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...]
Kim Keon Hee and her husband are in jail, with Yoon on trial for insurrection and other charges following his April ouster over a disastrous bid to impose martial law in December. The 52-year-old ex-first lady has been investigated over…[Continue Reading...]
In September 1994, Hyojin and a colleague were driving to meet friends at Yangsu-ri river when their car was abruptly stopped by another vehicle ahead. Confused, Hyojin looked ahead, only to see a group of men emerge from the car…[Continue Reading...]
Maple, who exposed JMS (Christian Gospel Mission) through Netflix's "I'm God" and "I'm a Survivor," left a lengthy message expressing her feelings. On the 26th, Maple said, "I don't know how to describe myself when introducing myself, but my title…[Continue Reading...]
It was reported on the 26th that Special Prosecutor Min Joong-ki’s team, which is investigating various suspicions surrounding Mrs. Kim Keon-hee, has detected circumstances indicating that the Unification Church supported Rep. Kim Ki-hyun in the 2023 People Power Party leadership…[Continue Reading...]
SEOUL – The special counsel investigating Kim Keon Hee, the wife of disgraced former President Yoon Suk Yeol, summoned both the former first lady and Jeon Seong-bae — a shaman who was taken into custody on Aug. 21 — to…[Continue Reading...]
A person who suffered due to a family involved in a cult has come forward. On the 25th broadcast of KBS JOY "Ask Us Anything Fortune Teller," the individual stated, "My entire family is involved in a cult. My mother,…[Continue Reading...]
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