Leaked letters from Korea’s Unification Church have revealed its extensive involvement in buying political and media influence worldwide, including links to Nepal’s parties and politicians. Documents obtained by the Korean Centre for Investigative Journalism (Newstapa) contain correspondence to and from…[Continue Reading...]
A joint probe team of prosecutors and police on Friday raided multiple sites linked to the Unification Church, escalating an investigation into suspected illegal political donations and possible collusion between religious organizations and lawmakers. Investigators carried out search-and-seizure operations at…[Continue Reading...]
A 60-something leader of a pseudo-religious group who referred to himself as a "god" and habitually sexually assaulted female followers, including his stepdaughter, has been indicted. He was also found to have mobilized a current public official to track down…[Continue Reading...]
Recently, former Daegu Mayor Hong Joon Pyo has been increasing his comments on Shincheonji (Shincheonji Jesus Church of Jesus Evidence Tabernacle) as he has revealed a series of internal party ideologies of the people's power in the past. In particular,…[Continue Reading...]
On Wednesday, January 21, 2026, from 10:00am ET to 12:00pm ET, in room 360 of the Cannon House Office Building, the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs – Democrats hosted a roundtable discussion titled, "Frontline of Fraud: Preventing Scams Against Servicemembers,…[Continue Reading...]
CLEARWATER, Fla. — For weeks social media users in Pinellas County have had videos showing bunkbeds in an empty motel in Clearwater popping into their feeds and many are saying it's the Church of Scientology. Marc Jason is a media…[Continue Reading...]
Elizabeth Smart is back in the spotlight in January 2026 with a new feature documentary, Kidnapped: Elizabeth Smart, arriving as a survivor-first account of her 2002 abduction and nine months in captivity. The film’s release is prompting fresh public discussion…[Continue Reading...]
Netflix’s newest true crime exploration, Kidnapped: Elizabeth Smart, revisits the shocking 2002 abduction of Elizabeth Smart, who was taken at knifepoint from her family home in Salt Lake City, Utah, aged 14. At the time, Smart was sharing a bedroom…[Continue Reading...]
A queue of people waited on Jan. 21 morning to get tickets to enter the courtroom, highlighting intense public interest in the trial. Tetsuya Yamagami, 45, faced charges including murder and firearms control law violations for using a handmade gun…[Continue Reading...]
The joint police-prosecutor task force investigating alleged collusion between the Shincheonji religious movement and political circles has secured testimony from a former senior official in the church stating that there was an organized effort to enroll Shincheonji followers in the…[Continue Reading...]
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