Prosecutors are investigating a shaman who went by the name “Geonjin” for allegedly receiving a diamond necklace from a Unification Church official to gift to former first lady Kim Keon-hee. The virtual asset crime investigation unit at Seoul Southern District…[Continue Reading...]
GAPYEONG (South Korea), April 23 — They’ve been called a cult, accused of coercive fundraising, and legally disbanded in Japan. But in a mountainous town nestled in South Korea, thousands of “Moonies” gathered this month for a mass wedding. Around…[Continue Reading...]
South Korea's Unification Church on Saturday held a mass wedding for 5,000 couples at the church's headquarters in Gapyeong. Watch the video See https://ca.news.yahoo.com/unification-church-south-korea-holds-071957663.html[Continue Reading...]
Tokyo, April 8 (Jiji Press)--The Unification Church designated 16 years ago a religious corporation in the northernmost Japan prefecture of Hokkaido as the recipient of its assets in case it is disbanded. According to the March 25 Tokyo District Court…[Continue Reading...]
The Unification Church filed an appeal with the Tokyo High Court on Monday over a district court ruling stripping it of its religious corporation status that exempts it from taxes. The follows the Tokyo District Court's ruling last month, the…[Continue Reading...]
Families of victims expressed deep satisfaction after a Japanese court ruled to “legally dissolve” the Unification Church, formerly known as the Moon Sect. Many now plan to seek financial compensation, while the group has vowed to appeal. Speaking to Japanese…[Continue Reading...]
Victims who suffered from having given large donations to the Unification Church expressed joy Tuesday over the Tokyo District Court's decision the same day to revoke its religious corporation status. A woman in her 30s whose father is still a…[Continue Reading...]
TOKYO (AP) — The Unification Church in Japan was ordered dissolved by a court Tuesday after a government request spurred by the investigation into the 2022 assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. The South Korea-based church said it was…[Continue Reading...]
A government spokesman told AFP that the Tokyo District Court "issued the dissolution order" for the Japanese chapter of the Unification Church, founded in South Korea and nicknamed the "Moonies" after its late founder, Sun Myung Moon. The Church is…[Continue Reading...]
A court in Japan has made a major decision regarding Unification Church, which officially call itself Family Federation for World Peace and Unification. As reported by Associated Press, on Tuesday, March 25, 2025, the church was ordered dissolved after a government…[Continue Reading...]
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