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Monday September 3, 2007

South Korea:

Ex-hostages told to pay up

South Korea has told 19 former hostages to pay some of the costs of their rescue from Afghanistan’s Taliban, amid increasing criticism of the ill-fated trip by the Christian aid workers.

Tuesday December 14, 2004

South Korea:

For cult leader buried alive, resurrection doesn’t arrive

December 15, 2004 - YONGIN, Gyeonggi - Four members of a religious cult that believes in resurrection and eternal life are under investigation for burying their leader alive by sealing him in an underground room and pouring concrete over the entrance.

South Korea:

Cult Leader Found Dead in Concrete-Sealed Room

Yongin, South Korea, 14 December: Police found the remains of a religious cult leader on Tuesday [14 December] while acting on tips that his followers put him in a room and sealed it with concrete in an attempt to allow him to experience immortality and resurrection.