Sun Myung Moon

Sun Myung Moon

writer
businessperson
religious leader
🇰🇷South Korea
Unification movement (Unification Church)
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Sun Myung Moon was a Korean religious leader, also known for his business ventures and support for conservative political causes. A messiah claimant, he was the founder of the Unification Church, whose members consider him and his wife, Hak Ja Han, to be their "True Parents", and of its widely noted "Blessing" or mass wedding ceremonies. The author of the Unification Church's religious scripture, the Divine Principle, was an anti-communist and an advocate for Korean reunification, for which he was recognized by the governments of both North and South Korea.

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Lifespan
1920 – 2012
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Born in
North Pyongan Province
Educated at
Waseda University
Awards
🏆 Ig Nobel Prize

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  • 1920

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  • 2012

    Died

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