Hak Ja Han

Life and work

The story behind the role.

Wife of Sun Myung Moon and co-leader of the Unification Church.

Hak Ja Han Moon (Korean: 한학자; Hanja: 韓鶴子; born February 10, 1943) is a Korean religious leader. Her late husband Sun Myung Moon was the founder of the Unification Church. Han and Moon were married in April 1960 and have 10 living children and over 30 grandchildren. In 1992, she established the Women's Federation for World Peace, and traveled the world speaking on its behalf. Since her husband's death, she has assumed leadership of the Unification Church, whose followers call her "True Mother" and "Mother of Peace". In 2025, she was arrested on bribery charges. On August 31, 2026 she was given a two-year sentence instead of the 13-year prison term requested earlier by special prosecutor Min Joong-ki.

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