1920- . Korean industrialist and founder of
the Unification Church (Moonies) 1954. From
1973 he launched a major mission in the USA
and elsewhere. The church has been criticized
for its manipulative methods of recruiting
and keeping members. He was convicted of tax
fraud in the USA 1982. Moon has allegedly
been associated with extreme right-wing
organizations, arms manufacture, and the
Korean Central Intelligence Agency.