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...]
He’s one of Hollywood’s most compelling actors today, known for disappearing into roles that haunt and mesmerize. But his childhood was anything but ordinary. Born into a family that rejected conventional life, his parents abandoned the comforts of California to…[Continue Reading...]
A joint prosecution-police task force investigating allegations of collusion between religious groups and politicians raided the Unification Church’s Cheon Seung Jeon again on Tuesday. The search and seizure came a week after the task force carried out raids on major…[Continue Reading...]
An internal testimony has emerged claiming that 50,000 Shincheonji followers collectively joined the People Power Party from November 2021, when the party’s presidential primary took place, until 2025, during the tenure of former President Yoon Suk Yeol, amid an investigation…[Continue Reading...]
A 44-year-old man was arrested in Tennessee this week in connection with the killing of a missing member of a “cult-like” religious group in the Inland Empire, authorities said. Ramon Ruiz Duran Jr., 44, was captured in Nashville on Jan.…[Continue Reading...]
Deep within the thickets of the Santander department, a remote Colombian cult pledges its future to a figure who claims to be a reincarnation of Jesus. The cult, known as the Sakroakuarianos, operates out of a compound called the “Vegetal…[Continue Reading...]
Cumberland, Md. (AP) — Three members of the Zizians, a cultlike group linked to six deaths across the U.S., were granted permission Friday to work together in preparation for their upcoming trial on trespassing, weapons and drug charges. Authorities have…[Continue Reading...]
At 18, Jean-Philippe Rio-Py escaped a brutal cult that wrecked his childhood. He suffered hardship in his 20s and early 30s, but was determined to develop his musical talent. It led to huge success, and his journey included getting a…[Continue Reading...]
A key suspect in Kenya’s Shakahola cult massacre pleaded guilty Friday to the murders of 191 followers, most of them children, in a dramatic turn in a case linked to more than 400 deaths caused by starvation and abuse. Enos…[Continue Reading...]
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