15 Facts About Huh Kyung-young

Huh Kyung-young is a South Korean politician, founder of the National Revolutionary Dividends Party, cult leader, and singer.

On his official profile, Huh says he was born on January, 1st 1950 near Jungnanggyo, Seoul.

Huh Kyung-young lost both of his parents at the age of four.

Huh Kyung-young has participated in the 1987 South Korean presidential election as a member of the New People's Party, and in the 1992 South Korean presidential elections as a presidential candidate for the Truth Peace Party.

Huh Kyung-young founded his own party, the National Revolutionary Dividends Party, in August 2019.

Huh Kyung-young was a candidate for the 2022 South Korean presidential election, but lost far to People Power Party's presidential candidate Yoon Suk-yeol.

Huh Kyung-young was found guilty of violating South Korean election law on 9 June 2024.

Huh Kyung-young was found guilty by the Supreme Court and will not be able to run in elections until 2034.

Huh Kyung-young was indicted on charges of violating the Public Official Election Act, with two years in prison and three years of probation.

Huh Kyung-young claimed on a nationally televised debate during the 2022 Presidential Election that he was the adopted son of the late Samsung Group Chairman Lee Byung-chul and was an unelected policy aide to former President Park Chung Hee.

Huh Kyung-young has claimed that he possessed the ability to levitate, has an IQ of 430, and is capable of performing chukjibeop.

Huh Kyung-young conducts religious activities in a complex called "Sky Palace," located in Jangheung-myeon, Yangju, Gyeonggi Province.

However, after Huh Kyung-young was arrested in 2007 for violations of the Public Official Election Act and defamation by specifying false facts, he was sentenced to one year and six months in prison and was released in 2009.

Some Sky Palace followers filed a lawsuit against Huh Kyung-young, claiming they were sold spiritual products at exorbitant prices compared to the cost, with the alleged total damages amounting to tens of billions of won.

Huh Kyung-young underwent police questioning three times until July 2024.