The Movement for Korean Independence
I was involved in underground activities during the Japanese occupation. During that time, I determined what path I would take.
True Father endured six prison terms during his life. He was incarcerated once under the Japanese occupation regime, three times by the North Korean communists, once in the Republic of Korea and once in the United States. He was in prison for a total of five years. He accepted the hardships of these six imprisonments as his course of suffering for the will of heaven.
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I was involved in underground activities during the Japanese occupation. During that time, I determined what path I would take.
After the Christian leaders whom God had prepared in South Korea failed to accept him, True Father went to North Korea to prepare a new foundation.
Under the communists, annihilating religion was a state policy.
We prisoners in Hungnam Prison never had sufficient nourishment due to the small amount of food and the heavy labor.
The Korean War broke out on June 25, 1950. It was the first war in which United Nations peacekeeping forces were mobilized.
The so-called Ehwa University Yonsei University Expulsion Incident occurred due to Christian persecution and opposition to the Unification Church, with collaboration from the Korean government.
Christian organizations responded to the spiritual enthusiasm that was taking place in the Unification Church by spreading all kinds of wild rumors.
The members were overwhelmed with joy to welcome him back. Three days later, they moved the church from Jangchung-dong to Cheongpa-dong, and on October 10 the church celebrated Father's release from prison.
When True Parents began their activities in America, including the Washington Monument Rally, a backlash arose that developed into organized opposition.
On July 20, 1984, True Father was imprisoned in the Federal Correctional Institution at Danbury, Connecticut.
On at least three occasions while in Danbury Prison, I spoke with Professor Kaplan, who was responsible for the upcoming International Congress of the Professors World Peace Academy, and persuaded him to give it the title, “The Fall of the Soviet Empire.”
For the past 13 months, I have been fighting with America all alone, just like David standing in front of Goliath.