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Unification Church founder Rev. Moon dies at 92
CBS News
(AP) GAPYEONG, South Korea - The Rev.
Sun Myung Moon, the self-proclaimed messiah who turned his Unification Church into a worldwide religious movement and befriended North Korean leaders as well as U.S. presidents, has died, church officials said ...
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Unification Church founder Rev. Moon dies at 92
Omaha World-Herald
Sun Myung Moon was a self-proclaimed messiah who built a global business empire. He called both North Korean leaders and American presidents his friends, but spent time in prisons in both countries. His followers around the world cherished him, while ...
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Rev. Sun Myung Moon Dies At Age 92
WFMY News 2
GAPYEONG, South Korea - The Rev.
Sun Myung Moon was a self-proclaimed messiah who built a global business empire. He called both North Korean leaders and American presidents his friends, but spent time in prisons in both countries. His followers ...
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Beyond weddings and roses: Moon's US influence
News On 6
Sun Myung Moon's Unification...More >>. By The Associated Press The mass weddings at Madison Square Garden and the roses sold by eager evangelists on street corners may be the most enduring images of Rev. Sun Myung Moon's Unification Church.
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Beyond weddings and roses: Moon's US influence
Grand Island Independent
The mass weddings at Madison Square Garden and the roses sold by eager evangelists on street corners may be the most enduring images of Rev.
Sun Myung Moon's Unification Church in the United States. But Moon's U.S. empire extended far beyond the ...
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DNC kickoff protest lively but largely uneventful
KHQ Right Now
The Rev.
Sun Myung Moon was a self-proclaimed messiah who built a global business empire. He called both North Korean leaders and American presidents his friends, but was spent time in prisons in both countries....>> The Rev. Sun Myung Moon was a ...
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Report: Rev. Moon's health condition worsens
Washington Times
Unification Church head and Washington Times founder the Rev.
Sun Myung Moon has been moved to a private complex in Korea where he can be surrounded by family as his health has taken a turn for the worse, a Unification Church leader said.
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Washington Times

Rev. Moon, Not Improving, Heads to Church Complex
Wall Street Journal (blog)
Rev. Moon Sun-myung is not getting better, the Unification Church announced on Friday, and the decision has been made to take him out of a hospital in Seoul and to one at the church's major complex east of the city. “Seoul St. Mary's Hospital notified ...
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Wall Street Journal (blog)

The Rev. Sun Myung Moon's condition worsens
Washington Times
Sun Myung Moon's condition has worsened and the Unification Church will move its founder to a church-owned hospital near his home, officials said Friday. The church said it is also bringing in a specialist from Japan to try to treat Moon's pneumonia ...
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Unification Church plans to move founder Moon to its own hospital after his ...
Washington Post
SEOUL, South Korea — The Rev.
Sun Myung Moon's condition has worsened and the Unification Church moved its founder to a church-owned hospital near his home, officials said Friday. The church said it was also bringing in a specialist from Japan to try ...
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Rev. Moon, Famous and Uniquely Korean, Is Ill
Wall Street Journal (blog)
Though he doesn't get much attention at home,
Rev. Moon Sun-myung is likely the most famous Korean in the world, except perhaps for the North's dictator. The news that the 92-year-old head of the Unification Church is hospitalized with pneumonia made ...
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Wall Street Journal (blog)



