Freedom of religion

As Korea and its public look back on the past year following the botched Dec. 3 martial law declaration, President Lee Jae Myung has issued various comments covering the attempted insurrection, the strength of Korea's democracy and the way forward. During Tuesday's Cabinet meeting, the president — among others — brought up the separation of politics and religion, noting that a religious group was violating this principle. "The principle of separation of politics and religion is extremely important, but recently there has been a case where a religious group has systematically intervened in politics," Lee was quoted as saying. He did not specify the name of the entity, but it's not difficult to guess that it was in reference to the Unification Church. While directing the justice minister to look into ways to tackle this kind of political intervention, Lee mentioned a precedent set by Japan, noting that it "has ordered the disbandment of a religious group that intervened in politics." Lee was citing the case of the Tokyo District Court's order this March for the dissolution of the UniWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times