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South Korea revokes Unification Church leader’s bail after secret visits exposed

Agence France-Presse · South China Morning Post
Published 3 Nov 2026, 11:24 pm·1 h ago·1 min read
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A South Korean court revoked the Unification Church leader’s bail in a bribery case on Tuesday after footage emerged of her visiting the secretive movement’s headquarters in breach of release conditions. Han Hak-ja, 83, was sentenced to two years in prison in August for 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 was granted bail two months later on health...

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