Church Says Rev. Sun Myung Moon Unlikely to Recover
Reason
Church Says Rev.
Sun Myung Moon Unlikely to Recover. August 31, 2012. The Unification Church said Friday that its 92-year-old founder Rev. Sun Myung Moon, who has been in a critical condition since early August, may be unable to recover from illness.
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Renee Moilanen: A marriage by the lights of Moon
Daily Breeze
As members of the Unification Church, the Martins had committed to marrying whomever the Rev.
Sun Myung Moon, their spiritual leader, chose for them during an elaborate matchmaking ceremony and agreed to forgo a traditional wedding for a mass ...
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Rev. Sun Myung Moon hospitalized with pneumonia
The Associated Press
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The Unification Church has asked followers around the world to pray and fast for its founder, the Rev.
Sun Myung Moon, who showed signs of recovery Friday after being hospitalized for pneumonia in an intensive-care unit ...
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Unification Church founder on life support
The Korea Herald
Moon Sun-myung, founder of the Unification Church, has gone into critical organ failure and is on life support, the church said in a statement on Friday. Moon will be moved to a medical center operated by the church, located east of Seoul in a place ...
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Update on Rev. Moon and his Church
Meriden Record-Journal
This past March the media carried a photo of 2500 couples in a wedding ceremony in Seoul, Korea, at which the Rev.
Sun Myung Moon and his wife, Hak Ja Han Moon, officiated. These mass marriages are the primary image most Americans have of Moon ...
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Rev. Moon, religious and political figure, dies in South Korea at 92
CNN
(CNN) -- The Rev.
Sun Myung Moon -- a controversial religious and political figure who founded the Unification Church, a major institution in East Asia and beyond that gained fame decades ago for its mass weddings -- died early Monday in South Korea ...
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Unification Church founder Rev. Moon dies at 92
The Associated Press
Unification Church founder
Rev. Moon dies at 92. By HYUNG-JIN KIM, Associated Press – 1 minute ago. GAPYEONG, South Korea (AP) — The Rev. Sun Myung Moon was a self-proclaimed messiah who built a global business empire. He called both North ...
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Sun-Myung Moon, 1920-2012: The Death of a Messiah Who Made it Rich
TIME
The Rev.
Sun-Myung Moon was proof that charisma is not necessary to start a religion: organization is. Born in 1920 in what is now Communist-ruled North Korea, Moon survived the battles that split the peninsula to establish a mud-and-cardboard church ...
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TIME



Rev. Moon, A 'Savior' To Some, Lived A Big Dream
KUHF-FM
The controversial founder of the Unification Church said Jesus spoke to him when he was 16.
Sun Myung Moon said Jesus wanted him to fulfill his mission of creating the "true family." Moon considered himself the Messiah and was known for conducting mass ...
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Sun Myung Moon: Messianic leader and business mogul
AFP
SEOUL — Unification Church founder
Sun Myung Moon built his first place of worship from scrap materials some 60 years ago and went on to establish a controversial religious and business empire spanning the globe. Moon, a South Korean who died ...
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Rev. Sun Myung Moon, known for mass weddings, dies
Houston Chronicle
GAPYEONG, South Korea (AP) — The Rev.
Sun Myung Moon, best known for conducting mass weddings involving thousands of couples, was a self-proclaimed messiah, but he was at least as good at attracting dollars as he was at drawing converts.
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Houston Chronicle



