A South Korean city’s mayor has welcomed an appeals court's upholding a ruling that revoked a neo-Christian sect’s fraudulently obtained permit to use a building for religious purposes. Mayor Lee Dong-hwan of Goyang City welcomed the ruling against the Shincheonji…[Continue Reading...]
On Tuesday morning, Mr Sewell and an associate gate-crashed a press conference with the Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan. He shouted insults and accusations at Ms Allan, who quickly left the area while a security detail blocked the men. Police earlier…[Continue Reading...]
South Korea’s Unification Church has forcefully rejected allegations that its leader, Han Hak-ja, bribed the wife of former president Yoon Suk-yeol, even as prosecutors expand a corruption investigation that threatens to expose decades of the church’s political entanglements. In a…[Continue Reading...]
For many, Westboro Baptist Church is one of the most infamous and notorious churches in the country. Founded by Fred Phelps in Topeka, Kansas, in 1955, it rose to prominence in the early 1990s and 2000s for its showy, public…[Continue Reading...]
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has displayed a large portrait of himself at a state awards event for the first time, according to NK News analysis of state media, the latest in a string of moves intended to boost…[Continue Reading...]
A new study published in the Journal of Research in Personality suggests that individuals high in antagonistic narcissism are more likely to gravitate toward antisocial news content while showing less interest in stories about prosocial behavior. This tendency appears to…[Continue Reading...]
LENOX, Mass. — A dream made of pure intentions to follow in the word of God turned out to be, for many, served in a poisoned chalice. Despite the manipulation and exploitation wrapped in a shroud, light still shines through.…[Continue Reading...]
Scientology is weaker now than it’s been in decades. Membership has been in steep decline since its height in the 1990s, from around 100,000 members globally to around 20,000-30,000 today. Much of that’s due to the massive negative publicity against…[Continue Reading...]
Whether it's obsessively tracking your location or isolating you from your other mates, sometimes friends aren't just toxic, they're abusive. We're getting better at talking about coercive control in romantic relationships, but it happens among friends too. In fact, it…[Continue Reading...]
Agrowing body of research suggests that people are drawn into conspiracy theories not because they are gullible or irrational, but because of a powerful social force: community. A new five-year ethnographic study by researchers from the University of Bath and…[Continue Reading...]
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