How I Ended Up In A Korean Religious Cult

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The members of the youth organizations would also meet separately, to discuss peaceful actions in their communities. The organization, officially called ‘Heavenly Culture, World Peace, Restoration of Light (HWPL)’, paid 80% of the plane ticket. The official name sounded a bit sketchy to me, looking at the religious connotation, but there would be discussions and it was staged as a secular event.

Shincheonji was founded in 1984 by Mr Lee, who had previously been a member of other fringe churches. While it is not the only doomsday church in South Korea corona Korea — about a third of the population of 51m identifies as Christian — Shincheonji is one of the biggest and most radical.

South Korea’s 2020 National Assembly elections went ahead on schedule in the first national election in the world to be held against the backdrop of the COVID-19 crisis. The Moon administration’s successful early handling of the crisis crowded out contentious domestic issues and made the election a referendum on crisis management, with praise for well-integrated bureaucratic performance and expertise overtaking emotional appeals to nationalism. South Korean President Moon Jae-in’s ruling Democratic Party coalition passed with flying colors, winning 180 out of 300 seats.