, the President of the University of Bridgeport, explained an honorary degree.[150][151]

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Sun Myung Moon with Kim Dae-jung, the Nobel Peace Prize winner and the 15-th South Korean President (center)

In the 1990s Moon's ownership of major business enterprises, including The Washington Times, the United Press International, and Pyeonghwa Motors was noted in the media. A small sampling of include computers and religious icons in Japan, seafood in Alaska and ginseng in Korea, huge tracts of land in South America, a recording studio and travel agency in Manhattan, a horse farm in Texas and a golf course in California.[152]

In the mid-1990s, former U.S. President George H. W. Bush accepted millions of dollars from Moon's Women’s Federation for World Peace to speak on Moon's behalf around the world.[85] In 1996, Moon was endorsed by George H. W. Bush:[153]

I want to salute Reverend Moon, who is the founder of the Washington Times and also of Tiempos del Mundo. A lot of my friends in South America don't know about The Washington Times, but it is an independent voice. The editors of The Washington Times tell me that never once has the man with the vision interfered with the running of the paper, a paper that in my view brings sanity to Washington, D.C. I am convinced that Tiempos del Mundo is going to do the same thing.

In 1994 the New York Times, in a review of a PBS Frontline documentary on the Unification Church, said that, "outside investigators and onetime insiders … give a picture of a theocratic powerhouse that is pouring foreign fortunes into conservative causes in the United States."[154]

In 1998, Moon has forgiven a $90 million loan to the University of Bridgeport and has donated an additional $15 million.[155]

In 1999, the Nobel Peace Prize winner and South Korean President Kim Dae-jung participated, along with Sun Myung Moon in the 10-th Anniversary of the Segye Ilbo daily, owned by the latter.[156]

2000s

In 2000 Moon has sponsored a United Nations conference which proposed the formation of "a religious assembly, or council of religious representatives, within the structure of the United Nations." Religious movements represented at the summit were Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, Shinto, Bahai, and Native American religions.[157] In the same year, he joined with Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan in sponsoring the Million Family March in Washington D.C., a follow-up event to the Million Man March held in 1995.[158] In January 2001 Moon sponsored President George W. Bush's Inaugural Prayer Luncheon for Unity and Renewal.[159] In 2003 Moon sponsored the first Peace Cup international club football tournament.[160][161][162] George H. W. Bush's youngest son Neil Bush accompanied Moon on a speaking tour of Asian countries in 2005.[163]

In 2000, Moon has held the Blessing Ceremony in the UN Headquarters.[164]

In 2000, Oscar Arias, who is the President of Costa Rica and Nobel Peace Prize winner, attended one of international scientific conferences, organized by Moon.[165]

In 2000, one of the Moon's front organizations launched its activities in China and opened an office in the Health Ministry of China in Beijing.[166]

In 2000, First President of Zambia Kenneth Kaunda and 68th Prime Minister of Great Britain Edward Heath took part in Moon's 80th birthday party along with other 3000 dignitaries from around the world. Edward Heath said the following congratulatory remark:[167]

The significance of this 80th birthday party is to show all of us how much they have achieved in their lives, There are other who have disagreed with Rev. Moon and this is natural. It is the argument that follows such situations which enables the real truth to emerge

In 2001, New York Times wrote that Moon manages the top Asian ballet company, the Universal Ballet.[168]

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Hyung Jin Moon, the youngest son of Moon, with Dalai Lama XIV

In 2001, the Roman Catholic Church archbishop Emmanuel Milingo was wed by Moon with a Unification Church member in the Blessing Ceremony of the Unification Church ;[169] Milingo was immediately excommunicated after he ordained four married men as bishops and now he is calling for the reconciliation of the Church with married members of the clergy.[170][171] In 2010, Milingo along with 20 married priests founded their own schism, emphasizing at every turn, "how wonderful it is to live with a woman".[172]

In 2001, about 100 pastors came up to the stage while Moon was inviting them one by one, after his speech, during the Million Family March in Washington, D.C., which was co-organized by Moon.[173]

In 2003, Congressman Danny K. Davis testified before Speaker of the United States House of Representatives about Sun Myung Moon praising his commitment to world peace and interfaith harmony.[174]

In 2003, the Polish President and the Nobel Peace Prize winner Lech Walesa attended one of the events hosted by Moon.[175]

In 2003, Pelé, widely regarded as the best football player of all time and former Brazilian Sports Minister, met with Moon.[176]

In 2004, at a March 23 ceremony in the Dirksen Senate Office Building, in Washington, D.C. Moon crowned himself with what was called the "Crown of Peace."[177][178] Law makers who attended included Senator Mark Dayton (D-Minn.), Representatives Roscoe Bartlett (R-Md.) and Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) , as well as former Representative Walter Fauntroy (D-D.C.) . Key organizers of the event included George Augustus Stallings, Jr., a former Roman Catholic priest who had been married by Moon, and Michael Jenkins, the president of the Unification Church of the United States at that time.[177] Rep. Danny K. Davis played an active role in the ceremony.[178]

