Sun Myung Moon

===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>