POLITICS● ELEVATED2d ago · Aug 31, 2026, 7:22 AM
South Korea’s Unification Church leader Han Hak-ja jailed 2 years for bribing officials
South China Morning Post · east asia
A South Korean court sentenced the leader of the secretive and powerful Unification Church on Monday to two years in prison on charges of bribing officials, including the then president’s wife. Han Hak-ja, 83, was accused of providing luxury items, including a designer handbag, to former first lady Kim Keon-hee while her husband, Yoon Suk-yeol, was president, in an attempt to secure policy favours. She arrived for sentencing at court on Monday in a wheelchair, wearing pyjamas and a surgical...
GlobeAlert aggregates and classifies open sources; the story above belongs to its publisher. Summaries are machine-generated from the source text.
More in Politics
POLITICS14m agoNeither Franck nor Brenda: in Cameroon, Junior Biya, the president's son who shuns the spotlightJeune AfriquePOLITICSBREAKING21m agoEU summons Russian envoy over failed Leipzig drone attackDW News [en]POLITICS27m agoMarlaska asks for explanations from the Director of the National Police after learning from the press about the report accusing Morocco of the assault on CeutaEl MundoPOLITICS37m agoMalaysian under fire for competing at transgender beauty pageant in ThailandSouth China Morning Post