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visited North Korea, before and after death of Kim Jong-il
'''Hyung Jin Moon''' is the youngest and seventh son of [[Unification Church]] founder [[Sun Myung Moon]] and Mrs. [[Hak Ja Han Moon]].
'''Hyung Jin Moon''' is the youngest and seventh son of [[Unification Church]] founder [[Sun Myung Moon]] and Mrs. [[Hak Ja Han Moon]].
He was born in New York and received his BA from [[Harvard University]] and an MA from [[Harvard Divinity School]]. He studied and practiced [[Buddhism]], adopting a shaved head and gray robes for several years before being appointed the international president of the Family Federation for World Peace and has been designated by his father as the person who will carry on his religious work. He is also highly skilled in martial arts, which he has practiced since he was young.
He was born in New York and received his BA from [[Harvard University]] and an MA from [[Harvard Divinity School]]. He studied and practiced [[Buddhism]], adopting a shaved head and gray robes for several years before being appointed the international president of the [[Family Federation for World Peace]] and has been designated by his father as the person who will carry on his religious work. He is also highly skilled in martial arts, which he has practiced since he was young.
He and his wife, Yeon Ah Lee, live in Seoul, Korea, and have five children.<ref> [http://www.familyfed.org/truefamily/main.php?id=27 Hyung Jin Moon mini-bio]</ref>
He and his wife, Yeon Ah Lee, live in Seoul, Korea, and have five children.<ref> [http://www.familyfed.org/truefamily/main.php?id=27 Hyung Jin Moon mini-bio]</ref>
==North Korea==
Rev. Hyung Jin Moon visited [[North Korea]] from December 9 to 16. After his return to Seoul, it was reported that [[Kim Jong-il]] had passed away on December 17 at the age of 69. The [[UPF]] Chairman returned to [[Pyongyang]] to pay his respects, laying a memorial wreath at the main mourning site in Kim Il-sung Square in front of a portrait of the late Kim Jong-il on December 24.
==Books==
==Books==