After the Coronavirus in South Korea: Intolerance Against Shincheonji

After the Coronavirus in South Korea: Intolerance Against Shincheonji

About Korea's shameful news that there is a sense of discrimination against other religions that are prevalent in Korean society, it seems to other countries focus on that these existing shameful points.

This is the summary of one news article of other countries.

Introvigne defends the church and asserts, 

“As far as I have ascertained, Shincheonji is cooperating with the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) to contain the coronavirus, complying with all the indication of the authorities, and even testing for the virus all of its members at its own expenses. Shincheonji has become a scapegoat during this epidemic, in order to distract the public attention that despite concerns voiced by the Korean Medical Association, South Korea did not prohibit entry into the country from China. 

The South Korean public news agency, Yonhap News, mentioned the possible relationship between the arrival of 1,000 Chinese students in school trips to Daegu earlier this year and the outbreak of the epidemics there. Instead, Shincheonji is unfairly blamed, even if, 24 hours after one of its devotees was identified as infected with the virus, it provided the authorities with a full list of its members. 

Members were also encouraged to tell co-workers and their bosses that they belong to Shincheonji—no small step, since because of the anti-Shincheonji campaigns people normally keep a low profile in the workplace, and now they put themselves at risk of being insulted, threatened, and even losing their jobs.”

He highlights the plight and victimization of Shincheonji members who have contracted the virus. He explains the harsh treatment is exacerbated by the Korean media describing the members as “cultists.”

 Introvigne describles the maltreatment as a range begining from insults to discrimination in the form of loss of employment and even being scapegoated for the pandemic itself.

He concludes his article by explaining that established fundamentalist groups that have more political backing are using the pandemic as a pretext to up their campaign against Shincheonji. 

Finally, Introvigne states that while Shincheonji certainly teaches differently, and that it is normal that people can disagree with it, fundamentalist anti-cult Korean Protestants are now engaged in a shameful form of profiteering. 

“Responsible international media should be wary of inadvertently 

cooperating with it.”

It is a pity that Korean society still seems to have a far way to go.

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