“Cult” opponents in Japan started networking with China and the American and European anti-cult movement well before the assassination of Shinzo Abe.
South Korea
Providence Church: Netflix, Usque Tandem? An International Appeal
The leader of the religious movement has been convicted of sexual abuse. However, Netflix also targets innocent, ordinary members, exposing them to discrimination.
South Korea, “God-Man” Huh Kyung-young in Jail: What I Learned When I Interviewed Him
His antics easily expose him to accusations of fraud. Charges of embezzlement of funds and “quasi-coercive sexual assault” are more problematic.
A Candid Look at Shincheonji. 4. Life in Shincheonji
The only religion one joins not through baptism but by passing an exam had to spend decades in confronting a furious opposition.
A Candid Look at Shincheonji. 3. An Original Reading of the Bible
The role of Chairman Lee as the “promised pastor” is at the heart of the movement’s millenarian theology.
A Candid Look at Shincheonji. 2. The Making of a Church
Chairman Lee gathered some 300,000 followers and launched impressive international peace education campaigns. Accusations of having spread COVID-19 were recognized by the courts as false.
A Candid Look at Shincheonji. 1. The Story of Chairman Lee
Sensational accounts of the Korean new religious movement have been published in several countries. The reality is both different and much more interesting.
A New Hate Crime, “Jehovahphobia.” 2. New Countries, Including Japan, Enter the USCIRF List of Countries Persecuting the Jehovah’s Witnesses
The American federal commission mentioned recent Japanese incidents. Other democratic countries could have been included, too.
The Shincheonji Paju Case: An Open Letter to the President of South Korea
Scholars and human rights activists protest the scandal of the rental of a park by Shincheonji cancelled at the last minute on a pretext after a slander campaign.
A Scandal in South Korea: Shincheonji’s Park Rental for a Mass Meeting Cancelled at the Last Minute
Under the futile pretext that it may “provoke North Korea,” authorities compelled the religious movement to cancel a peaceful event with the expected attendance of 100,000 believers and guests.