CLASSIC: Did a cult try to run South Korea?

Stuff They Don't Want You To Know

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🗓️ 7 March 2023

⏱️ 67 minutes

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In 2017 South Korean President Park Guen-hye was impeached and ousted from power as a result of a wide-reaching corruption scandal touching everything from big business to religion. In the aftermath, the world’s been left asking: What exactly happened? Was this another tragic case of nepotism and bribery, or … something more? Was South Korea’s President the victim of a cult?

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0:50.4	about a Russian astronaut who found himself stuck in space with no country to bring him down.
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1:12.8	What if I told you that much of the forensic science you see on shows like CSI?
1:18.0	I isn't based on actual science and the wrongly convicted pay a horrific price.
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1:39.3	So this classic was a wild ride for us. We're doing this back in. What was this 2017?
1:48.9	Oh, yes. In October of that year. Oh, you read the title already. Was it cult trying to take over South Korea?
1:58.4	You know, I'm trying to remember if I had been to South Korea by this point. But the one thing we know for sure
2:05.4	is that there's still questions about the extent of the extent of power and influence this spiritual
2:15.2	organization had in the halls of power of the South Korean government. I like how you pulled
2:21.0	spiritual organization out there. I've watched you do it and it's the right phrase. They don't like
2:27.2	the seaworth. And if a group doesn't like the seaworth, you got to find out why. That's exactly.
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