Sun Myung Moon

==Activities and interests==

===Politics===
In 1964, Moon founded the [[Korean Culture and Freedom Foundation]], which promoted the interests of South Korea and sponsored Radio Free Asia. Former [[President of the United States|U.S. Presidents]] [[Harry S Truman]], [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]], and [[Richard Nixon]] were honorary presidents or directors at various times.<ref>{{cite news|title=Korean denies influence peddling|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2457&dat=19761102&id=y6kzAAAAIBAJ&pg=3422,903462|newspaper=Bangor Daily News|access-date=21 March 2012}}</ref>

In 1972, Moon offered predictions on the decline of [[communism]], based on the teachings of the ''Divine Principle'': "After 7,000 biblical years — 6,000 years of restoration history plus the millennium, the time of completion — communism will fall in its 70th year. Here is the meaning of the year 1978. Communism, begun in 1917, could maintain itself approximately 60 years and reach its peak. So 1978 is the border line and afterward communism will decline; in the 70th year it will be altogether ruined. This is true. Therefore, now is the time for people who are studying communism to abandon it."<ref>[http://www.tparents.org/Moon-Books/sm-gww/GWW-07.htm The Way of Restoration], (April 1972)</ref>

In 1980, Moon asked church members to found [[CAUSA International]] as an anti-communist educational organization, based in [[New York City|New York]].<ref>"Moon's 'Cause' Takes Aim at Communism in Americas", ''The Washington Post'', 28 August 1983.</ref> In the 1980s, it was active in 21 countries. In the United States, it sponsored educational conferences for Christian leaders<ref name=ct>[http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2001/augustweb-only/8-6-37.0.html Sun Myung Moon's Followers Recruit Christians to Assist in Battle Against Communism] ''[[Christianity Today]]'' 15 June 1985</ref> as well as seminars and conferences for [[United States Senate|Senate]] staffers and other activists.<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/longterm/cult/unification/image.htm Church Spends Millions On Its Image], ''The Washington Post'', 17 September 1984. "Another church political arm, Causa International, which preaches a philosophy it calls "God-ism," has been spending millions of dollars on expense-paid seminars and conferences for Senate staffers, Hispanic Americans and conservative activists. It also has contributed $500,000 to finance an anticommunist lobbying campaign headed by John T. (Terry) Dolan, chairman of the National Conservative Political Action Committee (NCPAC)."</ref> In 1986, it produced the anti-communist documentary film ''[[Nicaragua Was Our Home]]''.<ref>[http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=1555 Public TV Tilts Toward Conservatives], [[Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting]] "While conservatives dismiss Bill Moyers' world-class documentaries on our constitutional checks and balances as "propaganda," they never mention PBS's airing of unabashed right-wing agitprop films such as Nicaragua Was Our Home (the pro-contra film produced by Rev. Sun Myung Moon's CAUSA, which funded the contras after Congress' ban)...."</ref> CAUSA supported the [[Nicaraguan Contras]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Scott|first1=Peter Dale|last2=Marshall|first2=Jonathan|title=Cocaine politics drugs, armies, and the CIA in Central America|date=1998|publisher=University of California Press|location=Berkeley|isbn=978-0520214491|pages=219|edition=Updated ed., Updated pbk.}}</ref><ref name="NewRepub">{{cite magazine|last1=Blake|first1=Mariah|title=The Fall of the House of Moon: Sex Rituals, foreign spies, Biden offspring, and the Unification Church's war-torn first family.|url=https://newrepublic.com/article/115512/unification-church-profile-fall-house-moon|magazine=The New Republic|date=12 November 2013|access-date=9 December 2015}}</ref>

In August 1985, the [[Professors World Peace Academy]], an organization founded by Moon, sponsored a conference in [[Geneva]] to debate the theme "The situation in the world after the fall of the communist empire."<ref>[http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/gi_0199-14440148/Projections-about-a-post-Soviet.html Projections about a post-Soviet world-twenty-five years later.] // Goliath Business News</ref> In April 1990, Moon visited the [[Soviet Union]] and met with President [[Mikhail Gorbachev]]. Moon expressed support for the political and economic transformations under way in the Soviet Union. At the same time, the Unification Church was expanding into formerly communist nations.<ref name="query.nytimes.com"/> After the [[dissolution of the Soviet Union]] in 1991, some American conservatives criticized Moon for his softening of his previous [[anti-communist]] stance.<ref name=salonfeb>{{cite news |url=http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2008/02/26/washington_times/index.html |title=Washington Times updates style guide, conservatives up in arms |work=Salon.com |date=27 February 2008 |access-date=1 July 2013 |archive-date=10 February 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090210230801/http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2008/02/26/washington_times/index.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="auto">[http://www.prospect-magazine.co.uk/article_details.php?id=7720 News and Curiosities], ''[[Prospect (magazine)|Prospect]]'', September 2006</ref>