In 2004, Moon hold opening ceremony of the largest helicopter manufacturer in Asia, with 500 VIPs participating, namely Washington Times Aviation; the company produces Sikorsky helocopters on sub-contract basis.[179] Moon travels worldwide in his private jet which cost $ 50 million,[180][181] and he does not believe in the literal descent of Christ from heaven to Earth, according to his own words.[182] The same year, Moon launched $ 1.5-billion construction project of 70-storey twin skyscrapers in Seoul;[183] a year later he bought an area of ​​46,000 m ² in Seoul for the construction of skyscrapers.[184] Currently the project is under construction and scheduled to be completed by 2013.[185]

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Sun Myung Moon with Tabaré Vázquez, 39-th President of Uruguay

On September 12, 2005, at the age of 85, Moon inaugurated the Universal Peace Federation with a 120-city world speaking tour.[186] At each city, Moon delivered his speech titled "God's Ideal Family - the Model for World Peace". In April 2008, Moon appointed his youngest son Hyung Jin Moon to be the new leader of the Unification Church and the worldwide Unification Movement, saying, "I hope everyone helps him so that he may fulfill his duty as the successor of the True Parents."[187]

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Sun Myung Moon with Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, the President of the Philippines, 2005

In 2005, Moon was hosted by Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo at her official residence.[188] The same year South Korean President Kim Dae-Jung sent a congratulatory video message on Moon's birthday occasion, which was broadcasted to 350 invited guests, including five former heads of state in presence.[189] The same year, Sun Myung Moon was hosted by the President of Uruguay Tabare Vasquez[190] and by Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid.[191]

In 2005, Chun Doo-hwan, the 12-th President of the Republic of Korea, and Chung Mong-joon, the Vice-President of FIFA, attended the opening ceremony of the Unification Church-owned Peace Cup, along with Sun Myung Moon.[192]

In 2006, the President of Sri Lanka Mahinda Rajapakse, 4th President of Sri Lanka Dingiri Banda Wijetunga, twice Prime Minister of Sri Lanka Ranil Wickremasinghe and the Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka W. J. M. Lokubandara were guest speakers in the one of Moon's events. In that event, President Rajapakse stated:[193][194]

It is simply amazing that at the age of 86, Dr. Moon is travelling to 100 cities in 67 nations in an extra ordinary effort to promote a culture of peace

In 2007, Moon has built the largest helicopter plant in Asia.[195]

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Moon's memoirs presented to Ram Baran Yadav, the President of Nepal
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Moon's memoirs presented to Sali Berisha, the Prime Minister of Albania, 2012

On July 19, 2008, Moon, Han, and 14 others were slightly injured when their Sikorsky S-92 helicopter crashed during an emergency landing and burst into flames in Gapyeong.[196][197] Moon and all 15 others had survived the incident with minor injuries, and were treated at the nearby church-affiliated Cheongshim Hospital.[198] Experts from the United States National Transportation Safety Board, the United States Federal Aviation Administration, Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, and General Electric assisted the South Korean government in its investigation of the crash.[199][200]

Also in 2005, President of the Ukrainian Peace Council and the first President of Ukraine Leonid Kravchuk met with Sun Myung Moon in one of Moon's events.[201]

In 2009, the Yonhap News Agency reported that Moon had plans to establish a sacred sanctuary at his birthplace.[202] That same year, Moon's autobiography, As a Peace-Loving Global Citizen (Korean: 평화를 사랑하는 세계인으로),[203] was published by Gimm-Young Publishers in South Korea. The book became a best-seller in Korea and Japan.[204][205][206][207] An English translation was published in the United States later that year.[208][209] In October, 2010 it was noted that the Korean edition had sold over one million copies and had become a topic of conversation in South Korea.[210] The book is available at the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Korea[211] and in government libraries of South Korea[212][213][214] and Japan.[215]

In 2009, Moon was awarded by Wisconsin Senate on the motion of Senator Jon Erpenbach a certificate of congratulations "on occasion of the celebration of his 90th Birthday".[216]

In 2009, Moon presided over the Blessing Ceremony for 40,000 people on the campus of the Sunmoon University; the ceremony was supported by Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Korea.[217]

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120 American pastors in front of the Moon's official residence in Cheongpyeong, 2011

2010s

Since 2010, according to a governmental official webpage, Moon have spent $10 mn to console veterans of the Korean War from 16 countries through ballet.[218] In USA, within the program, Stavros S. Anthony, the Mayor of Las Vegas recognized the contributions of Moon-owned Little Angels Children's Folk Ballet of Korea[219], another event was held in the United Nations General Assembly.[220]

In 2010, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon spoke at Moon-owned Manhattan Center during Africa Day event, which was also co-sponcored by one of Moon's front organizations.[221][222][223]

