Sun Myung Moon: Founder of the Unification Church Dies at 92

Sun Myung Moon was a Korean religious leader. Born on February 25, 1920, in what is now North Korea, he founded the Unification Church in Seoul in 1954.

His followers were known as Moonies and he became known for mass wedding ceremonies, where thousands of couples married at once. He built a business empire that included the newspaper The Washington Times.

He served 13 months in a U.S. prison in the 1980s for tax evasion. Moon died of complications from pneumonia in Gapyeong, South Korea, on September 3, 2012, at age 92.

Achievements: Founder of the Unification Church.

Birth: February 25, 1920 - Jeongju, Korea.

Profession: Religious leader.

Interesting Facts: He founded The Washington Times in 1982.