### [2026-07-16](/feed/2026/07/16/index.md)

##### Unification Church and politics
# South Korea's Supreme Court upholds People Power Party lawmaker Kweon Seong-dong's two-year prison sentence for accepting ₩100 million (US$67,400) in illegal political funds from the Unification Church, removing him from the National Assembly. 




### Sources:

1. [AFP via ''The Straits Times](https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korea-top-court-upholds-jail-term-for-mp-over-church-bribes)

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