1975: 1975 Unification Church Missionary Experiences in India, Greece and other
experiences in UK (https://www.tparents.org/Library/Unification/Talks/Horsfall/Horsfall-170500.pdf) (Sara Horsfall - True Parents Website)
April 4, 1982: Singapore Government Bans Rev. Moon's Religious Group (https://www.nytimes.com/1982/04/04/world/singapore-government-bans-rev-moon-s-religious-group.html) (The New York Times)
QuoteSingapore has banned the religious sect headed by the Rev. Sun Myung Moon, who is on trial in New York on charges of tax fraud. A Home Affairs Ministry statement issued Friday night said that the Holy Spirit Association for the Unification of World Christianity, set up here two years ago, had been dissolved because its activities were "prejudicial to public welfare and good order."
Aug. 30, 1988: The Fifth CARP Convention of World Students in Bangkok (https://www.tparents.org/Library/Unification/Talks/Kim/Kim-880830.htm) (Byung-wooh Kim, Regional Director of the Southeast Asia Region/TParents.Org)
July 1, 1990: Singapore Government Dissolves Alleged Moonie Front Group (https://www.upi.com/Archives/1990/07/01/Government-dissolves-alleged-Moonie-front-group/4791646804800/) (UPI)
QuoteThe government Sunday ordered dissolved an organization called the Moral Home Society, claiming it was a front for the banned 'Moonies' religious sect. ...Under Singapore law, operators of an unlawful society can be imprisoned for up to five years. Members or those who attended the meetings face fines of up to $1,500 and jail terms of up to three years, or both. ... Itemizing the society's objectionable methods, the ministry said students were encouraged to lie to their parents, urged to treat parental objections to their involvement as 'Satanic interference' and to leave their homes.
July 11, 1991: Thai Police Issue Arrest Warrant for Korean Religious Leader (https://www.upi.com/Archives/1991/07/11/Thai-police-issue-arrest-warrant-for-Korean-religious-leader/9144679204800/) (UPI)
QuoteThai police have issued arrest warrants for Korean religious leader Sun Myung Moon and his wife, saying their activities threatened national security, a senior police officer said Thursday. Maj. Gen. Rangsit Yanothai, commander of the Crime Suppression Division, said police issued the warrants against Moon and his wife as part of a nationwide crackdown against the Unification Church, whose followers are known as Moonies.
He said police have already arrested eight Thai leaders of the sect and more than 20 others were being hunted. 'They teach youngters that parents only gave birth to them, but their real parent is founder Sun Myung Moon,' Rangsit said. Police have so far raided more than 30 branches of the religion around the country and seized a large sum of documents, videotapes and posters.
Nov. 2, 1995: Beyond The Dark Side of the Moonies (https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/beyond-the-dark-side-of-the-moonies-1536853.html) (Andrew Brown/The Independent)
QuoteIn the early Eighties an older man I had met in a pub offered me a trip round the world, paid for by the Moonies. "Go on," said my tempter, the writer Richard West. "You don't have any reputation to lose, whereas if I go, everyone will say I am biased. And it will be fun."
It was. Our junket was formally known as the "World Opinion-formers Fact- finding tour of South-east Asia", organised by members of the Rev Sun Myung Moon's Unification Church. There were about 90 fact-finders, accompanied by 10 Moonie minders in suits and ties. Our mission was to check on the spread of world communism...
Our fact-finding itinerary was gruelling, and without obvious purpose. We started in Thailand, which was not under noticeable communist threat.
Jan. 18, 1996: Singapore: 3 Religious Groups Banned (https://www.upi.com/Archives/1996/01/18/Singapore-3-religious-groups-banned/1762821941200/) (UPI)
QuoteA Singapore government official argued in parliament that the ban of three religous groups does not violate the island city-state's constitution, the Straits Times newspaper reported Friday. The Jehovah's Witnesses, Unification Church and Christian Conference of Asia are outlawed in Singapore because they threaten public order and, therefore, are not protected by the constitution, a representative of the Home Affairs Ministry said in parliament Thursday.
Jan. 24, 1996: Korean 'Moonies' Leave The Philippines (https://www.upi.com/Archives/1996/01/24/Korean-moonies-leave-the-Philippines/2393822459600/) (UPI)
QuoteMore than 400 members of an alleged Korean cult Wednesday left the Philippines after participating in a mass wedding, suspected by local officials to be a ploy to illegally recruit Filipino women as domestic helpers or prostitutes.
Immigration officials said the men, members of the Seoul-based Holy Spirit Association for the Unification of World Christianity, took all available seats of all Korea-bound flights. Authorities said they could not determine the exact number of so- called 'moonies' -- named after the group's founder -- who left without their Filipino wives, but added the men even chartered a Korean Airlines jet which carried almost 400 passengers.
On Tuesday, 984 couples, mostly Filipino women and Korean men, exchanged wedding vows at Manila's Philippine International Convention Center under the auspices of the alleged cult.
