The project, billed in the creator’s own posts as “undercover for 30 days – we recorded the layers of tricks inside Korean cults,” reads like a modern‑day exposé. Over several weeks Shi Pindao embedded himself with three well‑dressed college‑age recruiters, attended their…[Continue Reading...]
An aide to the leader of the Unification Church appeared before a special counsel team Friday to be questioned about her role in an alleged bribery case involving former first lady Kim Keon Hee. The woman surnamed Jeong was summoned…[Continue Reading...]
Producer Cho Sung-hyun of "I'm God," who caused a big stir with the reality of a cult incident that shook Korean society, points to an event that should be remembered once again through the season. Producer Cho Sung-hyun, director of…[Continue Reading...]
A Canberra woman has spoken out about how she was brainwashed into joining a global religious cult at just 18 years old. Liz Cameron was browsing a bookshop in the capital in 2011 when a stranger approached her with a…[Continue Reading...]
Half a dozen leaders of a former cult have been sentenced after children were rescued from labor camps, one of which was located in Kansas City. Watch video report https://www.kctv5.com/video/2025/08/08/cult-leaders-sentenced-prison-after-children-rescued-labor-camps/[Continue Reading...]
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean investigators on Thursday requested a warrant to arrest the wife of jailed former President Yoon Suk Yeol, a day after questioning her over suspicions including bribery, stock manipulation and political influence-peddling. Yoon, for…[Continue Reading...]
Netflix released the documentary "In the Name of God: Betrayal" in March 2023, exposing the crimes of four major South Korean cult leaders, including the Shincheonji Church. The cult's leader, Jung Myung-seok, who preyed on over 3 female followers, was…[Continue Reading...]
In February this year fourteen members of Toowoomba-based religious sect the Saints were sentenced to prison in the Queensland supreme court. They group, including her parents, were found guilty of manslaughter over the death of 8 year old Elizabeth Struh's…[Continue Reading...]
It would be difficult to put together a more bizarre triumvirate than evil cult killer Charles Manson’s bizarre Canadian connections. There’s the wide-eyed teenage ingenue whose father was a fire-and-brimstone preacher, later seduced by Manson, the Toronto-born biker gang leader…[Continue Reading...]
The judiciary’s media office said the defendant was affiliated with the so-called Qurban group, also known as “Al-Alaahiyah,” which promotes radical Shia beliefs and has been blamed for encouraging suicide during religious rituals. Authorities described the group as a deviant…[Continue Reading...]
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