Editing Ock Soo Park (section)

==Ministry expansion==
In 2000, Park founded the Gracias Choir, an orchestra and choral ensemble which travels with Park on his international tours.<ref>{{Cite news|date=July 11, 2017|title=25,000 fill Gocheok Dome to attend Gracias concert|work=[[The Korea Herald]]|url=http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20170711000876}}</ref> 

The Seoul Central District Prosecutor's Office  imposed a fine of 5 million KRW by summary order on December 31, 2012, against Park for violating the Food Sanitation Act. He was accused of unlawfully profiting by promoting the product "Ttobyeol," manufactured by Woonhwa Co., Ltd., as a 'drug' capable of curing cancer and AIDS.<ref>{{cite news|last=Jung|first=Yoon Seok|title=구원파 박옥수 '식품위생법위반' 500만원 벌금|trans-title=Guwonpa's Park Ok-soo Fined 5 Million KRW for Food Sanitation Act Violation|url=https://www.kportalnews.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=12480|access-date=16 July 2024|newspaper=기독교포털뉴스|date=12 March 2013}}</ref>

In 2016 he was invited to preach a sermon at the "King's Prayer Meeting" in Swaziland (now [[Eswatini]]), which was broadcast by [[Eswatini Broadcasting and Information Service|the national radio station]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=IYF Founder Pastor Ok-Soo Park preaches at Swaziland National Event|url=https://m.news.naver.com/read.nhn?mode=LSD&mid=sec&sid1=999&oid=044&aid=0000179918}}</ref>

On May 11, 2017, Park Ok-soo was fined 20 million KRW by the Seoul Central District Court for violating the National Land Planning and Utilization Act and the Building Act. The Seoul District Court ruled that Park illegally expanded a structure by installing one or two containers in March 2012 without obtaining the necessary permits from the relevant authorities. Additionally, he was found guilty of violating the Building Act by converting the fourth floor of a church building for office use in January 2015. Consequently, a fine of 20 million KRW was imposed.<ref>{{cite news|last=Jung|first=Yoon Seok|title=기쁜소식강남교회 박옥수 씨, 2천만원 벌금형|trans-title=Park Ok-soo of Good News Gangnam Church Fined 20 Million KRW|url=https://www.kportalnews.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=13872|access-date=16 July 2024|newspaper=기독교포털뉴스|date=22 May 2017}}</ref> In July 2017, a separate fraud/scam case against Park and the Good News Mission ended in an acquittal by [[Supreme Court of Korea]]. The charge was that Park had sold stock fraudulently to church members and "raked in unlawful profits", but the Supreme Court held that "it is hard to regard Park as an accomplice".<ref>{{cite news |url=http://m.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20170713000861 |newspaper=[[The Korea Herald]] |access-date=August 28, 2020 |date=July 13, 2017 |title=Pastor Park acquitted of stock fraud charges |last=Kim |first=Yon-se}}</ref>

In 2024, Park met with the Chairman of the [[Kiowa Tribe]] Lawrence SpottedBird in South Korea. In 2025, the Kiowa Tribe's chairman and vice chairman served on the board of the Indigenous Leaders of North America, a nonprofit Park founded.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Loveless |first1=Tristan |title=Toilets, t-shirts and tribal finances: Kiowa Legislature moves to impeach Chairman Lawrence SpottedBird |url=https://nondoc.com/2026/02/25/toilets-t-shirts-and-tribal-finances-kiowa-legislature-moves-to-impeach-chairman-lawrence-spottedbird/ |access-date=February 25, 2026 |work=NonDoc |date=February 25, 2026}}</ref>