Tag: Moonies

• Saturday, March 7th 2026 - 06:24 UTC

  Japan’s Justice orders dissolution of the ‘Moonies’ Unification Church

  

  A Japanese high court has upheld an order to dissolve the controversial Unification Church, popularly known as the “Moonies” local media report. Last year, a district court in Tokyo ordered the church to disband after Japan's education and culture ministry accused it of manipulating followers into making huge donations.

• Wednesday, September 5th 2012 - 00:30 UTC

  Unification Church forecasted to survive as an economic rather than religious group

  

  The death of Sun Myung Moon deprives the Unification Church of a charismatic leader, the engine behind the business and religious success, and now faces an uncertain future when the number of followers has been falling since the eighties.

• Monday, September 3rd 2012 - 06:14 UTC

  Sun Myung Moon head of Unification Church and Tongil economic group dies in Seoul

  

  Sun Myung Moon, the founder and head of the Unification Church which has millions of followers around the world, died at a retreat near the South Korean capital Seoul, church officials said.