A South Korean minister resigned on Thursday after being accused of receiving illegal funds from the Unification Church, a cult-like movement linked to widespread influence-peddling.

The church, known for its mass weddings, is currently being investigated on charges of unlawful donations linked to the country's former first lady Kim Keon Hee.

Kim's conservative husband, Yoon Suk Yeol, was ousted in April and is now in prison following a disastrous but brief imposition of martial law, with voters electing President Lee Jae Myung in a snap election in June.

But local media reports increasingly suggest lawmakers from both President Lee's left-leaning ruling party and the conservative opposition may have accepted bribes from the church.

Oceans minister Chun Jae-soo was accused of having re

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