Shin Ok-ju's Grace Road Church

[Peter Daley]

2016
Feb. 8: Beginning of Grace Road Group (Fiji Times - Internet Archive)

Feb. 17: We Are Here Simply as a Church Group That Believes That Fiji Has Been Chosen by God (Fiji Leaks)

2018
July 31: Pastor Arrested for Incarcerating 400 Followers on Fiji (The Korea Times)

Aug. 1: South Korean Cult Leader Arrested After Congregation Trapped & Beaten on Fiji (The Telegraph)

Aug. 2: Fiji Investigation Underway into South Korean Church Group (Radio New Zealand)

Aug. 3: Grace Road Church Pastor Arrested After Allegedly Detaining 400 followers in Fiji (ABC News)

Aug. 4: Stranded in Paradise: How Hundreds of Parishioners of a Notorious South Korean Church Ended up Stuck in Fiji (CNN)

Aug. 6: South Korean Church Denies Enslaving Followers in Fiji (Radio New Zealand)

Aug. 14: Fiji Govt. Tight-lipped on Links to Korean Cult Accused of Slavery (Radio New Zealand)

Aug. 15: Grace Road Church Followers Detained in Fiji Raid (Radio New Zealand)

Aug. 15: Fiji Opposition Wants Special Investigation into Korean Church Group (Radio New Zealand)

Aug. 16: Six Detained in Fiji in Connection with Grace Road Enslavement Case (Radio New Zealand)

Aug. 17: Grace Road Church Members Released After Being Detained in Fiji (Radio New Zealand)

Aug. 21: Prof. Ji-il Tark on Grace Road Church & Korean Cults in General (ABC)

Sept. 10: Two Witnesses' Accounts About Grace Road Church[ (The Korea Times)

Sept. 10: Woman details Her Escape from Grace Road Church (ABC Radio)

Sept. 10: Former Grace Road Church Member Speaks Out About Life Inside Fiji Cult (ABC News)

Sept. 17: Shocking Video Shows Pastor Beating Followers of South Korean Cult (The Guardian)

Sept. 19: 'I Lost My Entire Family to a Cult': How One Woman Escaped Grace Road (BBC)

Sept. 26: Kidnapped by Mum: The American Teenager Trapped in a South Korean Cult (The Guardian)

Oct. 10: Everything Went Into That Church: How One Woman Says She Lost Her Family to a Korean Doomsday Cult (Medium)

Oct. 16: South Korean 'Cult' Leader Arrested For Detaining Her Followers In Fiji (Organization For World Peace)

2019

July 31: Shin Ok-ju: South Korean Doomsday Cult Leader Jailed for 6 Years (BBC)

July 31: South Korean Doomsday Cult Leader Jailed After Followers Beaten & Subject to Brutal Rituals (The Journal)

Aug. 2: South Korean Cult Leader Who Held 400 People Captive in Fiji Jailed for Six Years (The Guardian)

[Peter Daley]

2022

July 25: Korean Doomsday Sect Gets Rich in Fiji With Government Help (OCCRP: Organized Crime & Corruption Report Project)

2023

Sept. 7: South Korean Cult Grace Road Church Members Arrested in Fiji (BBC)

Four suspected high-ranking members of a South Korean doomsday cult have been arrested in Fiji. Two were deported, but a legal injunction prevented the others from being ejected, Fiji media report. ... Its founder Shin Ok-ju was jailed in 2019 for holding followers captive in Fiji and subjecting them to violence. It denies it is a cult - as well as allegations of abuse.

However, members who have been able to return to South Korea have accused Ms Shin of confiscating their passports and holding them against their will. They have alleged the Church uses forced labour and issues ritual beatings so harsh that they have led to the death of one follower.

Sept. 8: Fiji Deports South Korean Doomsday 'Cult' Members as Grace Road Church Leader Slams Arrests (ABC News)

2025

Nov. 22: How a Cult Took Over Fiji (Fern TV)

Dec. 15: US Aid to Fiji at Risk Over Impunity for Doomsday Cult (Organized Crime & Corruption Reporting Project)

2026