In 1991, Moon met with [[Kim Il Sung]], then North Korean president, to discuss ways to achieve peace on the [[Korean peninsula]], as well as on [[international relations]], tourism, etc.<ref name="ReferenceA"/> In 1994, Moon was officially invited to the funeral of Kim Il Sung in spite of the absence of [[diplomatic relations]] between North Korea and South Korea.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.mk.co.kr/v3/view.php?year=2011&no=822668 |title=mk 뉴스 – 金장례식에 日여자마술사 초청한 까닭 |publisher=News.mk.co.kr |access-date=9 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131127021401/http://news.mk.co.kr/v3/view.php?year=2011&no=822668 |archive-date=27 November 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Moon and his church are known for their efforts to promote [[Korean unification]].<ref name="theatlantic.com"/>

In 2003, Korean Unification Church members started a [[political party]] in South Korea. It was named "The Party for God, Peace, Unification, and Home." In its inauguration declaration, the new party said it would focus on preparing for Korean reunification by educating the public about God and peace.<ref>[http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?click_id=126&art_id=qw1047283022536B265&set_id=1 'Moonies' launch political party in S Korea],''The Independent'' (South Africa), 10 March 2003</ref> Moon was a member of the Honorary Committee of the [[Unification Ministry]] of the Republic of Korea.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.unikorea.go.kr/CmsWeb/viewPage.req?idx=PG0000000117&boardDataId=BD0000204685&CP0000000002_BO0000000041_Action=boardView&CP0000000002_BO0000000041_ViewName=board/BoardView&curNum=350 |title=자유게시판 |publisher=Unikorea.go.kr |access-date=23 May 2012}}</ref> In 2012, Moon was posthumously awarded North Korea's [[National Reunification Prize]].<ref name="kcna.co.jp"/>

In 2005, Rev. Sun Myung Moon and his wife, Dr. Hak Ja Han Moon, founded the Universal Peace Federation (UPF), an NGO in Special Consultative Status with the [[United Nations Economic and Social Council]] (ECOSOC). "We support and promote the work of the United Nations and the achievement of the [[Sustainable Development Goals]]."<ref>{{cite web|title=About the Founders|url=http://www.upf.org/founders|website=Universal Peace Federation: A Global Network of Peacbuilders|access-date=16 September 2017}}</ref>

Moon's projects have been lobbied in the [[National Congress of Brazil]] by Brazilian MPs.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.camara.gov.br/internet/plenario/notas/ordinari/V030402.pdf |title=Congressional papers of the Chamber of Deputies |access-date=9 October 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131126012736/http://www.camara.gov.br/internet/plenario/notas/ordinari/V030402.pdf |archive-date=26 November 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.camara.gov.br/sileg/integras/549661.pdf |title=Congressional papers of the Chamber of Deputies |access-date=9 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131126013734/http://www.camara.gov.br/sileg/integras/549661.pdf |archive-date=26 November 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.camara.gov.br/internet/jornal/jc20081209.pdf |title=Congressional papers of the Chamber of Deputies|access-date=9 October 2012}}</ref> Moon has held dialogues between members of the Israeli [[Knesset]] and the [[Palestinian Parliament]] as part of his [[Middle East Peace Initiative]]s.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mike-ghouse/commitment-to-israelpales_b_1263793.html | work=[[HuffPost]]| first=Mike | last=Ghouse | title=Commitment to Israel-Palestine, Part 2 | date=21 February 2012}}</ref>

===Business===
[[Tongil Group]] is a South Korean business group ([[chaebol]] "Tongil" is Korean for "unification"; the name of the Unification Church in Korean is "Tongilgyo") founded in 1963 by Moon as a [[nonprofit]] organization to provide revenue for the church. Its core focus was manufacturing, but in the 1970s and 1980s, it expanded by founding or acquiring businesses in pharmaceuticals, tourism, and publishing.<ref name="jad2010"/> Among Tongil Group's chief holdings are: The Ilwha Company, which produces [[ginseng]] and related products; Ilshin Stone, building materials; and Tongil Heavy Industries, machine parts, including hardware for the South Korean military.<ref name="fm2010"/>

