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Times
23-05-2025
- Politics
- Times
Moonies leader banned from leaving South Korea amid bribery probe
Prosecutors in South Korea have banned the leader of the 'Moonies' church from leaving the country as they investigate a bribery scandal involving the wife of the former president, Yoon Suk-yeol. Han Hak-ja Moon, 82, the widow of the founder of the controversial Unification Church, the Reverend Sun Myung Moon, faces allegations of links to a shamanic figure who delivered luxury goods to the former first lady, Kim Keon-hee. Items given to Kim in the summer of 2022, shortly after her husband's inauguration, are alleged to include a Graff diamond necklace and Chanel handbag worth a total of 60 million won (£32,500). Investigators earlier this month questioned Jeon Seong-bae, a shaman who goes by Geonjin, over whether he presented the gifts to the then
Times
23-05-2025
- Politics
- Times
Moonies leader banned from leaving country amid luxury gift bribery probe
Prosecutors in South Korea have banned the leader of the 'Moonies' church from leaving the country as they investigate a bribery scandal involving the wife of the former president, Yoon Suk-yeol. Han Hak-ja Moon, 82, the widow of the founder of the controversial Unification Church, the Reverend Sun Myung Moon, faces allegations of links to a shamanic figure who delivered luxury goods to the former first lady, Kim Keon-hee. Items given to Kim in the summer of 2022, shortly after her husband's inauguration, are alleged to include a Graff diamond necklace and Chanel handbag worth a total of 60 million won (£32,500). Investigators earlier this month questioned Jeon Seong-bae, a shaman who goes by Geonjin, over whether he presented the gifts to the then
South China Morning Post
15-05-2025
- Politics
- South China Morning Post
South Korean university moves to retroactively revoke ex-first lady's degree over plagiarism
Sookmyung Women's University has begun the process of revising its academic regulations to allow for the retroactive cancellation of degrees obtained before 2015, in a move that could lead to the revocation of former South Korean first lady Kim Keon-hee 's master's degree following a confirmed case of plagiarism. The university said on Wednesday that it convened its Graduate School of Education committee the previous day and agreed to add a new provision to Article 25-2 of its graduate school by-laws on the revocation of degrees. The proposed revision would allow the regulation, enacted in June 2015, to be applied retroactively to degrees issued before that date. Sookmyung has enforced rules allowing the cancellation of degrees found to have been obtained through fraudulent means since 2015, pending review by the graduate school committee. However, Kim received her master's degree in art education from the university in 1999, and the current rules could not be applied to her case. The university said the revision aligns with the national Higher Education Act, which permits the retroactive application of degree revocation. The university's Research Integrity Committee launched an investigation into Kim's thesis in November 2022 following a complaint from Yoo Young-joo, head of the university's democratic alumni group. In January, the committee concluded that the thesis had involved plagiarism 01:18 South Korean first lady Kim Keon-hee plagiarised master's thesis, university concludes South Korean first lady Kim Keon-hee plagiarised master's thesis, university concludes Neither Kim nor the alumni group filed objections, and the plagiarism finding was finalised on February 25. While the committee has yet to determine what sanctions to recommend – which could range from retraction or revision of the thesis to restrictions on future advising or reviewing of academic work – it delayed the process due to the lack of a retroactive revocation clause in school policy.