In 2010 about 1,000 dignitaries from around the world sent gifts and greeting cards on Moon's 90th birthday, including President Kim Jong Il, U.S. President Barack Obama,[224][225] Japanese Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone[226] the Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga and 6th UN Secretary General Boutros Boutros Ghali; the latter saluted Rev. Moon for "ninety years of rich achievement for the peace and welfare of all humanity bringing together people of diverse racial, religious, ethnic, national and cultural backgrounds."[227] That same year, the Georgia Senate passed a resolution No. SR 1095 prepared by Senator Donzella James, "recognizing the birthdays of Reverend Sun Myung Moon" and his wife.[228]

In 2010, according to Forbes' Moon-related article, the latter had given much of the responsibility for the Unification Church's religious and business activities to their children, who were then in their 30s and 40s.[229]

In 2011, construction of $18 million Yeosu Expo Hotel was completed ; the hotel located at Moon-owned The Ocean Resort in Yeosu, the venue of the Expo 2012.[230] The opening ceremony was attended by the governor of the relevant province.[230][231] Another one, The Ocean Hotel, was completed in February 2012, and its opening ceremony was also attended by the governor and the president of Expo 2012 organizing committee.[232]. According to his followers, "Rev. Moon believes that fish can provide food for the entire world "[85] and "Rev. Moon is just very interested in the ocean. He feels It's the last frontier on this Earth, and one that is extremely necessary in putting this Earth back into Its orbit". The seavilization-themed Yeosu Expo 2012 is titled "The Living Ocean and Coast: Diversity of Resources and Sustainable Activities".[233]

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Sun Myung Moon with the former Prime Minister of Mongolia (current President of Mongolia), who is Moon's Ambassador for Peace, 2005
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Sun Myung Moon and his wife with Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj, the President of Mongolia

In 2011, the President of Mongolia Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj served as the patron in the honorary committee of the Global Peace Festival held by the son of Sun Myung Moon, Hyun Jin Moon.[234] The latter have also met with the President of Costa Rica Laura Chinchilla,[235] the President of Paraguay Nicanor Duarte,[236][237][238] the President of Uruguay Julio Maria Sanguinetti,[239] the President of Ethiopia Girma Wolde-Giorgis, Nobel Peace Prize winner Wangari Maathai and the Archbishop of Anglican Church of Kenya Eliud Wabukala.[240][241][242][243]

In 2011, aged 91, Moon addressed in a regional United Nations Headquarters in Geneva on the Millennium Development Goals.[244]

In 2011, at the age of 91, Sun Myung Moon designed an unsinkable boat seven meters in length with a specially-designed bottom made of rubber.[245][246]

In July 2011, Moon was hosted by the President of Nigeria Goodluck Jonathan in his official residence.[247]

In December 2011 in Pyongyang, to mark the 20th anniversary of Sun Myung Moon's visit to the North Korea, de jure President Kim Yong Nam hosted the younger son of Sun Myung Moon's in the official residence.[248][249] The latter donated 600 tons of flour to North Korean children of Jeongju Province, the birthplace of Sun Myung Moon.[250][251] Also, after the 2011 earthquake in Japan, he donated $ 1.7 million to the Japanese Red Cross.[252][253]

In 2011, Moon with his family travelled to London and members of his family addressed at the Parliament of the United Kingdom before the parliamentarians, including David Anderson and Tarsem King, Baron King of West Bromwich.[254]

According to the official web-page of Sun Myung Moon, at April 28, 2011 Sun Myung Moon visited the Basilica of St. Peter and delivered a speech at the Vatican;[255] the Portuguese Post issued a stamp with the image of Sun Myung Moon.[256]

In 2012, according to official web-page of Universal Peace Federation, founded by Moon, In 2012, Aslambek Aslakhanov, who is the member of Duma and the Vice-Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs of Russia, traveled to Korea to the birthday event of Sun Myung Moon and delivered a speech there.[257]

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Sun Myung Moon with Goodluck Jonathan, the President of Nigeria, 2011

Personal life

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Sun Myung Moon and his family and German followers in Germany in May 2011 in front of the Brandenburg Gate

Moon and his wife, Hak Ja Han Moon, have fourteen children, and some of his children have leadership roles in the church.

Children
  1. Ye Jin Moon (born 1960)
  2. Hyo Jin Moon (1962 – 2008)
  3. Hae Jin Moon (1964 – 1964)
  4. In Jin Tatiana Moon (born 1965)
  5. Heung Jin Moon (1966 – 1984)
  6. Un Jin Moon (born 1967)
  7. Hyun Jin Moon (born 1969)
  8. Kook Jin Justin Moon (born 1970)
  9. Kwon Jin Moon (born 1975)
  10. Sun Jin Moon (born 1976)
  11. Young Jin Moon, or Younjin Phillip Moon (1978 – 1999)
  12. Hyung Jin Sean Moon (born 1979)
  13. Yeon Jin Moon (born 1981)
  14. Jeung Jin Moon (born 1982)