[[News World Communications]] is an international [[news media]] [[corporation]]<ref name="Columbia Journalism Review" /> founded by Moon in 1976. It owns [[United Press International]], ''[[World and I]]'', ''Tiempos del Mundo'' (Latin America), ''The Segye Ilbo'' (South Korea), ''The Sekai Nippo'' (Japan), the ''Zambezi Times'' (South Africa), and ''The Middle East Times'' (Egypt).<ref name="Yahoo! Finance profile" /> Until 2008, it published the Washington, D.C.-based newsmagazine ''[[Insight on the News]]''.<ref name="Columbia Journalism Review" /> Until 2010, it owned ''[[The Washington Times]]''. On 2 November 2010, Sun Myung Moon and a group of former ''Times'' editors purchased the ''Times'' from News World.<ref name="Shapira C1" />

In 1982, Moon sponsored the film ''[[Inchon (film)|Inchon]]'', an [[historical drama]] about the [[Battle of Inchon]] during the [[Korean War]]. It was not successful critically or financially and was criticized for its unfair treatment of the North Korean government.<ref name="kempley">{{cite news | last =Kempley | first =Rita | title =Mooning Over MacArthur  | newspaper =The Washington Post | page =Weekend at the Movies; Pg. 13  | date =17 September 1982}}</ref>

In 1989, Moon founded [[Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/soccer/world/news/2000/01/30/world_roundup_ap/|title=Soccer World News//World Roundup|website=cnn.com|publisher=[[CNN]]|access-date=28 January 2018}}</ref> the second most successful soccer club in South Korea, having won a [[List of K-League champions|record 7 league titles]], 2 [[Korean FA Cup|FA Cup]]s, [[K-League Cup|3 League Cups]], and 2 [[AFC Champions League]] titles. Seongnam's record was beaten by [[Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors]] in 2020.

The church is the largest owner of U.S. sushi restaurants, and in the [[Kodiak Island|Kodiak]] region of Alaska is the area's largest employer.<ref name=CT01>Eng, Monica, Delroy Alexander, and David Jackson [http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/watchdog/chi-0604sushi-1-story,0,656681.story "Sushi and Rev. Moon: How Americans' growing appetite for sushi is helping to support his controversial church"], ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'', 11 April 2006.</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://alumni.berkeley.edu/news/california-magazine/winter-2010-slicing-pie/tooth-and-claw |title=Tooth and Claw &#124; CAA |publisher=Alumni.berkeley.edu |date=27 June 2010 |access-date=9 October 2012 |archive-date=8 January 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130108115714/http://alumni.berkeley.edu/news/california-magazine/winter-2010-slicing-pie/tooth-and-claw |url-status=dead }}</ref> The church founded the first currently operating automobile manufacturing plant in [[North Korea]], [[Pyeonghwa Motors]], and is the second largest exporter of Korean goods.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pdf.usaid.gov/pdf_docs/PNABB315.pdf |title=Policy Reform and Equity – Extending the Benefits of Development|publisher=usaid.gov |access-date=9 October 2012}}</ref><ref>Kirk, Donald, [https://www.forbes.com/global/2007/1029/022_print.html No, Not Yet. Palaver in Pyongyang doesn't signal a northern manufacturing itch from Korea's conglomerates.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120716081411/http://www.forbes.com/global/2007/1029/022_print.html |date=16 July 2012 }}, ''[[Forbes]]'', 29 October 2007.</ref><ref>Demick, Barbara, [http://articles.latimes.com/print/2008/sep/27/world/fg-boom27 "Who gave N. Korea those power tools?"], ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'', 27 September 2008.</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/08/31/us/national-news-briefs-unification-church-head-charged-in-fishing-case.html |work=[[The New York Times]] |title=National News Briefs; Unification Church Head Charged in Fishing Case |date=31 August 2000}}</ref>