Sun Myung Moon dies at 92; led controversial Unification Church
Los Angeles Times
The Rev.
Sun Myung Moon, the self-proclaimed Messiah from South Korea who led the Unification Church, one of the most controversial religious movements to sweep America in the 1970s, has died. He was 92. Moon, who had been hospitalized with ...
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Rev. Moon dies at age 92
Worcester Telegram
The Rev.
Sun Myung Moon, the Korean evangelist, businessman and self-proclaimed messiah who built a religious movement notable for its mass weddings, fresh-faced proselytizers and links to vast commercial interests, died on Monday in South Korea.
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Unification Church founder Sun Myung Moon dies at 92
Washington Post (blog)
The Rev.
Sun Myung Moon, revered as a messiah within his Unification Church but regarded by many others as a vain and enigmatic man who blessed mass weddings, built a sprawling business empire and presided over a personality cult, died on Monday ...
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Sun Myung Moon dies at age 92
Washington Post
Sept. 19, 1974. The Rev.
Sun Myung Moon gestures to a crowd of 2,000 in New York's Madison Square Garden, where he preached for the rebirth of Christianity during a 40-city U.S. tour. / AP. Related Content. Moon officiates at a mass wedding in Seoul.
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Rev. Sun Myung Moon, known for mass weddings, dies
The Associated Press
Sun Myung Moon, best known for conducting mass weddings involving thousands of couples, was a self-proclaimed messiah, but he was at least as good at attracting dollars as he was at drawing converts. His Unification Church claims 3 million followers, ...
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Feuds a concern as children inherit Moon's empire
Huffington Post
GAPYEONG, South Korea — Unification Church patriarch
Sun Myung Moon leaves behind children who have been groomed to lead a religious movement famous for its mass weddings and business interests – if family feuds don't bring down the empire.
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Sun Myung Moon survived 1970s Washington scandal Koreagate
Washington Post (blog)
In this Oct. 14, 1982 photo, Rev.
Sun Myung Moon, left, and his wife Hak Ja Han, are shown during the traditional invocation of a blessing at a mass wedding in Seoul's Chamsil gymnasium where 6,000 couples from about 80 countries were married. Moon ...
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Rev. Moon, religious and political leader, dies in South Korea at 92
CNN (blog)
(CNN) - The Rev.
Sun Myung Moon - founder of the Unification Church, which gained fame worldwide decades ago for its mass weddings, as well as the Washington Times - died early Monday in South Korea, the church said. The Universal Peace Federation ...
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Feuds a concern as children inherit Rev. Moon's empire
Fox News
The Rev.
Sun Myung Moon founded his religious movement in Seoul in 1954 after surviving the Korean War. He preached new interpretations of lessons from the Bible and gained fame -- and notoriety -- in the 1970s and 1980s for holding mass weddings of ...
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As the Rev. Moon goes, so goes the Washington Times?
Washington Post (blog)
Rev.
Sun Myung Moon, of the Unification Church, appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee holding hearings on religious freedom, June 26, 1984. (Lana Harris - Associated Press). The Washington Times has just published a wide-ranging obituary of ...
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Unification Church Founder Rev. Moon Dies
Wall Street Journal
Sun-myung Moon, as he was often known, died in a hospital in Gapyeong, where the church has a large community, following complications from pneumonia, officials from his church, known as the Unification Church, said. He was 92. He was involved in ...
































Reverend Sun Myung Moon Dies in South Korea
Gather.com
Reverend Moon had been in poor health recently and had spent time in the intensive care unit of the local hospital. Ahn Ho-yeol, a church official, listed among the reasons for Moon's death "morning prayers which caused respiratory disease." The ...
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Feuds a concern as children inherit Sun Myung Moon's empire
Hometownlife.com
In this July 22 photo, Rev.
Sun Myung Moon, second from left, poses with his wife, Hak Ja Han Moon, second from right; his sons Hyung-jin Moon, left, and Kook Jin Moon; during the closing ceremony of the 2012 Peace Cup Suwon in Suwon, South Korea.
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US held special place for Rev. Moon
Washington Times
Rev. Moon loved America because it symbolized God's hope for the whole world … it was a glimpse of what could be possible when all peoples came together, recognizing they are one family under one God,” Neil Salonen, president of University of ...
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Rev. Moon oversaw large, often bickering brood
The Associated Press
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The late Rev.
Sun Myung Moon, the Unification Church founder who died this week at 92, had 13 children with his wife, Hak Ja Han Moon. He and his wife are revered by followers as the "True Parents," but their children have ...
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Unification Church leaders vow to complete Rev. Moon's mission
Washington Post
Bright new banners stretched across the front gate and doorway of the Unification Church's Washington headquarters Monday, hailing the Rev.
Sun Myung Moon as a “True Peace-Loving Global Citizen.” Inside, 45 followers sat in silence as a pastor ...
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The Life of Moon Sun-myung
Wall Street Journal
Rev. Moon Sun-myung, founder of the Unification Church, died in a hospital in Gapyeong, where the church has a large community, following complications from pneumonia, officials from his church said. He was 92. Seen here, Mr. Moon delivered a speech ...
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Rev. Moon Oversaw Large, Often Bickering Brood
ABC News
Sun Myung Moon, the Unification Church founder who died this week at 92, had 14 children with his second wife, Hak Ja Han Moon, according to his autobiography. He also had one child with his first wife, officials say, and at least one illegitimate ...
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Jerome Christenson: Credit where credit's due — this time to the Rev. Moon
Winona Daily News
For one reason or another,
Rev. Moon's disciples had a compelling message — or compelling methods — and with Jimmy Carter in the White House, Moonies were popping up all over the country, demonstrating their devotion with 18-hour days on the street ...
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Sun Myung Moon's Death Leaves Conservative Newspaper at a Crossroads
U.S. News & World Report (blog)
As the dust begins to settle after the death of Unification Church founder and South Korean cult figure
Sun Myung Moon, questions about the future of the conservative newspaper he founded in Washington still linger. The Washington Times, a daily ...
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Rev. Sun Myung Moon, Leader Of The 'Moonies,' Has Died
Business Insider
Rev.
Sun Myung Moon. The Rev Sun Myung Moon, the self-proclaimed messiah who turned his Unification Church into a worldwide religious movement and a multi-billion dollar business empire, has died at the aged of 92. Church officials said Mr Moon died ...
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The Rev Sun Myung Moon
Telegraph.co.uk
During the Seventies and early Eighties, the cult claimed more than four million members in 120 countries. At one time young Moonies, well-scrubbed, enthusiastic and with the “blissed-out” look of true believers, were a familiar sight in many Western
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Telegraph.co.uk