Notes

  1. ^ Rev Sun Myung Moon Coronation Pet Projects, Chicago Tribune
  2. ^ Lawmakers scurry from the light, New York Times
  3. ^ Andrew Kreig, Helen Thomas Denounces DC
  4. ^ Marc Fisher and Jeff Leen Stymied in U.S., Moon’s Church Sounds a Retreat//Washington Post,24 November 1997
  5. ^ Yuki Noguchi Washington Times Owner Buys UPI // Washington Post, 16.05.2000
  6. ^ http://mest.kr/sub_read.html?uid=10610&section=sc73&section2=
  7. ^ Sun Myung Moon forms new political party to merge
  8. ^ excerpt The Unification Church Studies in Contemporary Religion, Massimo Introvigne, 2000, Signature Books, Salt Lake City, Utah, ISBN 1-56085-145-7
  9. ^ Chicago Tribune http://www.chicagotribune.com/health/sns-rt-us-korea-weddingbre82n06o-20120324,0,3454978.story. {{cite news}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  10. ^ "Thousands join Moon for mass wedding in South Korea". Reuters. March 24, 2012.
  11. ^ Gayle, Damien. "2,500 marriages made in Moonie heaven: Couples from more than 50 countries tie the knot in mass South Korea ceremony". Daily Mail. London.
  12. ^ Thousands Join Moon Mass Wedding, news.yahoo.com
  13. ^ "Thousands join Moon for mass wedding in South Korea". Reuters. March 24, 2012. Retrieved 1 April 2012.
  14. ^ [1] Sushi & Rev. Moon, Chicago Tribune, by Monica Eng, Delroy Alexander and David Jackson, April 11 2006, Chicago, IL
  15. ^ [2]
  16. ^ "Lawmakers Scurry From the Light". The New York Times. June 27, 2004.
  17. ^ [3]
  18. ^ Around The Nation; Sun Myung Moon Paper Appears in Washington from The New York Times
  19. ^ Tooth and Claw | CAA
  20. ^ Monica Eng, Delroy Alexander and David Jackson Sushi and Rev. Moon: How Americans' growing appetite for sushi is helping to support his controversial church// Chicago Tribune, 11 April 2006
  21. ^ usaid.gov
  22. ^ Donald Kirk No, Not Yet.Palaver in Pyongyang doesn’t signal a northern manufacturing itch from Korea’s conglomerates.//Forbes,29 October 2007
  23. ^ Barbara Demick Who gave N. Korea those power tools?// Los Angeles Times 27 September 2008.
  24. ^ "National News Briefs; Unification Church Head Charged in Fishing Case". The New York Times. August 31, 2000.
  25. ^ un.org
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  27. ^ Moon Gets Honorary Degree From Argentine at the U.N. / New York Times, November 17, 1984
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  29. ^ Мир Религий // Досье // Мун Сон Мён
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  32. ^ allafrica.com allafrica.com
  33. ^ Governmental webpage of Jeju Island, Republic of Korea
  34. ^ CJ News
  35. ^ Finance Today
  36. ^ cupress.com
  37. ^ Governmental web-page of Jeonnam City
  38. ^ West Ham turn their attention to Baros, The Daily Telegraph
  39. ^ Governmental web-page of Daegu City
  40. ^ Universal Peace Federation, biztechreport.com
  41. ^ Quotes//Spirituality//Moon, crossroad.to
  42. ^ Inter Press Service
  43. ^ David Icke, Moon Moving In On United Nations
  44. ^ Ban Ki-moon Christian diploma to lead UN
  45. ^ David Icke, Moon Moving In On United Nations
  46. ^ [5]
  47. ^ INVESTIGATION OF KOREAN-AMERICAN RELATIONS
  48. ^ un.org
  49. ^ un.org
  50. ^ This days for Africa
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  53. ^ un.org
  54. ^ un.org
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  58. ^ un.org
  59. ^ un.org
  60. ^ un.org
  61. ^ unhcr.org
  62. ^ search "IIFWP": this is a former name of Universal Peace Federation un.org
  63. ^ Kety Quits Moon-linked ICF Conference, Harvard Crimson
  64. ^ Eugene Paul Wigner Papers Princeton University Library
  65. ^ Sun Myung Moon forms new political party to merge divided Koreas
  66. ^ Fresh Blast of Family Party in Nepal//The Segye Times, 03 April 2008
  67. ^ Governmental news web-page of Tongyeong City, Republic of Korea
  68. ^ Congressional papers of the Chamber of Deputies
  69. ^ Congressional papers of the Chamber of Deputies
  70. ^ Congressional papers of the Chamber of Deputies
  71. ^ "Korean denies influence peddling". Bangor Daily News. Retrieved 21 March 2012.
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  73. ^ Ghouse, Mike (February 21, 2012). "Commitment to Israel-Palestine, Part 2". Huffington Post.
  74. ^ a b c Moon Sun-myung: son of the broken-hearted God, Korea Times
  75. ^ pl:Sun Myung Moon
  76. ^ [http://www.unification.net/news/news20000123.html REVEREND SUN MYUNG MOON SPEAKS ON The House of True Love]
  77. ^ From online New World Encyclopedia article.
  78. ^ Reverend Sun Myung Moon birthplace, Wikimapia
  79. ^ a b Unification Church: Mass Moonie Marriage in the US, BBC News, Saturday, November 29, 1997.
  80. ^ Korean Moon: Waxing of Waning?, Leo Sandon Jr., Theology Today, Vol 35, No 2, July 1978
  81. ^ Chicago Tribune http://www.chicagotribune.com/health/sns-rt-us-korea-weddingbre82n06o-20120324,0,3454978.story. {{cite news}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  82. ^ "Thousands join Moon for mass wedding in South Korea". Reuters. March 24, 2012.