In 2011, construction of the $18-million Yeosu Expo Hotel was completed; the hotel is located at the Moon-owned Ocean Resort in [[Yeosu]], the venue of [[Expo 2012]].<ref name="news.jeonnam.go.kr">{{cite web |url=http://news.jeonnam.go.kr/present/01/index02.php?category=1&bid=B60000&menuid=60000&cno=1258&page=4 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131127133253/http://news.jeonnam.go.kr/present/01/index02.php?category=1&bid=B60000&menuid=60000&cno=1258&page=4 |url-status=dead |archive-date=27 November 2013 |title=여수 거문도에 관광호텔 준공 |publisher=News.jeonnam.go.kr |access-date=9 October 2012 }}</ref> The opening ceremony was attended by the governor of the province.<ref name="news.jeonnam.go.kr"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.maiarc.com/port/read.php?id=228&cate2=&lang=en&page=1 |title=Yeosoo EXPO Hotel |publisher=Maiarc.com |access-date=9 October 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029193448/http://www.maiarc.com/port/read.php?id=228&cate2=&lang=en&page=1 |archive-date=29 October 2013}}</ref> Another one, the Ocean Hotel, was completed in February 2012.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://english.jeonnam.go.kr/mbs/mayor/jsp/album/gallery.jsp?boardType=02&spage=10&boardId=22423&listType=02&boardSeq=457314&mcategoryId=&id=mayor_040100000000 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180919111708/http://english.jeonnam.go.kr/mbs/mayor/jsp/album/gallery.jsp?boardType=02&spage=10&boardId=22423&listType=02&boardSeq=457314&mcategoryId=&id=mayor_040100000000 |url-status=dead |archive-date=19 September 2018 |title=도정활동25시 > 현장스케치 |publisher=English.jeonnam.go.kr |date=17 April 2012 |access-date=9 October 2012 }}</ref> Moon-owned Yeongpyeong Resort, Ocean Resort, and Pineridge Resort were scheduled to host [[Expo 2012]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.jeju.go.kr/contents/index.php?mid=320202&job=detail&ne_seq=43609 |title=Governmental webpage of Jeju Island, Republic of Korea |publisher=News.jeju.go.kr |date=3 February 2012 |access-date=9 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131125213347/http://news.jeju.go.kr/contents/index.php?mid=320202&job=detail&ne_seq=43609|archive-date=25 November 2013}}</ref> the [[2018 Winter Olympics]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fntoday.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=67863 |title=Finance Today |publisher=Fntoday.co.kr |date=14 January 2009 |access-date=9 October 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cupress.com/news/news_view.asp?idx=1014&sec=1 |publisher=cupress.com |title=2018 Winter Olympics |date=27 May 2008 |access-date=9 October 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305060450/http://www.cupress.com/news/news_view.asp?idx=1014&sec=1 |archive-date=5 March 2016}}</ref> and [[Formula 1]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jeonnam.go.kr/mayor/talk/03/index.jsp?bid=speechnew&mode=view&cur_page=11&s_username&s_subject=&q_box=&sortfield=&s_category=&cate_box=&Include=Include&MID=&jnid=&cno=743|title=Governmental web-page of Jeonnam City|website=jeonnam.go.kr|access-date=28 January 2018}}{{dead link|date=March 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Moon also managed the [[FIFA]]-accredited [[Peace Cup]].<ref>{{cite news|author=Football |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/2362682/West-Ham-turn-their-attention-to-Baros.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/2362682/West-Ham-turn-their-attention-to-Baros.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=West Ham turn their attention to Baros|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|access-date=9 October 2012 |location=London |date=21 July 2005}}{{cbignore}}</ref> The FIFA itself has funded more than $2m for the Peace Cup since 2003.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.daegu.go.kr/Boards/BoardsBoardList.aspx?infoID=302&rno=1375|title=Governmental web-page of Daegu City|website=daegu.go.kr|access-date=28 January 2018}}</ref>

===Race relations===

Moon took a strong stance against [[racism]] and [[racial discrimination]]. In 1974, he urged Unification Church members to support an African American president of the United States:  "We have had enough of white presidents. So, let's this time elect a president from the Negro race. What will you do if I say so? There's no question there. We must never forget that we are brothers and sisters in a huge human family. In any level of community, we must become like a family."<ref>[http://www.tparents.org/Moon-Talks/SunMyungMoon75/SunMyungMoon-750323.htm Restoration Through Indemnity And America's Role] 23 March 1974</ref>

In 1981, he said that he himself was a victim of racial prejudice in the United States (concerning his prosecution on tax charges in [[United States v. Sun Myung Moon]]), saying:  "I would not be standing here today if my skin were white or my religion were [[Presbyterianism|Presbyterian]]. I am here today only because my skin is yellow and my religion is Unification Church. The ugliest things in this beautiful country of America are religious bigotry and racism."<ref>On the tax charges against him, in a speech at Foley Square in New York City (22 October 1981); published in a full page advertisement in ''The New York Times'' (5 November 1981), as quoted in US Court of Appeals document [[s:U.S. v. Sun Myung Moon 718 F.2d 1210 (1983)]]</ref>

