The joint police-prosecution task force currently investigating alleged collusion with religious groups such as the Unification Church and Shincheonji searched the office of Democratic Party of Korea lawmaker Chun Jae-soo on suspicion of destroying criminal evidence. According to legal sources…[Continue Reading...]
The joint police-prosecution investigation team looking into alleged collusion between the Unification Church and the Shincheonji Church of Jesus has summoned former Democratic Party of Korea lawmaker Im Jongsung, who is suspected of receiving money and valuables. The joint investigation…[Continue Reading...]
According to legal circles on the 11th, the 27th Criminal Division of the Seoul Central District Court (Judge Woo In-sung presiding) approved the suspension request filed by Han’s side. The court decided to suspend her detention from 10 a.m. on…[Continue Reading...]
It has been confirmed that the indictment of Song Kwang-seok, former chairman of the Unification Church-affiliated Universal Peace Federation (UPF), who is accused of "split donations" to the political sphere, includes the names of 11 current and former lawmakers from…[Continue Reading...]
Tokyo, Feb. 4 (Jiji Press)--Tokyo High Court will decide on March 4 whether to back a lower court's order for the Unification Church to disband itself, informed sources said Wednesday. If the high court upholds the dissolution order, it will…[Continue Reading...]
On January 21, Yamagami Tetsuya was sentenced to life imprisonment for the July 2022 murder of former Prime Minister Abe Shinzō. Courts typically exercise judicial discretion in sentencing, departing from what prosecutors demand, but in an unusual move, the Nara…[Continue Reading...]
Yun Young-ho, former world head of the Unification Church, who is accused of offering bribes to former first lady Kim Keon-hee, the spouse of former President Yoon Suk-yeol, and Kweon Seong-dong, a member of the People Power Party, was sentenced…[Continue Reading...]
Tetsuya Yamagami was angry. His father had died of suicide when he was just four years old. His older brother had died the same way in 2015, unable to afford medical treatment for lymphoma. And his mother, a devout member…[Continue Reading...]
Leaked letters from Korea’s Unification Church have revealed its extensive involvement in buying political and media influence worldwide, including links to Nepal’s parties and politicians. Documents obtained by the Korean Centre for Investigative Journalism (Newstapa) contain correspondence to and from…[Continue Reading...]
A joint probe team of prosecutors and police on Friday raided multiple sites linked to the Unification Church, escalating an investigation into suspected illegal political donations and possible collusion between religious organizations and lawmakers. Investigators carried out search-and-seizure operations at…[Continue Reading...]
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