In April 2008 , Sun Myung Moon ( then 88 years old ) appointed Hyung Jin Moon to be the International President of the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification ( FFWPU ) . Hyung Jin Moon and members of his church , believe that a coronation ceremony with his father in 2009 made him heir and successor . Under his leadership the Family Federation for World Peace was changed to the Unification Church . He also introduced new practices , like spiritual energy hand movements Most of these changes were dismissed after he was removed in 2015 . The Family Federation for World Peace , on the other hand , considers Hyung Jin Moon 's church a " breakaway organization . " In 2011 Hyung Jin Moon visited North Korea to express condolences on the death of Kim Jong-il . In 2011 in Pyongyang , to mark the 20th anniversary of Sun Myung Moon 's visit to North Korea , de jure President Kim Yong-nam hosted Hyung Jin Moon in the official residence . The latter donated 600 tons of flour to North Korean children of North Pyongan Province , the birthplace of Sun Myung Moon . Also , after the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami , he donated $ 1.7 million to the Japanese Red Cross
2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami
2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami
Hyung Jin Moon