By Ju-min Park

SEOUL, Dec 1 (Reuters) – A South Korean court started hearing the trial on Monday of the leader of the Unification Church, Han Hak-ja, who is accused of bribing former First Lady Kim Keon Hee with luxury items including Chanel handbags and a diamond necklace.

The corruption case is part of a string of investigations by special prosecutors into ousted president Yoon Suk Yeol and his wife Kim in the wake of Yoon’s martial law order in December 2024 and its political fallout.

Han, head of the religious group now known as the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification, sought to bribe Kim with two Chanel bags, a diamond necklace and wild ginseng in return for business and political favours, prosecutors said on Monday.

Kim has admitted she received the bags as gifts fr

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