Unification Church

=== Support for North Korea's development of nuclear weapons===
{{See also|List of North Korean missile tests|List of nuclear weapons tests of North Korea}}

According to [[Defense Intelligence Agency]] (DIA) reports in August and September 1994, Moon donated 450 billion yen to [[Kim Il Sung]] during his stay in North Korea from November 30, 1991, to December 7, 1992. Those same DIA reports explained an "economic cooperation" for the reconstruction of North Korea's economy was in place. This included establishing a joint venture developing tourism at Kimkangsan, investing in the development of the Tumangang River, in addition to investing in the construction of the "light industry" base located in Wonsan.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Parry |first=Robert |date=October 13, 2006 |title=Robert Parry: Moon, North Korea & the Bushes |url=https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0610/S00187.htm |access-date=2023-04-20 |website=www.scoop.co.nz}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The Consortium |url=https://www.consortiumnews.com/2000/101100c.html |access-date=2023-04-20 |website=www.consortiumnews.com}}</ref> Most of the money was said to have been donated to the Unification Church by Japanese believers.<ref>{{cite web |date=14 October 2022 |script-title=ja:旧統一教会関連会社が北朝鮮に潜水艦を仲介 日本人信者の献金が北の兵器開発に使われていないか 1/2 |url=https://newsdig.tbs.co.jp/articles/-/178451?display=1 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221124161610/https://newsdig.tbs.co.jp/articles/-/178451?display=1 |archive-date=24 November 2022 |access-date=10 December 2022 |publisher=[[TBS Television (Japan)|TBS Television]] |language=ja}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=8 December 2022 |script-title=ja:ペンタゴン文書入手〉北朝鮮ミサイル開発を支える統一教会マネー4500億円 1/3 |url=https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/c21b79a7405b7b44c0363a1797a517659e3401ee |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221209045007/https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/c21b79a7405b7b44c0363a1797a517659e3401ee |archive-date=9 December 2022 |access-date=10 December 2022 |publisher=Yahoo Japan News |language=ja}}</ref> According to the former chief executive of [[Pyeonghwa Motors]], a Unification Church auto company, the money collected from Japanese devotees was first transferred to South Korea and [[Money laundering|money laundered]], then transferred to [[Hong Kong]] and finally to North Korea. He said he had a close relationship with [[Ju Kyu-chang]], a senior member of the [[Workers' Party of Korea]] and its weapons development chief.<ref name="yjn081222">{{cite web |date=8 December 2022 |script-title=ja::ペンタゴン文書入手〉北朝鮮ミサイル開発を支える統一教会マネー4500億円 3/3 |url=https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/c21b79a7405b7b44c0363a1797a517659e3401ee?page=3 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221209052041/https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/c21b79a7405b7b44c0363a1797a517659e3401ee?page=3 |archive-date=9 December 2022 |access-date=10 December 2022 |publisher=Yahoo Japan News |language=ja}}</ref>{{Request quotation|date=March 2023}} According to Baek Seung-joo, a former South Korean vice defense minister, has analyzed that money donated by Japanese followers of the Unification Church was diverted to North Korea's nuclear development and development of [[intercontinental ballistic missiles]].<ref name="yjn081222" />{{Request quotation|date=March 2023}} According to Masuo Oe, who was the public relations director of the Unification Church, when Moon said to Kim Il Sung in a meeting, "Please be my brother", Kim Il Sung replied, "Sure, why not?". According to him, believers heard this anecdote and admired that the Messiah had brought Satan to his knees with the power of love. This was a symbolic event that marked a major shift in the anti-communist policies of the Unification Church.<ref>{{cite web |date=15 September 2022 |script-title=ja:統一教会が北朝鮮に献上した5000億円 文鮮明が金日成に「お兄さんになって」 |url=https://bunshun.jp/articles/-/57334?page=2 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221010221246/https://bunshun.jp/articles/-/57334?page=2 |archive-date=10 October 2022 |access-date=10 December 2022 |publisher=[[Bungeishunju]] |language=ja}}</ref>

According to a 2016 South Korean Defense Ministry parliamentary report, a Tokyo-run company{{Vague|reason=Which company? What's it called? Where are they?|date={{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}}} operated by members of the Unification Church sold a Russian [[Golf-class submarine|Golf II-class submarine]] still loaded with missile launchers to North Korea in 1994, disguised as scrap metal, and the technology was then diverted to North Korea's development of [[submarine-launched ballistic missile]]s. The Unification Church has denied having any relationship with the company.<ref>{{cite web |date=14 October 2022 |script-title=ja:旧統一教会関連会社が北朝鮮に潜水艦を仲介 日本人信者の献金が北の兵器開発に使われていないか 2/2 |url=https://newsdig.tbs.co.jp/articles/-/178451?page=2 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221124161050/https://newsdig.tbs.co.jp/articles/-/178451?page=2 |archive-date=24 November 2022 |access-date=10 December 2022 |publisher=TBS Television |language=ja}}</ref>