  83. ^ Gayle, Damien. "2,500 marriages made in Moonie heaven: Couples from more than 50 countries tie the knot in mass South Korea ceremony". Daily Mail. London.
  84. ^ [6]
  85. ^ a b c d Introvigne, 2000 Cite error: The named reference "autogenerated2" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
  86. ^ "Growth of Reagan's Contra Commitment excerpted from the book The Iran-Contra Connection Secret Teams and Covert Operations in the Reagan Era". Thirdworldtraveler.com. Retrieved 2008-10-17.
  87. ^ Sun Myung Moon Changes Robes, New York Times, January 21, 1992
  88. ^ Governmental web-page of Gochang City
  89. ^ Governmental web-page of Gochang City
  90. ^ Sewell, Rhonda B. (February 28, 2003). "Korean Culture Takes the Stage". The Blade. p. D11. The colors, sounds, and heritage of South Korea will come alive tonight as the Little Angels, an all-girls Korean folk ballet company, performs in the Ritz Theatre in Tiffin. ... The company was founded in 1962 by the Rev. Sun Myung Moon and his wife, Hak Ja Han, as a way to project a positive image of the country...
  91. ^ "Moon Festival Draws 50,000 to Monument", Washington Post, September 19, 1976.
  92. ^ "Image of Moon's arrival" (JPG). Retrieved 2006-04-29.
  93. ^ excerpt The Unification Church Studies in Contemporary Religion, Massimo Introvigne, 2000, Signature Books, Salt Lake City, Utah, ISBN 1-56085-145-7
  94. ^ Kety Quits Moon-Linked ICF Conference Harvard Crimson, 1976-08-10.
  95. ^ ICUS Statement of Purpose
  96. ^ Church Spends Millions On Its Image Washington Post. 1984-09-17 "An estimated 5,000 scholars, including more than two dozen Nobel laureates, have accepted expense-paid trips to academic conferences around the world held by the International Conference of the Unity of Sciences (ICUS) and the Professors World Peace Academy, two offshoots of the Moon-financed International Cultural Foundation (ICF), a New York-based umbrella organization for church academic programs. This year's 13th annual ICUS conference, with the theme 'Absolute Values and The New Cultural Revolution,' was held over the Labor Day weekend at the new J.W. Marriott Hotel in Washington and attracted 240 participants from 46 countries, including John Lombardi, dean of international programs at Indiana University; Claude A. Villee, a Harvard Medical School biochemist; Morton Kaplan, a University of Chicago political scientist, and Eugene P. Wigner, a Princeton University physicist and Nobel laureate who, at an ICUS conference two years ago, received a $200,000 "founder's award" from Moon."
  97. ^ Nixon Archives Governmental Library
  98. ^ Richard Quebedeaux, Lifestyle : Conversations with Members of Unification Church
  99. ^ fema.gov
  100. ^ gpoaccess.gov
  101. ^ un.org
  102. ^ un.org
  103. ^ un.org
  104. ^ fema.gov
  105. ^ usaid.gov
  106. ^ "Moon's 'Cause' Takes Aim At Communism in Americas." The Washington Post. August 28, 1983
  107. ^ Sun Myung Moon's Followers Recruit Christians to Assist in Battle Against Communism Christianity Today June 15, 1985
  108. ^ Church Spends Millions On Its Image, Washington Post, 1984-09-17. "Another church political arm, Causa International, which preaches a philosophy it calls "God-ism," has been spending millions of dollars on expense-paid seminars and conferences for Senate staffers, Hispanic Americans and conservative activists. It also has contributed $500,000 to finance an anticommunist lobbying campaign headed by John T. (Terry) Dolan, chairman of the National Conservative Political Action Committee (NCPAC)."
  109. ^ Public TV Tilts Toward Conservatives, Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting "While conservatives dismiss Bill Moyers' world-class documentaries on our constitutional checks and balances as "propaganda," they never mention PBS's airing of unabashed right-wing agitprop films such as Nicaragua Was Our Home (the pro-contra film produced by Rev. Sun Myung Moon's CAUSA, which funded the contras after Congress' ban)...."
  110. ^ Korean Economy, 547m 뚫린 韓ㆍ日 해저터널…200km 물속길 열릴까
  111. ^ Kempley, Rita (September 17, 1982). "Mooning Over MacArthur". The Washington Post. The Washington Post Company. p. Weekend At The Movies; Pg. 13.
  112. ^ Variety staff (2009). "Inchon". Variety. www.variety.com.
  113. ^ Niemi, Robert (2006). History in the Media: Film and Television. ABC-CLIO. p. 151. ISBN 978-1-57607-952-2.
  114. ^ TV Guide staff. "Inchon review". TV Guide. movies.tvguide.com. Retrieved 2009-10-21.
  115. ^ "Clerics Urge Pardon For Rev. Moon". Chicago Tribune. August 21, 1985.
  116. ^ "THE CITY; Arguments Heard In Moon's Appeal". The New York Times. March 24, 1983.
  117. ^ Korea Daily, 통일교 문선명 총재 실질적 장남 문현진 UCI그룹 회장 최초 인터뷰
  118. ^ Sun Myung Moon Pleads Innocent
  119. ^ Austin, Charles (October 23, 1981). "Bigotry Charge Raised At Rally For Rev. Moon". The New York Times.
