‘Moonie Money’ in Nepal’s Politics
Leaked “TM Report” reveals the Unification Church’s political influence in Nepal through campaign funding and its attempts to establish covert contact with North Korea via Nepali communist leaders.
Seulki Lee
Dunia Obtains Scam Files: Cambodian Ring Tracked Victims’ Every ’Annual Leave’
Dunia has exclusively obtained internal documents from a South Korean cyber scam syndicate recently dismantled in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. The documents reveal a "Three-Tier Splitting" system and the use of detailed "target sheets" to track victims' finances, family, and daily schedules.
The Great Deluge of 2025: Why Asia’s "Invisible Dams" are Failing
In the wake of this flood crisis, Dunia traces the on-the-ground realities of collapsed trust, ecological violence, limits of adaptation, and social resilience facing Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Sri Lanka.
![[Duterview] 'Border Conflict' as a Political Tool for the Thai Military and Far-Rights](/content/images/2025/12/20.png)
[Duterview] 'Border Conflict' as a Political Tool for the Thai Military and Far-Rights
Supalak Ganjanakhundee calls the Thai-Cambodian border dispute a humanitarian crisis fueled by Thailand’s military and conservative elites, who use nationalism to hide political failures. He says the conflict destroys diplomacy and endangers border residents and low-ranking soldiers.
Political Bargains in Exchange for Votes: A “Parallel Theory” Between Japan’s LDP and South Korea’s People Power Party
Dunia and Newstapa report that the Unification Church's Japan-built vote trading model was imported into the Yoon administration, tying church mobilization, campaign work and political protection, and likely shaping Korean politics far beyond what was known.
The Shadow of Religion–State Collusion in Japan: From the Assination of Abe to the Dissolution Order Against the Unification Church
Abe’s 2022 assassination revived decades of ignored abuses tied to the Unification Church. In this Dunia investigation, we trace its political networks, massive fundraising system, and the path that led Japan to order the Church’s dissolution.
GIJC 2025: Wherever They Are, Investigative Journalists Are Not Alone
At the 2025 Global Investigative Journalism Conference, 1,500 reporters shared insights on climate, public health, and independent media. Dunia focused on environmental crime, carbon offsets, and cross-border collaboration shaping today’s investigative reporting.
Did Yoon Suk-yeol Dream of Becoming Abe? Did the People Power Party Seek to Become Japan’s LDP?
The Unification Church’s resources became linked with Yoon Suk-yeol’s power, exposing unprecedented religion–state collusion in S.Korea. Newstapa and Dunia traced this model to the Church’s Japan influence network and its close ties to the Abe family
Behind the Surge in Korea’s Africa ODA: A ‘New Africa’ Request from the Unification Church
This report was jointly investigated and produced by Dunia (YouTube.com/@the_dunia_media) — a member newsroom of the Korea Independent News Network (KINN) — in collaboration with the Korea Center for Investigative Journalism – Newstapa. It was revealed that in March 2022, a senior executive of the Family Federation for World
South Korea faces a public reckoning for financing coal plants in Indonesia
South Korea is funding the expansion of Indonesia’s Suralaya coal plant despite severe local health and livelihood impacts. Critics say the project props up Korea’s struggling coal industry and risks becoming a stranded asset amid the global shift to renewables.
Sex Criminals Use Bitcoin. So Do the Police.
Cryptocurrency could be a powerful tool for tracking child sexual exploitation, but most cases go uninvestigated. As predators increasingly use Bitcoin to buy abuse materials, law enforcement lacks the training, resources, and urgency needed to follow the money.
South Korea’s finance of ‘green’ palm oil drives destruction in Indonesia
South Korea’s public funds have financed palm-oil firms implicated in deforestation and rights violations. Growing public scrutiny is challenging these subsidies, demanding transparency and accountability for the environmental and social harm linked to the industry.
South Korean women abandon makeup to fight male domination
Young women in South Korea are rejecting makeup and cutting their hair short in the “Escape the Corset” movement, a protest against rigid beauty norms in a male-dominated society. Their pushback is reshaping public debate and forcing beauty brands to rethink long-standing standards.
Between the Grassroots and the Bank
Communities displaced from Cambodia’s Boeung Kak Lake have spent years seeking justice for forced evictions linked to a World Bank–funded project. Their struggle exposes how the Bank’s accountability systems fail to protect those most affected.
Kashimiri life behind the headlines
After Burhan Wani’s killing in 2016, Srinagar’s Lal Chowk fell silent as Kashmiris joined a long voluntary shutdown. Shops and mosques stayed closed, nighttime markets briefly revived, and the Hurriyat protest calendar became a symbol of renewed demands for self-determination.