Rev. Moon's Death Might Not Mean End of the Washington Times
Washington City Paper (blog)
With the Monday death of Rev.
Sun Myung Moon-–he of the mass weddings and Holy (sex) Handkerchief—at the age of 92, the natural instinct is to start a death watch for Moon's Unification Church and the enormous subsidy his long-ailing Washington Times ...
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Washington City Paper (blog)





Sun Myung Moon Funeral To Be All Weird, Sources Report
The Onion (satire)
GAPYEONG, SOUTH KOREA—Citing the myriad bizarre religious customs practiced by the Unification Church, sources told reporters Monday that they expect the funeral of recently deceased founder Rev.
Sun Myung Moon to be all weird and shit. “I mean ...
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Mom of slain girl, 9, to attend killer's execution
NBC 29 News
The late Rev.
Sun Myung Moon, the Unification Church founder who died this week at 92, had 13 children with his wife, Hak Ja Han Moon. He and his wife are revered by followers as the "True Parents," but their...Full Story. The late Rev. Sun Myung Moon ...
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Church Leaders Vow to Complete Rev. Moon's Mission (Washn)
OregonLive.com
"He'll always be the messiah to us, and messiahs do not die," said the
Rev. Zagery Oliver, 56, who was recruited into Moon's movement when "a beautiful young Japanese woman engaged me on the campus" of Queens College in New York City 35 years ago ...
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Sun Myung Moon: The Life and Times of the Unification Church Leader
TIME
2 at age 92, the Reverend
Sun Myung Moon headed a congregation of millions, including many thousands he'd married himself. A look back at how the Unification Church grew. Related Topics: Korea, Reverend Sun Myung Moon, tax evasion, unification ...
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Sun Myung Moon, Church Head Who Ran Business Empire, Dies
Businessweek
Sun Myung Moon, the Korean-born founder of the Unification Church and self-proclaimed messiah who built a secretive global business empire that sells cars, guns, newspapers and sushi, has died. He was 92. Moon died in the early hours of this morning at ...
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Self-Proclaimed 'Messiah' Rev. Sun Myung Moon Dies at 92
Catholic Online
... forged an eclectic religious system built upon a "Divine Principle" through which he sought to unify all religions. The Reverend Sun Myung Moon claimed that Jesus Christ personally appeared to him and called on him to complete his unfinished work ...
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Rev. Sun Myung Moon's 13 Children With Wife Hak Ja Han Moon Show Discord
Huffington Post
In this July 22, 2012 file photo, the Rev.
Sun Myung Moon, the founder of the Unification Church, second from left, poses with his wife Hak Ja Han Moon, second from right, his sons Hyung-jin Moon, left, and Kook Jin Moon. The late Rev. Sun Myung Moon ...
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Kim Jong Eun Sends Condolences to Moon Family
Wall Street Journal (blog)
North Korean state media on Wednesday conveyed condolences from Kim Jong Eun to the family of
Rev. Moon Sun-myung, the leader of the Unification Church, who died on Monday. A statement attributed to Mr. Kim said: “I express my deep condolences to ...
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Wall Street Journal (blog)