  120. ^ "Moon Gets Honorary Degree From Argentine at the U.N". The New York Times. November 17, 1984.
  121. ^ "Who Owns What: News World Communications". The Columbia Journalism Review. 2003-11-24. Retrieved 2008-02-02.
  122. ^ "Literally nine hundred million to one billion dollars has been spent to activate and run the Washington Times" -Sun Myung Moon, "True Family and True Universe centering on True Love", Founder's Address, 15th Anniversary of The Washington Times, June 16, 1997, Washington, DC.
  123. ^ "As of this year, Moon and his businesses have plowed about $1.7 billion into subsidizing the Times, say current and former employees." "Moon Speech Raises Old Ghosts as the Times Turns 20", by Frank Ahrens, Washington Post, May 23, 2002.
  124. ^ Chinni, Dante (2002). "The Other Paper: The Washington Times's role". Columbia Journalism Review. Archived from the original on 2006-04-19. Retrieved 2006-04-29.
  125. ^ "AROUND THE NATION;Divinity School Awards Moon Honorary Degree". The New York Times. May 13, 1985.
  126. ^ Van, Jon (October 26, 1986). "Moon's Marriages Prove To Be Happy". Chicago Tribune.
  127. ^ Unification Church Arranged Marriages Surprisingly Strong
  128. ^ Does love last longer in arranged marriages? Daniel Burke, USA Today
  129. ^ Unificationists tout arranged marriage
  130. ^ Projections about a post-Soviet world-twenty-five years later. // Goliath Business News
  131. ^ "6,000 Couples Are Married in Korea". The New York Times. October 31, 1988.
  132. ^ "Panda Motor Gets Cash". Chicago Tribune. December 3, 1989.
  133. ^ "China". Los Angeles Times. July 15, 1991.
  134. ^ CNN, Soccer World News//World Roundup
  135. ^ EVOLUTION IN EUROPE; New Flock for Moon Church: The Changing Soviet Student from The New York Times
  136. ^ Dunning, Jennifer (September 8, 1990). "Moon Church Founds Ballet School". The New York Times.
  137. ^ http://www.newprophecy.net/Reverend_and_Mrs_Sun_Myung_Moon_meet_with_the_Grand_Mufti_of_Syria_October_1990.jpg
  138. ^ Фото
  139. ^ en:Ahmed Kuftaro
  140. ^ At Time of Change for Rev. Moon Church, a Return to Tradition // The New York Times, 14 October 2009
  141. ^ "True peace keepers, UN approved NGO leading organizations, " World Peace Women’s Union President //Sports Chosun Emaenbi, 30 September 2011
  142. ^ Ngos which are in consultative status with ECOSOC and/or accredited Fourth World Conference on Women // UN Official site
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  144. ^ Bak Byeong Ryong Unification Church believers around the world three manyeossang joint wedding //MBCNews, 25 August 1992
  145. ^ '통일교 신자 납치·감금'…배후는? SBS News
  146. ^ mk 뉴스 — 金장례식에 日여자마술사 초청한 까닭
  147. ^ N. Korean heir called 'supreme leader' — USATODAY.com
  148. ^ "Unification Church Gains Respect in Latin America". The New York Times. November 24, 1996.
  149. ^ Berger, Joseph (September 8, 1995). "U. of Bridgeport Honors Rev. Moon, Fiscal Savior". The New York Times.
  150. ^ "No Headline". The New York Times. September 8, 1995.
  151. ^ "U. of Bridgeport Hasn't Given Up Its Nonsectarian Tradition". The New York Times. September 18, 1995.
  152. ^ A Church in Flux Is Flush With Cash, by Marc Fisher and Jeff Leen, Washington Post Staff Writers, Sunday, November 23, 1997.
  153. ^ democraticunderground.com
  154. ^ GOODMAN, WALTER (January 21, 1992). "Review/Television; Sun Myung Moon Changes Robes". New York Times.
  155. ^ "METRO NEWS BRIEFS: CONNECTICUT; U. of Bridgeport Gets Its Largest Gift". The New York Times. September 29, 1998.
  156. ^ North Korea, Sun Myung Moon, The Washington Times, and the Threat of Nuclear War, Blackmail and Terrorism //America’s Survival
  157. ^ International religious summit at U.N. receives criticism, Baptist Press, August 28, 2000.
  158. ^ Million Family March reaches out to all
  159. ^ Why Are Pastors Flying to Moon?Christianity Today August 1, 2001
  160. ^ "Peace Cup (South Korea)". RSSSF. Retrieved 2008-06-14.
  161. ^ Korean influence: PSV's Hiddink hoping to win Peace CupSports Illustrated July 21, 2003
  162. ^ South Korea to host global peace cup in JulySports Illustrated May 6, 2003
  163. ^ :: Welcome to Manila Bulletin Online ::
  164. ^ Paul James, Civil Society
  165. ^ 세계를 놀라게한 대주교의 결혼
  166. ^ Group Founded by Sun Myung Moon Preaches Sexual Abstinence in China — New York Times
  167. ^ Rick Ross, Unification Church
  168. ^ Robertson, Allen (July 29, 2001). "DANCE; A Small Place Reaches for Ballet's Big Time". The New York Times.
  169. ^ "Maverick Archbishop Weds in Manhattan, Perhaps Pushing Catholic Church to Limit". The New York Times. May 28, 2001.
  170. ^ A Marriage Made in Heaven?
  171. ^ I Still Believe in Healing Says Milingo, Lusaka Times
  172. ^ Wszystkie Grzeszki Zonatego Arcybiskupa
  173. ^ Moon Tries to Connect With Black Pastors (FREE Article Preview) Washington Post Apr 21, 2001.
  174. ^ gpo.gov