Several African American organizations and individuals spoke out in defense of Moon at this time, including the [[National Black Catholic Clergy Caucus]], the [[Southern Christian Leadership Conference]], the [[National Conference of Black Mayors]],<ref>Raspberry, William, "Did Unpopular Moonie Get a Fair Trial?", ''[[Washington Post]]'', 19 April 1984</ref> and [[Joseph Lowery]], who was then the head of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference.<ref name="signaturebooks.com"/>

In a later controversy over the use of the word [[Moonie (nickname)|"Moonie"]] (which was said to be offensive) by the American news media, Moon's position was supported by civil rights activists [[Ralph Abernathy]]<ref name="gorenfeld">{{cite book | last =Gorenfeld | first =John | title =Bad Moon Rising | publisher =PoliPointPress | year =2008 | page =[https://archive.org/details/badmoonrisinghow00gore/page/96 96] | isbn =978-0-9794822-3-6 | url =https://archive.org/details/badmoonrisinghow00gore/page/96 }}</ref><ref name="leigh">{{cite news | last =Leigh | first =Andrew | title =Inside Moon's Washington – The private side of public relations improving the image, looking for clout | newspaper =[[The Washington Post]] | page =B1 | date =15 October 1989 }}</ref><ref name="funnels">{{cite news | last=[[Knight-Ridder Newspapers]] | title =Unification Church funnels millions to U.S. conservatives | work =[[The Dallas Morning News]] | page =4A | publisher =The Dallas Morning News Company | date =20 December 1987 }}</ref> and [[James Bevel]].<ref name="hatch">{{cite news  | last = Hatch | first = Walter | title = Big names lend luster to group's causes – Church leader gains legitimacy among U.S. conservatives | newspaper = [[The Seattle Times]] | page = A1 | publisher = Seattle Times Company | date = 13 February 1989 }}</ref>

In 2000, Moon and [[Nation of Islam]] leader [[Louis Farrakhan]] got together to sponsor the [[Million Family March]],<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2000/10/16/us/families-arrive-in-washington-for-march-called-by-farrakhan.html Families Arrive in Washington For March Called by Farrakhan], ''[[New York Times]]'', 16 October 2000</ref> a rally in [[Washington, D.C.]] to celebrate family unity and racial and religious harmony as well as to address other issues, including abortion, capital punishment, health care, education, welfare, [[Social Security (United States)|Social Security]] reform, substance abuse prevention, and overhaul of the [[World Bank]] and [[International Monetary Fund]].<ref>[http://archives.cnn.com/2000/US/10/16/million.family.march.02/index.html Million Family March reaches out to all] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080528195304/http://archives.cnn.com/2000/US/10/16/million.family.march.02/index.html |date=28 May 2008 }}</ref> In his keynote speech, Farrakhan called for racial harmony.<ref name="bbc">{{cite news |  title =Nation of Islam – who are they? | work =[[BBC]] | date =21 July 2001 | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/1466283.stm | access-date=10 November 2009 }}</ref>

===Dance===

In 1962, Moon and other church members founded the [[Little Angels Children's Folk Ballet of Korea]], a children's dance troupe that presents traditional [[Korean dance|Korean folk dances]]. He said that this was to project a positive image of [[South Korea]] to the world.<ref>{{cite news |last=Sewell |first=Rhonda B. |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=vWRPAAAAIBAJ&pg=3834,3951179&dq=korean-culture-takes-the-stage&hl=en |title =Korean Culture Takes the Stage |work=[[The Blade (Toledo)|The Blade]] |page=D11 |date=28 February 2003 |quote=The colors, sounds, and heritage of South Korea will come alive tonight as the Little Angels, an all-girls Korean folk ballet company, performs in the Ritz Theatre in Tiffin... The company was founded in 1962 by the Rev. Sun Myung Moon and his wife, Hak Ja Han, as a way to project a positive image of the country...}}</ref> In 1984, Moon founded the $8-million [[Universal Ballet]] project, with Soviet-born Oleg Vinogradov as its [[art director]] and Moon's daughter-in-law [[Julia Moon|Julia]] as its [[prima ballerina]]. It was described by ''[[The New York Times]]'' as the top [[ballet]] company in Asia.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/07/29/arts/dance-a-small-place-reaches-for-ballet-s-big-time.html?pagewanted=print&src=pm | work=[[The New York Times]] | first=Allen | last=Robertson | title=A Small Place Reaches for Ballet's Big Time | date=29 July 2001}}</ref> In 1989, Moon founded Universal Ballet Academy, which later changed its name to [[Kirov Academy of Ballet]], in [[Washington, D.C.]]<ref>Kim, James S. (11 March 2015). "[http://iamkoream.com/south-korean-ballerina-hee-seo-dazzles-in-the-sleeping-beauty/ South Korean Ballerina Hee Seo Dazzles in 'The Sleeping Beauty'] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151112194126/http://iamkoream.com/south-korean-ballerina-hee-seo-dazzles-in-the-sleeping-beauty |date=12 November 2015 }}". [[KoreAm]]. Seoul, South Korea. Retrieved 1 November 2015.</ref>

