SEOUL, Nov 4 (Reuters) - Han Hak-ja, the leader of the Unification Church, was temporarily released on Tuesday from a South Korean jail on medical grounds after a court ruling, a court spokesperson and a church official said. Han has…[Continue Reading...]
Thursday, October 30, 2025 - A police witness has told the court that controversial preacher pastor, Paul Mackenzie, secretly ate in police custody while his followers continued fasting, believing it would help them evade criminal charges. Testifying before Principal Magistrate…[Continue Reading...]
The gunman accused of killing former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe yesterday pleaded guilty, three years after the assassination in broad daylight shocked the world. The slaying forced a reckoning in a nation with little experience of gun violence, and…[Continue Reading...]
The tragedy of a former prime minister being shot with a homemade gun while giving a campaign speech was the catalyst to focus on issues that led up to the slaying. These include the relationship between politicians and a religious…[Continue Reading...]
The trial for Yoon Youngho, the former head of the Unification Church's global headquarters, who was indicted and detained on charges of delivering money and valuables to First Lady Kim Keonhee along with lobbying related to issues within the Unification…[Continue Reading...]
The trial of a man indicted for killing former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, allegedly due to a grudge against the Unification Church, will begin next week, three years after the shooting shed light on the church’s links to politicians. Tetsuya…[Continue Reading...]
TOKYO - The trial of a man indicted for killing former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, allegedly due to a grudge against the Unification Church, will begin next week, three years after the shooting shed light on the church's links to…[Continue Reading...]
NARA – The mother of Tetsuya Yamagami, the man indicted over the 2022 killing of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe with a homemade gun in Nara, will testify in court as a defense witness, it was learned Wednesday. In the…[Continue Reading...]
The defense team of Tetsuya Yamagami, who is accused of murdering former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, is expected to contend that the crime stemmed from “religious abuse” in his family and was not an act of political terrorism, sources said.…[Continue Reading...]
The sexual abuse trial of a former 2x2 Christian sect minister has been switched from a judge and jury trial, to a trial by judge alone at the request of the defence. Lee-Ann McChesney has pleaded not guilty to one…[Continue Reading...]
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