In South Korea, mounting anger, rumours over Shincheonji church as coronavirus cases rise

South Koreans have taken to the internet to spread rumours and express their frustrations and anger at the controversial Shincheonji Church of Jesus, which is linked to more than 50 per cent of the country’s confirmed coronavirus infections. This came as the South Korean government on Wednesday said it had finally received a directory of all 210,000 members of the religious group, after several days of discussions with its leaders. A member of a Shincheonji church in Daegu, 300km southeast of…