=== Seafood and shipbuilding===
The Unification Church owns [[True World Foods]], which controls a major portion of the [[sushi]] trade in the US.<ref name="Tribune 2006" >[http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/specials/chi-0604sushi-1-story,0,3736876.story Sushi and Rev. Moon: How Americans' growing appetite for sushi is helping to support his controversial church] [[Chicago Tribune]], April 11, 2006</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/11/05/magazine/sushi-us.html | title=The Untold Story of Sushi in America | newspaper=[[The New York Times]] | date=5 November 2021 | last1=Fromson | first1=Daniel }}</ref> True World Foods' parent company is the corporate conglomerate [[True World Group]], which operates restaurants and markets.<ref name= "Willamette Week" >{{cite web |last1=Moore |first1=Elizabeth Armstrong |title=Holy Mackerel! |url=https://www.wweek.com/portland/article-5734-holy-mackerel.html |website=wweek.com |date=14 June 2006 |publisher=Willamette Week |access-date=11 December 2022}}</ref>

The Unification Church's foray into the seafood industry began at the direction of Moon, who ordered an expansion into "the oceanic providence." In 1976 and 1977, the Unification Church invested nearly a million dollars into the American seafood industry.<ref name="Tribune 2006" /> Moon delivered a speech in 1980 entitled "The Way of Tuna", in which he claimed that "After we build the boats, we catch the fish and process them for the market, and then have a distribution network. This is not just on the drawing board; I have already done it" and declared himself the "king of the ocean." He also suggested that they could get around the recently imposed 200-nautical-mile [[exclusive economic zone]] by marrying American and Japanese members, allowing the Japanese ones to become American citizens, because once married, "we are not foreigners; therefore Japanese brothers, particularly those matched to Americans, are becoming ... leaders for fishing and distribution." He also declared that "[[Gloucester, Massachusetts|Gloucester]] is almost a Moonie town now!"<ref name="Tribune 2006" />

Later in 1980, Moon gave a sermon in which he said, "This ocean business is really reserved for Unification Church. How much income would this business generate? Roughly speaking, enough money to buy the entire world. That's true! It has unlimited potential."<ref name= "Willamette Week" /> In 1986, lhe advised his followers to open a thousand restaurants in America.<ref name="Tribune 2006" />

The Unification Church owns Master Marine (a shipbuilding and fishing company in [[Alabama]])<ref name="romenews">{{cite news | title =Moon's church settles into quiet fishing town | work =Rome News-Tribune | url =https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=1vYGAAAAIBAJ&pg=2581,5940687&dq=master-marine&hl=en | date =November 27, 1985 }}{{Dead link|date=June 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> and International Seafood of [[Kodiak, Alaska]].<ref>[http://www.kodiakdailymirror.com/?pid=19&id=9099 Philippines political leader visits Kodiak], ''Kodiak Mirror'', September 14, 2010</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.anchoragepress.com/archives/document126b.html |title=I'm a Moonie and I Love it! |first=Hal Jr. |last=Horton |date=13 July 2000 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030515223524/http://www.anchoragepress.com/archives/document126b.html |archive-date=15 May 2003}}</ref> In 2011, Master Marine opened a factory in [[Las Vegas Valley|Las Vegas]], [[Nevada]], to manufacture a 27-foot pleasure boat designed by Moon.<ref>[http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2011/aug/30/unification-church-makes-splash-las-vegas/ Unification Church "means business" with Las Vegas facility], ''[[Las Vegas Sun]]'', 9-2-2011</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200701034128/https://www.boatingworld.com/news/pages/InnovativeSportFishingBoattoBeUnveiledinLasVegas1ec36cea.aspx Innovative Sport Fishing Boat to Be Unveiled in Las Vegas], ''Boating World'', 8-18-2011</ref>