Chung Hwan Kwak
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Chung Hwan Kwak (born 1936) is the leader of a number of key organizations of the Unification Movement and has been described in recent years as "Rev. Moon's right hand man." Formerly Rev. Moon's "right-hand man" (roughly 1960s through 1990s) was Bo Hi Pak.
Educated in his native South Korea, he holds a B.A. in law from Sangji University and an M.A. in western philosophy from Konkuk University Graduate School. He received an honorary Ph.D. in humanities in 1986 from the University of Baguio, the Philippines.
Rev. Kwak holds leadership positions in many Unification Movement organizations:
- News World Communications (which owns the Washington Times and other newspapers and magazines) - Chairman and President
- United Press International - Chairman and President
- Paragon House Publishers - Executive Director
- University of Bridgeport - Chairman of the Board
- World University Federation - Chairman of the Board
- Professors World Peace Academy - Chairman of the Board
- New World Encyclopedia - Project Chairman
- International Cultural Foundation - Chairman of the Board
- International Council of the World Association of Non-Governmental Organizations - Chairman of the Board
- Unification Church World Missions - Executive Director
- Korean Professional Football League - President
- Sungnam Ilhwa Football Team - owner
- World Cultural and Sports Festival - Organizing Chairman
- Citizen’s Federation for the Unification of North and South Korea - Chairman of the Board
- Summit Council for World Peace - President
- Universal Peace Federation - Chairman of the Board
- Federation for World Peace - President
- International Religious Foundation - Chairman of the Board
- International Religious Federation for World Peace - Chairman of the Board
- Interreligious and International Federation for World Peace - Chairman and President
- Interreligious and International Peace Council - Chairman of the Board
- Family House of Cosmic Peace and Unification - Chairman of the Board
- Cosmic True Family Federation - Chairman of the Board (?)
He is Chairman of the Board or has been President of:
- Unification Church of Korea
- Unification Foundation of Korea
- International Relief and Friendship Foundation
Rev. Kwak wrote and supervised the translation into English of 5 levels of progressively in-depth "outlines" of Divine Principle which he said were more attuned to the Western way of thinking than the Divine Principle text. For a time most members in the U.S. regarded Outline of the Principle: Level 4 as the most official version of Divine Principle in English, but later Rev. Moon made it clear that the Divine Principle book retained that position.
