Koreagate

Information about Koreagate

Koreagate was an American political scandal in 1976 involving South Koreans seeking influence with members of Congress. An immediate goal seems to have been reversing President Richard Nixon's troop withdrawal decision. It involved the KCIA (now the National Intelligence Service) allegedly funnelling bribes and favors through Korean businessman Tongsun Park in an attempt to gain favor and influence. Some 115 members of Congress were said to be involved. Speculation also focused on the role of the Rev. Sun Myung Moon.

References

  • Boettcher, Robert B. (1980). Gifts of Deceit : Sun Myung Moon, Tongsun Park, and the Korean Scandal. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston. ISBN 0030445760. 

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National Intelligence Service (NIS) is the chief intelligence agency of South Korea. The agency was officially established in 1961 as the Korea Central Intelligence Agency (KCIA
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Tongsun Park (born 1935), also known as Pak Dong-seon, was a figure in two political money-related scandals: Koreagate in the 1970s, and the Oil-for-Food Program scandal of the 2000s.
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Sun Myung Moon (born February 25, 1920; lunar: January 6, 1920) founded the Unification Church (later renamed Family Federation for World Peace and Unification) on May 1, 1954, in Seoul, South Korea.
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Between 1977 and 1978, the Subcommittee on International Organizations of the United States House of Representatives' Committee on International Relations conducted an investigation into Korean-American relations. The subcommittee, which was chaired by Representative Donald M.
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Tongsun Park (born 1935), also known as Pak Dong-seon, was a figure in two political money-related scandals: Koreagate in the 1970s, and the Oil-for-Food Program scandal of the 2000s.
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Gifts of Deceit

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Author Robert Boettcher
Country  United States
Language English
Subject(s) Politics, Unification Church
Genre(s) non-fiction
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Sun Myung Moon (born February 25, 1920; lunar: January 6, 1920) founded the Unification Church (later renamed Family Federation for World Peace and Unification) on May 1, 1954, in Seoul, South Korea.
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True Family is a term used by the members of the Unification Church to describe the family of Sun Myung Moon and his wife Hak Ja Han (or Hakja Han Moon).[1] Unification Church members regard Reverend Moon as the Second Coming of Christ, and he and his wife as the "True
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The True Children (in Unification Church parlance) are the 14 offspring of Sun Myung Moon (referred to as True Father by members of the church) and Hak Ja Han (referred to as True Mother): 7 boys and 7 girls. Collectively they are known as the True Family.
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Sun Myung Moon (born February 25, 1920; lunar: January 6, 1920) founded the Unification Church (later renamed Family Federation for World Peace and Unification) on May 1, 1954, in Seoul, South Korea.
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Hak Ja Han or Hakja Han Moon is the co-leader of the Unification movement with her husband, Sun Myung Moon. She is called the "True Mother" of mankind by Unification Church members, and is considered to possess dual messiahship with her husband.
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Hyo Jin Moon (born December 3, 1962) is a musician and multimedia executive producer. He is the eldest son of 14 children of Sun Myung Moon and Hakja Han Moon. For many years he was head of Manhattan Center Studios, a state-of-the-art recording facility in New York City for
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Heung Jin Moon (October 23, 1966 - January 2, 1984), also referred to by members of the Unification Church as Heung Jin Nim or Lord Heung Jin Nim; known by his Irvington High School friends (NY) as "Ricky", was the second son of Rev.
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Hyun Jin "Preston" Moon (Born 4/10/1969), is the third son of Unification Church founder Sun Myung Moon and Hak Ja Han. He is married to Jun Sook Kwak (Born 12/24/1967), daughter of Unification Church leader Chung Hwan Kwak, through an arranged marriage on March 31, 1987.
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Young Jin Moon (born 1978, died 1999), the sixth son of Sun Myung Moon and Hakja Han Moon, the leaders of the Unification Church.

He died in Reno, Nevada in what church members declare an accident, some even claimed it could have been [Murder] [1].
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Hyung Jin Moon was born in the United States in 1978 and is the youngest son of Rev. Sun Myung Moon and Mrs. Hak Ja Han Moon. A student of Buddhism, he shaves his head and usually wears the gray robes of a monk. He holds an undergraduate degree from Harvard University.
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Dae Mo Nim (born Soon Ae Hong February 22, 1914), is the title (which means "Honorable Great Mother") used by Unification Church members for the mother of Hak Ja Han (the wife of Sun Myung Moon); she is considered a member of the "True Family".
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This page is a list of prominent members and some former members of the Unification Church, present and former followers of Sun Myung Moon.

The family of Rev. Moon and his wife Hakja Han Moon are known as the "True Family" within the church. Rev. and Mrs.
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Bo Hi Pak (born August 18, 1930) is one of the most well-known members of the Unification Church. A Lieutenant Colonel in the South Korean army, he joined the nascent Unification Church in the 1950s, later rising to become one of the most important church leaders.
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Chung Hwan Kwak (born January 22, 1936) is the leader of a number of key organizations of the Unification Church and the Unification Movement.

Educated in his native South Korea, he holds a B.A. in law from Sangji University and an M.A.
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Won Pil Kim is an early follower of Sun Myung Moon. He first met Moon in July 1946 in Pyongyang, North Korea, when Kim was 18 years old. Members of the Unification Church consider him to be Moon's first disciple.

Kim played a significant role in Rev.
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Tyler Hendricks (born 1948) is the president of the Unification Theological Seminary in Barrytown, New York with an Extension Center in New York City. Hendricks was a seeker and musician until a series of spiritual and relationship building experiences led him to the movement of
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Michael Jenkins has been the president of the Unification Church of America since 2000.[1] He does a large amount of Inter-Faith work with ministers of other denominations.
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