Japanese victims of the Unification Church's donation program have called for fundamental solutions regarding the controversial religious group after its leader was arrested in South Korea on Tuesday in a bribery case involving the previous South Korean president's wife. The…[Continue Reading...]
South Korea has arrested the leader of the controversial Unification Church over allegations the organisation bribed South Korea's former first lady in exchange for business and political favours. Han Hak-ja's church is accused of giving Kim Keon Hee, the wife…[Continue Reading...]
Jenna Miscavige has long been one of Scientology’s most prominent defectors. The niece of the church’s leader, David Miscavige, she published a bestselling memoir in 2013, Beyond Belief: My Secret Life Inside Scientology and My Harrowing Escape, and has given…[Continue Reading...]
Han Hak-ja, the head of the Unification Church, has been arrested on suspicion of delivering cash and valuables along with various requests to former first lady Kim Keon-hee and People Power Party lawmaker Kweon Seong-dong. With Han now in custody,…[Continue Reading...]
The Shakahola massacre case against controversial preacher Paul Mackenzie and 95 co-accused resumed today at the Shanzu Law Courts, where prosecutors presented disturbing videos, photographs, and witness accounts laying bare the horrors of the radical cult. Chief Inspector Erastus Sawe,…[Continue Reading...]
If, like me, you grew up in the coastal Goa of the 1960s and 1970s, chances are that you would have come across a group active here at the time, called The Children of God. Today, the group has changed…[Continue Reading...]
Han Hak-ja, the leader of the Unification Church, appeared before a judge on Monday as the court weighs whether to grant a warrant for her arrest on suspicion of bribing former first lady Kim Keon-hee and People Power Party lawmaker…[Continue Reading...]
Cults have a profound impact on society, often leaving a trail of broken families and shattered lives. The psychological and emotional toll on former members can last a lifetime, as they struggle to rebuild their identities. Cults also raise broader…[Continue Reading...]
A new documentary focuses on the adequacy of secular education in New York’s ultra-Orthodox Jewish religious schools, which serve tens of thousands of children. WBGO's Jon Kalish reports the film leaves little doubt where it stands on the contentious issue… See…[Continue Reading...]
A special counsel team led by Min Joong-ki is conducting a substantive review of the arrest warrant requested for Han Hak-ja, chairperson of the Unification Church (Family Federation for World Peace and Unification), at the Seoul Central District Court on…[Continue Reading...]
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