Thousands marry in first 'post-Moon' mass wedding
- Published: 17 Feb 2013 at 11.44
- Online news: Asia
Thousands of Unification Church members got married in a mass wedding in South Korea Sunday -- the first since the death of their "messiah" and controversial church founder Sun Myung Moon.
Newly-married couples applaud at the end of the mass wedding organised by the Unification Church and held in its headquarters in Gapyeong, east of Seoul, on February 17, 2013 that saw some 3,500 couples matched by the church tie the knot.
Some 3,500 identically-dressed couples -- many of mixed nationality who had met just days before -- took part in the ceremony at the church's global headquarters in Gapyeong, east of the capital Seoul.
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