‘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.
On The Ground
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.
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[OP-ED] As Aid Dwindles, Dreams Die: The Systematic Erasure of Hope in Cox’s Bazar
Yeaser, a Rohingya student, studies chemistry on YouTube because his camp lacks even basic lab tools. He dreams of becoming a doctor in Cox’s Bazar, where medical care disappears at night. From the UN’s “Ground Zero,” Dunia presents an op-ed by his teacher, Niyamot Ullah.
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.
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