TOKYO - A Japanese high court on Wednesday upheld a dissolution order for the Unification Church in line with the central government's request, with liquidation procedures beginning immediately. Presiding Judge Motoko Miki of the Tokyo High Court said the decision…[Continue Reading...]
ven after Charles Manson died of natural causes at 83 in Bakersfield, California, his horrific legacy of violence lived on — as did his progeny. Though by that time, only one remained. And according to Heavy, Manson’s first-born, Charles Manson…[Continue Reading...]
A controversial religious group whose members live communally has faced allegations of child abuse and harsh corporal punishment for years. A new true crime documentary examines those claims. The Twelve Tribes, a Christian fundamentalist movement, was founded in the 1970s…[Continue Reading...]
Intern Pastor Jacob Kim, a CSUN alumni, leading a sermon at Good Shepherd Fellowship service on Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026, in Northridge, Calif. In his sermon, Kim preached that while friends and family provide “conditional love,” God’s love is unconditional.…[Continue Reading...]
Today Investigation Discovery, the leading true crime network, announced a special presentation out of its long running series, PEOPLE MAGAZINE INVESTIGATES. Produced in partnership with the award winning true crime reporting team at PEOPLE, PEOPLE MAGAZINE INVESTIGATES: THE SECRETS OF…[Continue Reading...]
The shop was small and unassuming, a beige pueblo-style building with “PHOTO” painted above the door, but it quickly became a local hangout. Visitors could browse cameras, pick up film, flip through photo books, or just talk art and photography…[Continue Reading...]
Representatives of the Unification Church, the controversial South Korea-founded religious group that became a political flashpoint in Japan after the 2022 assassination of former prime minister Shinzo Abe, are set to return to court on Wednesday as judges consider whether…[Continue Reading...]
The Tokyo High Court is expected to hand down a ruling Wednesday on whether to dissolve the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification, commonly known as the Unification Church, following a government request against the group. If the high…[Continue Reading...]
South Korea’s Kyowon The Orm Vietnam Co., Ltd. has completed procedures to terminate its multi-level marketing (MLM) operations in Vietnam, the National Competition Commission (NCC) under the Ministry of Industry and Trade said in a statement. On November 4, 2025,…[Continue Reading...]
Investigators launched a second attempt Tuesday to raid the headquarters of the main opposition People Power Party (PPP) over suspicions a religious sect meddled in its primaries for the 2022 presidential election and the 2024 parliamentary elections, legal sources said.…[Continue Reading...]
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