Tag: South Korea

The horrifying story of how young Aussie women were ‘brainwashed’ and lured into a South Korean sex cult to become ‘spiritual brides’ of a convicted rapist

Published July 3, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Cult TV Tagged convicted rapist, cult leader, JMS., Jung Myung-seok, Providence Church, South Korea

A South Korean cult has been accused of recruiting vulnerable young Australian women at shopping centres to be brainwashed and then sent abroad. The victims were told they were the 'spiritual brides' of Jung Myung Seok (JMS), the self-proclaimed second coming…[Continue Reading...]

7NEWS Spotlight: World-first look inside Providence, the ‘Cult Next Door’

Published July 3, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Cult TV Tagged convicted rapist, cult, cult leader, JMS., Jung Myung-seok, Providence Church, South Korea

A guided tour through the sinister caves of a cult compound in rural South Korea where members are sexually assaulted wasn’t quite what I’d envisaged for my first Spotlight assignment. But in a world-first, that’s where the crew and I…[Continue Reading...]

Aides to leader of South Korea cult JMS arrested as key accomplices to sex crimes

Published April 19, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged criminal arrests, cult, cult leader, JMS., Jung Myung-seok, South Korea

SEOUL - Two aides of South Korea religious leader Jeong Myeong-seok, who was previously convicted with the sexual molestation of his female followers, were arrested on Tuesday as accomplices to the pastor’s alleged sex crimes. A court in Daejeon issued…[Continue Reading...]

Netflix Show ‘In The Name Of God: A Holy Betrayal’ Exposes Cults Thriving In South Korea

Published April 7, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes, Cult TV Tagged cults, documentary, JMS., Jung Myung-seok, Netflix, South Korea

(REVIEW) “In The Name of God: A Holy Betrayal” is a riveting Netflix docuseries revisiting some of South Korea’s most prominent cult leaders. The eight-episode series covered Jesus Morning Star, Five Oceans, The Baby Garden, and the God of Manmim…[Continue Reading...]

Fiji Launches Investigation into Sect after OCCRP Report

Published February 13, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Fiji, government investigation, Grace Road Church, South Korea

Fiji’s newly elected government has launched a probe into a South Korean doomsday sect, after an OCCRP investigation exposed how the religious group had come to be a dominating force in the Pacific nation’s economy. Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka told…[Continue Reading...]

The Unification Church, Japan and North Korea

Published January 19, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Japan, North Korea, South Korea, Sun Mung Moon, Unification Church

The man who assassinated former Abe Shinzo in July 2022 was motivated by the belief that the former prime minister was linked to a religious group known as the Unification Church. It was subsequently revealed that in fact many Diet…[Continue Reading...]

Forkast NewsCEO of South Korea’s V Global US$2 bln crypto pyramid scheme gets 25 years in prison

Published January 16, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged criminal convictions, cryptocurrency exchange, Lee Byung-gul, mullti level marketing, South Korea, V Global

Lee Byung-gul, the chief executive officer of South Korea’s failed cryptocurrency exchange V Global, will serve 25 years in prison after his conviction was upheld by the Supreme Court of Korea on Friday. The court upheld an appeal court’s sentence…[Continue Reading...]