By Maidhc Ó Cathail. Published in the Kansai Time Out, October 2008.
Reverend Moon’s Unification Church is probably best known for its mass weddings of strangers. Less well-known, however, is the Korean cult’s political significance. For almost half a century, the Moonies have in fact played a crucial role in one of the world’s defining struggles – the right’s covert war against democracy.