Sun Myung Moon

==Twenty-first century events==

In 2000, Moon sponsored a [[United Nations]] conference that proposed the formation of "a religious assembly, or council of religious representatives, within the structure of the United Nations."<ref>[http://www.bpnews.net/printerfriendly.asp?ID=6411 International religious summit at U.N. receives criticism] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728175831/http://www.bpnews.net/printerfriendly.asp?ID=6411 |date=28 July 2011 }}, Baptist Press, 28 August 2000.</ref>

In 2003, Moon sponsored the first [[Peace Cup]] international club [[Association football|soccer]] tournament.<ref name="rsssf">{{Cite web| title =  Peace Cup (South Korea) | website =  [[RSSSF]] | url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesp/peacecup.html | access-date = 14 June 2008 }}</ref><ref>[http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/soccer/news/2003/07/21/peace_hiddink_ap/ Korean influence: PSV's Hiddink hoping to win Peace Cup][[Sports Illustrated]] 21 July 2003</ref><ref>[http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/soccer/news/2003/05/06/int_rdp/ South Korea to host global peace cup in July][[Sports Illustrated]] 6 May 2003</ref> The [[Los Angeles Galaxy]], which competes in [[Major League Soccer]], played in South Korea in the Peace Cup.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/14/sports/soccer/15SOCC.html?pagewanted=all | work=[[The New York Times]] | first=Jack | last=Bell | title=MetroStars Midfielder Knows About Comebacks | date=14 July 2003}}</ref> During the event, [[Pelé]], widely regarded as the best soccer player of all time and former Brazilian Sports Minister, met with Moon.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chojin.com/nippo/pele.htm|title=文鮮明師夫妻とサッカーの神様ペレ氏|website=www.chojin.com|access-date=28 January 2018}}</ref>

In 2009, Moon's autobiography, ''As a Peace-Loving Global Citizen'' ({{lang-ko|평화를 사랑하는 세계인으로}}),<ref name="naverbooks">{{cite web|url=http://book.naver.com/bookdb/book_detail.php?bid=5970411|title=네이버 책 :: 네이버는 책을 사랑합니다|access-date=14 October 2009|publisher=[[Naver]]}}</ref> was published by [[Gimm-Young Publishers, Inc.|Gimm-Young Publishers]] in South Korea. The book became a [[best-seller]] in Korea and Japan.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newspower.co.kr/sub_read.html?uid=14739&section=sc4&section2= |title=문선명 자서전, 전국 목회자에 발송 |date=16 October 2009 |publisher=Newspower.co.kr |access-date=9 October 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.mk.co.kr/newsRead.php?sc=50500012&cm=%EB%AC%B8%ED%99%94%C2%B7%EB%A0%88%EC%A0%B8&year=2010&no=535904&selFlag=&relatedcode=&wonNo=&sID=505 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120715125659/http://news.mk.co.kr/newsRead.php?sc=50500012&cm=%EB%AC%B8%ED%99%94%C2%B7%EB%A0%88%EC%A0%B8&year=2010&no=535904&selFlag=&relatedcode=&wonNo=&sID=505 |url-status=dead |archive-date=15 July 2012 |title=문선명 총재 자서전 100만부 돌파 |publisher=News.mk.co.kr |access-date=9 October 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.mk.co.kr/newsRead.php?sc=50500012&cm=%EB%AC%B8%ED%99%94%C2%B7%EB%A0%88%EC%A0%B8&year=2010&no=287491&selFlag=&relatedcode=&wonNo=&sID=505 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120722045906/http://news.mk.co.kr/newsRead.php?sc=50500012&cm=%EB%AC%B8%ED%99%94%C2%B7%EB%A0%88%EC%A0%B8&year=2010&no=287491&selFlag=&relatedcode=&wonNo=&sID=505 |url-status=dead |archive-date=22 July 2012 |title=신경숙 소설 3위로 상승 |publisher=News.mk.co.kr |access-date=9 October 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.4000news.com/gisa/view.html?number=7&hosu=822ho |title=덕혜옹주 4주 연속 1위 |publisher=4000news.com |access-date=9 October 2012}}</ref>

By 2010, Moon had given much of the responsibility for Family Federation for World Peace and Unification religious and business activities to his children, who were then in their 30s and 40s.<ref>[https://www.forbes.com/global/2010/0412/enterprise-moon-sun-myung-spiritual-unification-world-revival.html Sons Rise in a Moon Shadow], ''[[Forbes]]'', 12 April 2010</ref> In 2012, the South Korean press reported that Moon traveled worldwide in his [[private jet]], which cost $50 million.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.aspire7.net/reference/union-3.htm |script-title=ko:통일교 과천 교회 박준철 현직 목사 탈퇴 기자 회견 54가지 비리 폭로 |publisher=Aspire7.net |access-date=9 October 2012 |language=ko |archive-date=12 July 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120712120252/http://aspire7.net/reference/union-3.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://happyhindol.org/WZ_CMS/board/view.asp?seq=2764&code=10&ViewType=board&tbcode=board07&SQL_subject=&SQL_search=&SQL_subject_username=&SQL_subject_title=&SQL_subject_content=&SQL_subject_mmsurl=&SQL_subject_field2= |title=통일교 과천 교회 박준철 현직 목사 탈퇴 기자 회견 54가지 비리 폭로 |publisher=Happyhindol.org |access-date=9 October 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131126193646/http://happyhindol.org/WZ_CMS/board/view.asp?seq=2764&code=10&ViewType=board&tbcode=board07&SQL_subject=&SQL_search=&SQL_subject_username=&SQL_subject_title=&SQL_subject_content=&SQL_subject_mmsurl=&SQL_subject_field2= |archive-date=26 November 2013}}</ref>