  175. ^ [http://books.google.com/books?id=cHwEZkb7P1gC&pg=PA55&lpg=PA55&dq=Lech+Walesa+"sun+myung+moon"&source=bl&ots=YcK3k_dvmn&sig=3wxbkmJyr1kUNJL2cA6_7Kb-PdA&hl=ru&sa=X&ei=kOJfT9yKLoTwsga5mIW8CQ&ved=0CCEQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=Lech Walesa "sun myung moon"&f=false James R. Lewis, Jesper AAgaard Petersen, Controversial New Religions ]
  176. ^ サッカーの神様”ペレ氏と文鮮明師夫妻
  177. ^ a b Babington, Charles (2004). "The Rev. Moon Honored at Hill Reception - Lawmakers Say They Were Misled". Washington Post: A01. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help); Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
  178. ^ a b "Lawmakers Scurry From the Light". New York Times. 2004-06-27.
  179. ^ Governmental web-page of the Republic of Korea
  180. ^ [http://www.aspire7.net/reference/union-3.htm 통일교 과천 교회 박준철 현직 목사 탈퇴 기자 회견 54가지 비리 폭로 ]
  181. ^ 통일교 과천 교회 박준철 현직 목사 탈퇴 기자 회견 54가지 비리 폭로
  182. ^ Governmental web-page of the Republic of Korea
  183. ^ 주간조선 — 1등 인터넷뉴스 조선닷컴
  184. ^ '파크원 분쟁' 통일교재단, 前이사장 배임 고소 | 연합뉴스
  185. ^ JoongAng Ilbo Tablet edition
  186. ^ "Family Federation for World Peace and Unification of U.S.A". Retrieved 2006-04-29.
  187. ^ Son of Moonies founder takes over as church leader The Guardian, 2008-04-28
  188. ^ Noel Albano [7] //
  189. ^ 통일교 문선명 '평화의 왕관' 수여 논란 :: 기독포털 뉴스 — 교계
  190. ^ Por Oliver Galak Con bajo perfil Moon cultiva nuevos contactos en la Argentina Le pagó un viaje a Macri; tiene un interlocutor en Balcarce 50, 26.12.2005 — Pág. 1
  191. ^ Official web-page of Abdurrahman Wahid, President of Indonesia
  192. ^ Photo
  193. ^ Universal Peace Federation: its relevance to Sri Lanka, by Oscar E.V. Fernando
  194. ^ Dr. Sun Myung Moon inaugurates Universal Peace Federation in Sri Lanka
  195. ^ [8]
  196. ^ iht.com/articles, Unification Church founder Sun Myung Moon released from hospital after helicopter crash
  197. ^ Account of crash by the Moons' youngest son
  198. ^ Unification Church founder Sun Myung Moon, 15 others injured in helicopter crash Herald Tribune, July 19, 2008
  199. ^ kfvs12.com, Unification Church founder released from hospital
  200. ^ NTSB Sends Team To Investigate Korean S-92A Downing Aero-News Network, July 21, 2008
  201. ^ International Arrangements //Ukrainian Peace Council, 2000
  202. ^ Pyeonghwa Motors upbeat about N. Korea's market potential, Yonhap News Agency, July 22, 2009
  203. ^ "네이버 책 :: 네이버는 책을 사랑합니다". naver.com. Retrieved 14 October 2009.
  204. ^ 문선명 자서전, 전국 목회자에 발송
  205. ^ 문선명 총재 자서전 100만부 돌파
  206. ^ 신경숙 소설 3위로 상승
  207. ^ 덕혜옹주 4주 연속 1위
  208. ^ "Rev. Moon shares his life in words" by Jennifer Harper, The Washington Times, October 1, 2009. (Published on the web October 2, 2009.)
  209. ^ "WTimes, Bushes Hail Rev. Moon" by Robert Parry, Consortium News, ‎Oct 2, 2009‎.
  210. ^ "문선명 총재와 피스컵, 피스퀸컵". Segye.com. 7 October 2010. Retrieved 6 May 2011.
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  219. ^ lasvegasnevada.gov
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  222. ^ un.org
  223. ^ This Days for Africa
  224. ^ Associated Press//Youtube,19.02.2010
  225. ^ Reverend Sun Myung Moon Celebrates 90th Birthday in New York — and Seoul
  226. ^ 한국일보 : 통일교 문선명 총재 구순 축하연 열어
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  229. ^ Sons Rise in a Moon Shadow,Forbes, April 12, 2010
  230. ^ a b 여수 거문도에 관광호텔 준공
  231. ^ Yeosoo EXPO Hotel
  232. ^ 도정활동25시 > 현장스케치
  233. ^ Asia Travel: Expo 2012 opens May 12 in South Korea
  234. ^ Nations of Hun Origin Will Organize Peace Festival//The office of the President of Mongolia, Public Relations & Communications Division, 21 Aprile 2011
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  236. ^ www.democraticunderground.com
  237. ^ Know your BFEE: Forget Rev. Wright! It's Bush and His Cronies Who Owe an Apology for Rev. Moon!
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  239. ^ Lideres Deben Adoptar Cultura del Servicio
  240. ^ Global Peace Convention Opens in Nairobi
  241. ^ go.ke
  242. ^ Kibaki calls for Somalia support, Daily Nation, November 18, 2010
  243. ^ Kenya to Host the African Region Global Peace Festival
  244. ^ 문선명 총재, 유엔 NGO 회의 참석 | 연합뉴스
  245. ^ Press release/Reuters
  246. ^ Trade Only Today — Mobile
  247. ^ На видео 4:02-до конца
  248. ^ 한겨레 수행·치유 전문 웹진 — 휴심정 — 문선명은 김정일 사망 알았나
  249. ^ Associated Press Son of Unification Church founder meets with senior North Korean official in Pyongyang //The Washington Post, 15 December 2011 (копия)
  250. ^ S. Korea says food aid reached intended beneficiaries in N. Korea | YONHAP NEWS
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  252. ^ たびのわ »UCニュース»日本赤十字社に文総裁からの寄付金を渡された文亨進世界会長
  253. ^ Unificationist Leader Delivers Donation to Red Cross in Japan
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  255. ^ Thomas G. Walsh True Parents European Tour 2011
  256. ^ True Parents on a Postage Stamp — Sun Myung Moon
  257. ^ Hard and Soft Roads to Peace

