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It was confirmed on the 13th that the World Mission Society of the Church of God (formerly the Ahnsahnghong Witness Society) distributed distorted handouts claiming that they had won a lawsuit against the Kookmin Ilbo even though they had actually lost. The Church of God acquired the LH building in Wonju, Gangwon Province, last year, but when the move was delayed due to resident opposition, the Church of God created and distributed an A4-sized color flyer (pictured) titled "Church of God Wins, Ruling to Report Kookmin Ilbo's Counterargument".

"The Church of God has never expanded its churches or accumulated wealth by promoting unrest, and there is no phenomenon of runaway divorced children being abused," the Church of God said in the handout, adding that "there have been slanderous claims by some Protestant organizations and external forces such as the Church of God Victims Association." "We sincerely hope that the handouts will help the citizens of Wonju, the Wonju City Hall, the mayor of Wonju, the director and staff of the community center, and related officials to resolve the distorted views and religious prejudices they may have had about the Church of God," he said.

However, the Church of God's claims are not true. In its ruling, the Supreme Court's Third Division (presiding Justice Kim Shin) clearly stated that "the Church of God presented time-bound eschatology in 1988, 1999, and 2012," and that "it is recognized that some of the female members of the Church of God have run away and divorced due to religious issues." Furthermore, the handout's statement that "the vast majority of Church of God members are in harmonious families" was not even in the Supreme Court's opinion, but was added as if it were a key part of the opinion.

"The Church of God lost both the damages claim and the correction claim, which were the core issues of the lawsuit," said Jae-yeol Lee, director of the Korea Church Law Institute. "However, only some of the counterclaims were upheld, and it is unreasonable to say that the Church won all of them." "The Church of God is making Wonju residents uncomfortable by occupying city hall, protesting in front of the resident center, and protesting by phone," said Kim Dong-woo, chairman of the Wondong Apartment Emergency Committee, which is preventing the Church of God from entering Wonju. "The Church of God, a doomsday group, is spreading untrue information to citizens, and we will inform citizens of the truth through articles in the Kookmin Daily.“

When asked by the Kookmin Ilbo whether the handout was produced after reading the ruling properly and whether the handout was produced by the Wonju Church of God or the Church of God headquarters, an official from the Wonju Church of God avoided answering immediately, saying, "Please ask in an official letter."