The first trial of Jeon Seong-bae, nicknamed "Geonjin Bapsang," accused of receiving various requests and bribes from the Unification Church, will take place on the 23rd. The 33rd Criminal Division of the Seoul Central District Court (Judge Lee Jin-kwan) has…[Continue Reading...]
The special counsel team led by Min Joong-ki, investigating various allegations involving Kim Keon-hee, was reported on the 11th to be conducting search and seizure operations at Unification Church-affiliated institutions in connection with suspicions of Unification Church members joining the…[Continue Reading...]
The Unification Church has summoned its leaders and executives worldwide to its South Korean headquarters amid a sweeping investigation into its alleged ties to the country’s now-expelled presidential couple, a Korean media outlet reported Wednesday. According to CBS NoCut News,…[Continue Reading...]
A shaman closely associated with former first lady Kim Keon Hee was indicted Monday on charges of accepting bribes in exchange for various favors for the Unification Church, businesses and politicians. Jeon Seong-bae, better known as Geonjin, was indicted with…[Continue Reading...]
Since its mid-August release, The Echoes of Survivors: Inside Korea’s Tragedies has shocked audiences by exploring South Korea’s most notorious modern crimes. Episodes 5 and 6 focus on the Chijon Sect, active in 1993–1994, led by Kim Gi-hwan. The gang…[Continue Reading...]
The head of the Unification Church, Han Hak-ja, who faces allegations of instructing a request for sect-related favors targeting former President Yoon Suk-yeol and his wife, was confirmed to have been hospitalized at Seoul Asan Hospital on the 4th ahead…[Continue Reading...]
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...]
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...]
Eighty-year-old Jeong Myeong-seok, leader of controversial religious cult Christian Gospel Mission (JMS), has been indicted again on a quasi-rape charge separate from the crimes that have him currently serving his 17-year prison sentence. The Daejeon District Prosecutors’ Office said Monday…[Continue Reading...]
30th August 2025 – (Hong Kong) Maple Yip, wife of Hong Kong artist Alex Fong, has shared her harrowing experience of being brainwashed by a cult in her newly released Korean-language autobiography. This follows her previous appearance in the Netflix…[Continue Reading...]
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