Feb. 15, 1996: Moon Church Takes a Low Profile in India (https://religionnews.com/1996/02/15/top-story-unification-church-moon-church-takes-a-low-profile-in-india/) (Religion News Service)
QuoteM. Hasegawa, who is from Japan and heads the Unification Church's operations in Kerala, said the church has tried hard not to upset the feelings of local residents."We don't try to convert anyone,"he said.
Still, the church is attracting Indians into its fold. This past August, the church joined some 360,000 people worldwide in matrimony, including 75 from India. Half were from Kerala, and most had been Catholics, Hasegawa said."Some were attracted by the international marriages and the chance to marry foreigners, but we told them we couldn't guarantee anything,"he said.
Feb. 24, 1996: Moon's UC Poised for Growth in India (https://www.orlandosentinel.com/1996/02/24/moons-unification-church-poised-for-growth-in-india/) (Orlando Sentinel)
Julu 12, 2022: UC Linked to Abe's Death, Sounds Alarm in China Over cult Group's Infiltration (https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202207/1270372.shtml)
QuoteThe Unification Church has been classified as a cult since the 1990s in China. In May 1997, the Ministry of Public Security listed the Unification church as a cultic organization, according to chinafxj.com, a website promoting China's anti-cult policies under the State Council.
The chinafxj.com website states that the Unification Church has been infiltrating China since as early as the country's Reform and Opening-up in 1978 in the name of investment, sponsorship, and tourism, in a bid to take root in China and expand its influence.
In recent years, the cult's infiltration efforts have become more active in China. Its affiliated organization "International Education Foundation," for instance, carried out penetration activities in some cities in the name of cultural exchange and educational cooperation. The church also set up branches secretly in Beijing, Tianjin, Guangzhou, Shenyang, Xi'an, and other major cities to carry out illegal missionary activities. Sunmoon University also tried to absorb Chinese believers via cooperation with China's universities, said the website.
Currently in China, the Unification Church is among the list of 18 defined cultist organizations masquerading as Christian churches, according to chinafxj.com.
The cults share similar traits and modes of operation, such as deifying leaders or founders, promoting inhumane, antisocial, and immoral theories, and inciting the public to confront the larger society, Yan Kejia, director of the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences' Institute of Religious Studies, told the Global Times. "The cults could easily confuse the public by taking advantage of religious beliefs and feudal superstition."
Aug. 18, 2023: The Influx of New Religious Movements from South Korea to Vietnam (https://www.thevietnamese.org/2023/08/the-influx-of-new-religious-movements-from-south-korea-to-vietnam/) (The Vietnamese Magazine)
QuoteIn 2020, the Vietnamese government disclosed that out of the 80 active Protestant organizations, 70 were operating underground and violating the country's religious laws.
These illicit organizations originate from foreign countries and have attracted up to 200,000 Vietnamese followers. The Vietnamese government is deeply concerned about South Korean churches due to their evasion of government surveillance and constant recruitment of new believers.
For instance, the Shincheonji (New Heaven New Earth) Church, established in South Korea in 1984, has set up language learning centers in Vietnam and is using these to integrate missionary efforts under the subtle guise of education. ...
These new religions number in the hundreds. Among these, three well-known movements originate from Christianity, including the Unification Church, groups stemming from the Olive Tree movement, and factions that have split from the Seventh-day Adventist Church – most notably the aforementioned World Mission Society Church of God, which is currently being under surveillance by the Vietnamese authorities. ...
This does not imply that new religions have unlimited freedom to operate as they wish; they have the right to spread their doctrines and beliefs to others, but they do not have the liberty to commit unlawful acts. Similarly, individuals can criticize, condemn, and discourage others from participating in these groups.
March 9, 2025: Two Unification Church Members Arrested in China (https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2025/03/09/2003833127) (The Taipei Times)
Jan. 13, 2026: UC-Backed Project in Cambodia Investigated for Alleged Corruption Tied to Previous Gov't. (https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/2026-01-13/national/socialAffairs/Unification-Churchbacked-project-in-Cambodia-investigated-for-alleged-corruption-tied-to-previous-govt/2498438) (Korea JoongAng Daily)
Jan. 23, 2026: Moonie Money in Nepal's Politics (https://nepalitimes.com/here-now/moonie-money-in-nepal-s-politics) (Nepali Times)
QuoteLeaked letters from Korea's Unification Church have revealed its extensive involvement in buying political and media influence worldwide, including links to Nepal's parties and politicians. Documents obtained by the Korean Centre for Investigative Journalism (Newstapa) contain correspondence to and from the controversial religious movement whose leader, 82-year-old Hak Ja Han, is currently on trial in Seoul for allegedly bribing the wife and associates of disgraced former president Yoon Suk Yeol.
The letters and direct messages referenced in the investigation mention three former prime ministers: Madhav Kumar Nepal who has now joined the Nepali Communist Party, K P Oli of the Communist Party of Nepal UML (Unified Marxist-Leninist), and former Maoist ideologue Baburam Bhattarai. ...
An extract from correspondence is indicative of the former prime minister's links to the Unification Church: 'Madhav Kumar Nepal ... maintains a very close relationship with us and could become Prime Minister again at any time. There is no one who knows us as well or respects the Parents as much as former Prime Minister Madhav does ... he is someone who regards the True Parents like God.'