Sun Myung Moon dies: Founder of Unification Church dead at 92
Examiner.com
South Korea's Rev.
Sun Myung Moon died Sunday. The self-proclaimed messiah who founded the Unification Church and sparked a world-wide following known as "Moonies," died at 92 in a hospital in Seoul near his home in Gapyeong. Sources say he was ...
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Examiner.com



Church prepares for thousands of mourners for Rev. Moon; NKorean leader ...
Washington Post
GAPYEONG, South Korea — Unification Church officials say they are expecting tens of thousands of mourners for the late Rev.
Sun Myung Moon at their sprawling campus northeast of Seoul. The church will officially welcome mourners Thursday for the ...
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BBC News
Thousands of mourners gathered at the headquarters of the Unification Church in South Korea as the 10-day wake for leader
Sun Myung Moon began. Buses ferrying men and women in black and white began arriving at the Church's compound in Gapyeong, ...
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Rev. Moon Remembered For His Love of Kodiak
KMXT Public Radio News
About 100 people in Kodiak attend the Unification Church, and the
Reverend Moon had a home here, which he would visit often. Charter captain Chris Fiala said Moon loved to fish and said he felt Kodiak was a special place. Pastor Jai Nan Fiala says the ...
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Moon Sun-myung's legacy
Korea Times
Probably no Korean has inspired more controversy for so many very different reasons than did the
Rev. Moon Sun-myung. As a religious figure and a tycoon, he moved from cult to commerce as if they were interrelated, all in accordance with the will of ...
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Rev. Moon oversaw large, often bickering brood
Huffington Post
SEOUL, South Korea — The late Rev.
Sun Myung Moon, the Unification Church founder who died this week at 92, had 14 children with his second wife, Hak Ja Han Moon, according to his autobiography. He also had one child with his first wife, officials say ...
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Sun Myung Moon's Groundbreaking Campaign to Open North Korea
The Atlantic
The death of the Reverend
Sun Myung Moon, the controversial Unification Church founder whose 92 years of life included some very colorful moments, made the front pages of both the Washington Post and Washington Times. The Unification Church ...
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Cult figure
Toledo Blade
Rev.
Sun Myung Moon was a savvy South Korean businessman who built a global religious empire using political influence and his followers' willingness to live in poverty for his sake. The self-proclaimed messiah with thousands of disciples died this ...
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Reverend Moon, You Saw Me Standing Alone
Huffington Post
They were waiting to be joined in holy matrimony by the Reverend
Sun Myung Moon, who died a few days ago at age 92. But here's the kicker -- many of those pledging their everlasting devotion to each other were strangers who didn't even speak the same ...
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Unification Church founder Rev. Moon dies at 92
The Birmingham News - al.com
Unification Church founder
Rev. Moon dies at 92. Sept. 2, 2012, 10:50 p.m. CDT. AP. GAPYEONG, South Korea (AP) — The Rev. Sun Myung Moon was a self-proclaimed messiah who built a global business empire. He called both North Korean leaders and ...
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Moon's Son Heads North, Expects to Meet Kim Jong Eun
Wall Street Journal (blog)
The link between the Unification Church and North Korea, which seemed broken after news the North wouldn't send a delegation to the funeral of
Rev. Moon Sun-myung, turned interesting again. The church announced Friday that Mr. Moon's successor, his ...
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Rev. Moon's son greets mourners in North Korea
Boston.com
Jang Song Thaek, vice chairman of the National Defense Commission and uncle of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, was among North Korean officials who paid their respects to
Moon's youngest son, the Rev. Hyung-jin Moon, in Pyongyang. Moon's funeral ...
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Rev. Moon's Son Greets Mourners in North Korea
ABC News
PYONGYANG, North Korea September 7, 2012 (AP). The youngest son of the late Rev.
Sun Myung Moon arrived in North Korea on Friday to receive mourners for the founder of the Unification Church, who died at age 92 earlier this week. South Korea North ...
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ABC News



