Controversial doomsday cult expands into the Pacific Islands
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A secretive religious group expanding into the Pacific Islands is targeting Pasifika people from differing faith backgrounds, according to a report by Melanie Earley pub

![Members of Shincheonji could be seen on a livestream of a PMN Cook Islands radio show earlier this year. [screenshot supplied via Stuff NZ] cult members at Cook Islands interview](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/cook_islands_screenshot_web.jpg?itok=qzzoOHV_)
![Emae Island in Central Vanuatu is one of the latest places that adzes from Tatagamatau on Tutuila Island have been identified. Emae Island is located more than 1500 miles to the west of American Samoa. [photo: Aymeric Hermann] Emae Island](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/emae_island.jpg?itok=sG3lHGjB)

![Members of the Samoan community in Hawaii participating in the ASG sponsored “Voices United” meeting held on April 13 at the Kanana Fou Hall in Kunia, Oahu. [ASG photo] Voices United participants](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/voices_united_.jpg?itok=xCgEIaha)





