After decades spent weaving a formidable web of religious, business and media companies, the Unification Church — formally known as the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification — now finds itself under the harsh light of official inquiries in…[Continue Reading...]
The Moonies: Married to the Cult, will be launching exclusively on Prime Video in the UK and Ireland on November 2nd. From BAFTA award-winning production company Story Films, this feature documentary is based on one of the world’s most famous…[Continue Reading...]
A special counsel team indicted Han Hak-ja, the leader of the Unification Church, on multiple charges, including political bribery, illegal political donations and destruction of evidence, on Friday. Han’s detention period expires on Sunday. She had filed a request for…[Continue Reading...]
On 8 July 2022 Shinzo Abe, former prime minister of Japan and leader of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), was shot at an election rally. Abe’s killer, Tetsuya Yamagami, told investigators that his family had been ruined by the huge…[Continue Reading...]
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A Japanese court said Thursday that it will hand down the ruling in January on the man indicted over the 2022 fatal shooting of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. The Nara District Court has released the trial…[Continue Reading...]
Lawyers helping victims of the Unification Church’s aggressive donation solicitation practices in Japan said on Thursday that an arbitration had been concluded, ordering the church to pay a total of more than 50 million yen (US$340,000) in damages to three…[Continue Reading...]
Tokyo, Oct. 2 (Jiji Press)--The first settlements have been reached in petitions filed by former followers of the Unification Church demanding refunds of donations, lawyers for the ex-followers said Thursday. The settlements between the controversial religious group, formally called the…[Continue Reading...]
A Seoul court has dismissed the petitions of Rep. Kweon Seong-dong and Unification Church leader Han Hak-ja against their arrests, keeping them in custody over their alleged exchange of illegal political funds for favors. The Seoul Central District Court issued…[Continue Reading...]
The leader of the Unification Church has been summoned for questioning again by the special counsel team investigating former first lady Kim Keon-hee. Eighty-two-year-old Han Hak-ja arrived at special counsel Min Joong-ki’s office in central Seoul around 10 a.m. Monday…[Continue Reading...]
The defense team of Tetsuya Yamagami, who is accused of murdering former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, is expected to contend that the crime stemmed from “religious abuse” in his family and was not an act of political terrorism, sources said.…[Continue Reading...]
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