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‘Morgue is full’: How Kenyan starvation cult kept killing
AFP, Published on 25/09/2025
» MALINDI, Kenya - The discovery of body parts and skeletons strewn around an isolated village in coastal Kenya has stoked fears that a doomsday starvation cult which claimed hundreds of lives has survived despite a major police operation.
S. Korea court issues arrest warrant for Unification Church leader: Yonhap
AFP, Published on 23/09/2025
» SEOUL - A Seoul court on Tuesday issued an arrest warrant for Unification Church leader Han Hak-ja over allegations of bribery linked to a former first lady and incitement to destroy evidence, the Yonhap news agency reported.
A courageous article
Postbag, Published on 19/07/2025
» Re: "Corrupt monks have lost their way", (Opinion, July 14).
Japan orders dissolution of Unification Church
Published on 25/03/2025
» TOKYO - A court in Tokyo has ordered the dissolution of a religious group whose fundraising methods and ties with ruling party politicians came under scrutiny following the assassination of former prime minister Shinzo Abe more than two years ago.
More action sought against 'Buddha's son'
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 18/03/2025
» A former Democrat MP Tankhun Jitt-itsara is urging the authorities to take further action against the so-called mind-connection cult after a picture of its nine-year-old leader claiming to be a son of Lord Buddha resurfaced online.
The many faces of Lee Jung-jae
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 06/01/2025
» Only one day after its release late last month, Squid Game Season 2 reached first spot on Netflix's top 10 TV shows in Thailand.
The sameness of the Modi 3.0 govt is a mirage
News, Andy Mukherjee, Published on 15/06/2024
» The new cabinet of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is much the same as his old. The ministers for finance, defence, home, and foreign affairs have been retained, giving the impression of policy continuity.
India's exit polls may be more noise than signal
News, Andy Mukherjee, Published on 04/06/2024
» Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set for a landslide victory in India's general election. Or so claims nearly every exit poll released since the end of voting on Saturday evening. Yet, these surveys have proved spectacularly wrong in the past, and they must be read even more cautiously this time around because of the Modi government's outsize sway on the television stations that commission them.
Beam me up please, Scotty
Published on 26/05/2024
» With a rhonchi-like sound in their throats as a signal from five Lord Buddhas, a man and a woman duo in Udon Thani claim they can cure sick people using a celestial frequency.
Probe into Kenya cult leader points to 'failings' in justice system
AFP, Published on 21/10/2023
» NAIROBI - An inquiry into a suspected cult leader accused of inciting at least 428 of his followers to starve themselves to death, has pointed to "failures" in Kenya's security and criminal justice systems, according to a report seen by AFP on Saturday.