SEOUL — No more mass weddings, no more “Moonies”: The wellspring of the funds that the Unification Church has lavished on religious and business activities worldwide is drying up. That’s the ...

Its followers were known as “Moonies”, and the church was accused of brainwashing and manipulating its members to make them buy expensive goods and spiritual merchandise, and donate beyond ...

But the church, more popularly known as the "Moonies", argued that the donations were part of legitimate religious activities. It can appeal to overturn Tuesday's ruling. The order handed down by ...

The incident has led to the revelation of cozy ties between LDP lawmakers including Abe and the Moonies. "Many LDP lawmakers who had relations (with the church) have yet to fulfill their ...

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 ...

A Tokyo court has ordered the dissolution of the Unification Church, widely known as the "Moonies", following years of controversy and public backlash. The ruling comes nearly two years after the ...

A Japanese court ordered on Tuesday that a religious sect be stripped of official recognition, the government said, in the wake of the assassination of ex-premier Shinzo Abe. A government ...

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" ...

founded in South Korea and nicknamed the “Moonies” after its late founder, Sun Myung-moon. Former prime minister Abe – Japan’s longest-serving leader – was shot dead on the campaign ...