Rev. Moon's youngest son heads to North Korea
The Associated Press
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A Unification Church official says the youngest son of the late Rev.
Sun Myung Moon has left South Korea for the North Korean capital to meet with mourners. Church spokesman Ahn Ho-yeul says church leader Hyung-jin Moon ...
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Sun Myung Moon dies at age 92
World Magazine
GAPYEONG, South Korea (AP) -- The Rev.
Sun Myung Moon died Monday at a Unification Church-owned hospital near his home in Gapyeong County, northeast of Seoul, two weeks after being hospitalized with pneumonia, Unification Church spokesman ...
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Rev. Moon, self-proclaimed messiah who held mass weddings, created ...
Newser
FILE - In this Oct. 14, 1982 file photo, Rev.
Sun Myung Moon, left, and his wife Hak Ja Han, are shown during the traditional invocation of a blessing at a mass wedding in Seoul's Chamsil gymnasium where... (Associated Press) ...
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Rev. Moon oversaw large, often bickering brood
Lincoln Journal Star
He said he worried about his father's reaction to the religious decision but the
Rev. Moon told followers not to criticize him. He titled a book of his essays, "A Bald Head and a Strawberry." He was chosen to lead the church in 2008. He is more fluent ...
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Rev. Moon's son greets mourners in North Korea
The Seattle Times
Rev. Moon's son greets mourners in North Korea. The youngest son of the late Rev. Sun Myung Moon arrived in North Korea on Friday to receive mourners for the founder of the Unification Church, who died at age 92 earlier this week. The Associated Press ...
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Rev. Moon's son greets mourners in North Korea
The State
PYONGYANG, North Korea — The youngest son of the late Rev.
Sun Myung Moon arrived in North Korea on Friday to receive mourners for the founder of the Unification Church, who died at age 92 earlier this week. The elder Moon was born in a village in ...
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Rev. Moon's son greets mourners in North Korea
Austin American-Statesman
6, 2012, Rev. Hyung-jin Moon, second from left, the youngest son of the late Rev.
Sun Myung Moon, stands as people pay respects to his father during a memorial service at the Cheong Shim Peace World Center in Gapyeong, South Korea. A Unification ...
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Beyond weddings and roses: Moon's US influence
The Seattle Times
Beyond weddings and roses: Moon's US influence. The mass weddings at Madison Square Garden and the roses sold by eager evangelists on street corners may be the most enduring images of Rev.
Sun Myung Moon's Unification Church in the United ...
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Rev. Moon oversaw large, often bickering brood
Washington Examiner
Followers pray for the Rev.
Sun Myung Moon during a service at a Unification Church in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2012. Moon, the self-proclaimed messiah who founded the church, died Monday at a church-owned hospital near his home in ...
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Washington Times
The death of the Rev. Dr.
Sun Myung Moon (“Rev. Moon, Times founder, dies at 92,” Web, Sept. 2) brought to mind my memory of the first day of publication of The Washington Times. In response to that first issue, I wrote a letter to the paper expressing ...
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Rev. Sun Myung Moon, 92, founded Unification Church, led global business ...
Chicago Sun-Times
GAPYEONG, South Korea — The Rev.
Sun Myung Moon was a self-proclaimed messiah who built a global business empire. He called both North Korean leaders and American presidents his friends, but spent time in prisons in both countries. His followers ...
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Images from around the world
Washington Post
Sun Myung Moon during a memorial service for Moon, founder of the Unification Church, at the Cheong Shim Peace World Center in Gapyeong, South Korea. Hye Soo Nah / AP. Related Content. Soldiers from the Free Syrian Army help a severely wounded ...
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Moon wake shows family tension
United Press International, Asia
Published By United Press International. GAPYEONG, South Korea, Sept. 11 (UPI) -- The Rev.
Sun Myung Moon's eldest son Dr. Hyun Jin Moon's car was blocked from proceeding to his father's wake by security guards. Hyun Jin Moon arrived at World Center ...
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