A Japanese court ordered the dissolution of the Unification Church in Japan, following a government request spurred by the investigation into the 2022 assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe ...

They’ve been called a cult, accused of coercive fundraising, and legally disbanded in Japan. But in a mountainous town ...

It was only after the assassination in July 2022 of a prime minister ... when it claimed its largest mass following in the 1970s and 1980s. No longer are young “Moonies” raising funds by selling ...

But in a mountainous town nestled in South Korea, thousands of "Moonies" gathered this month for a mass wedding. Around 1,300 couples from dozens of countries tied the knot at the Unification ...

The church was linked in the assassination of former premier Shinzo Abe ... The church, which was founded in South Korea and is nicknamed the "Moonies" after its late founder Sun Myung Moon, is ...

They've been called a cult, accused of coercive fundraising, and legally disbanded in Japan. But in a mountainous town ...

The investigation into Abe’s assassination revealed links over ... family-oriented value systems. Nicknamed the “Moonies,” after its founder, the church developed relations with conservative ...