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===October 28, 1992=== On October 28, 54 followers who were dressed in white clothing burned furniture outside the Dami Mission office in [[Wonju]]. Twenty followers in [[Busan]] left $22,000 to those who were expected to stay on earth following the rapture.<ref name=no/> Even though their leader was in prison, 1,000 pilgrims still turned up to a Dami Mission church in [[Seoul]] on October 28.<ref name=no/> Police took measures to prevent [[Mass suicide|mass suicides]], including barricading windows and stairs to the roof. As midnight approached, 1500 riot police, 200 detectives, 100 journalists, plus emergency vehicles stood outside; plainclothes detectives were stationed inside.<ref name=no/> Ten minutes after midnight a boy shouted from a window: "Nothing's happening!"<ref name=no/> No riots or further suicides were reported.<ref name=no/><ref name=sci>{{cite web |url=http://www.csicop.org/si/show/notes_of_a_fringe-watcher |title=Notes of a Fringe-Watcher: The Second Coming of Jesus |last1=Gardner |first1=Martin |date=January 2000 |work=[[Committee for Skeptical Inquiry]] |access-date=December 27, 2012 |archive-date=March 15, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130315164951/http://www.csicop.org/si/show/notes_of_a_fringe-watcher |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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