
Voltaire’s Warning for Japan and South Korea
What Voltaire’s defense of persecuted minorities 250 years ago can teach about religious freedom today Peter Zoehrer’s 1st October 2026 Substack essay, “The Pen Against

What Voltaire’s defense of persecuted minorities 250 years ago can teach about religious freedom today Peter Zoehrer’s 1st October 2026 Substack essay, “The Pen Against

The dangerous regional precedent of turning the law into an instrument of state-sponsored religious persecution During an international Zoom conference hosted by the HJ International

Medical leave extended for Mother Han as the Seoul High Court prepares to hear her appeal and bail request on 13th October South Korean media

No charges against South Korean special prosecutors after CIO finds insufficient evidence that investigators deliberately delayed or concealed the case The South Korean Corruption Investigation

New South Korean tax rules raise questions over overseas religious projects and funding that could affect organizations with international structure A recent change to South

Seeking bail while her lawyers request continued medical release beyond the 30th September deadline The legal position of Hak Ja Han (한학자) – also called

How media conformity helped transform activist-generated public hostility into state action against a large religious minority See part 1 of this two-part series: When Public

How Japan’s public narrative after Abe’s assassination shaped the path from controversy to the dissolution of a minority faith See part 2 of this two-part

Growing international outcry over sentencing of octogenarian Mother Han as it sparks religious freedom alarm over South Korea’s backsliding Tokyo, 14th September 2026 – Published

Pointing out the dangerous politics behind South Korea’s weaponization of justice, Introvigne concludes that Mother Han’s guilty verdict is a miscarriage of justice The recent



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