Further reading

  • Moon, Sun Myung, 2009, As a Peace-Loving Global Citizen. Gimm-Young Publishers ISBN 071660299
  • Sontag, Frederick. 1977. Sun Myung Moon and the Unification Church. Nashville, Tenn: Abingdon Press. ISBN 978-0-687-40622-7
  • Bryant, M. Darrol, and Herbert W. Richardson. 1978. A Time for consideration: a scholarly appraisal of the Unification Church. New York: E. Mellen Press. ISBN 978-0-88946-954-9
  • Tingle, D. and Fordyce, R. 1979, Phases and Faces of the Moon: A Critical Examination of the Unification Church and its Principles, Hicksville, NY: Exposition Press ISBN 0-682-49264-7
  • Durst, Mose. 1984. To bigotry, no sanction: Reverend Sun Myung Moon and the Unification Church. Chicago: Regnery Gateway. ISBN 978-0-89526-609-5
  • Fichter, Joseph Henry. 1985. The holy family of father Moon. Kansas City, Mo: Leaven Press. ISBN 978-0-934134-13-2
  • Gullery, Jonathan. 1986. The Path of a pioneer: the early days of Reverend Sun Myung Moon and the Unification Church. New York: HSA Publications. ISBN 978-0-910621-50-2
  • Sherwood, Carlton. 1991. Inquisition : The Persecution and Prosecution of the Reverend Sun Myung Moon. Washington, D.C.: Regnery Gateway. ISBN 978-0-89526-532-6
  • Chryssides, George D., The Advent of Sun Myung Moon: The Origins, Beliefs and Practices of the Unification Church (1991) London, Macmillan Professional and Academic Ltd. The author is professor of religious studies at the University of Wolverhampton, United Kingdom.
  • Yamamoto, J. Isamu, 1995, Unification Church, Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan Publishing House ISBN 0-310-70381-6
  • Hong, Nansook, 1998, In the Shadow of the Moons, Boston, Little, Brown and Company ISBN 0-316-34816-3
  • Introvigne, M., 2000, The Unification Church, Signature Books, ISBN 1-56085-145-7
  • Ward, Thomas J. 2006. March to Moscow: the role of the Reverend Sun Myung Moon in the collapse of communism. St. Paul, Minn: Paragon House. ISBN 978-1-885118-16-5
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