SBS NEWS

Kim Seung-won Hearing to Be Held with Zero Witnesses... Seo Young-kyo Claims "Candidate Himself Is the Witness" The upcoming confirmation hearing next week for Minister of Justice nominee Kim Seung-won will ultimately be held without a single witness. SBS Sep 10, 2026 11:23 PM

Two Months After Approval, Flagged as "Insufficient": Ministry of Health Refused 32.8 Billion Won in Support We continue with our coverage of the allegations that Kim Seung-won, nominee for Minister of Justice, lobbied the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety. SBS Sep 10, 2026 11:09 PM

President Lee Jae-myung Orders Revisions to Prosecution Service Organization Proposal, Citing Issues with Prosecutor Quotas and Judicial Control Department President Lee Jae-myung has criticized the recently prepared enactment draft for the "Prosecution Service and Affiliated Organizations Organization" and the "Enforcement Decree of the Prosecutors' Quota Act" by the Ministry of Justice as insufficient, ordering revisions and supplements. SBS Sep 10, 2026 7:18 PM

Moon Chung-in: "I Exchanged Text Messages with Foreign Minister Cho Hyun, But There Was No Mention of the President" In a phone call with an SBS reporter, Moon stated this while explaining, "At the time, I was participating in the Korea-Japan High-Level Strategic Dialogue at Keio University in Japan." Moon said, "When I told him (during the strategic dialogue) that 'the issue of dispatching troops to the Strait of Hormuz seems to be a point of contention as well,' sent a text message saying, 'It is an issue of limited participation for the safety of international maritime routes, but I am concerned that political circles keep framing it as a troop dispatch.'" He added that two ruling and two opposition lawmakers from the National Assembly and Japanese lawmakers were present at the time, and that "I allowed the lawmakers to view the text messages using them as a reference since this is the minister's view when discussing the Strait of Hormuz troop dispatch issue." Reiterating that "that is all there is to it," Moon dismissed the lawmaker's claim that they exchanged text messages with the intention that the president should not be held responsible as a "complete lie." He added, "Foreign Minister Cho has never made any such remarks." It is reported that People Power Party lawmakers Jin Jong-oo and Bae Hyun-jin participated in the event. SBS Sep 10, 2026 6:54 PM

Ahn Cheol-soo Claims Nominee Kim Seung-won Made Broker's Favor Call During Parliamentary Audit People Power Party lawmaker Ahn Cheol-soo claimed that Minister of Justice nominee Kim Seung-won contacted a broker during a parliamentary audit at the National Assembly in 2021. SBS Sep 10, 2026 5:14 PM

Yong Hye-in: "Holding Concurrent Positions Allowed by Law... Need to Understand Purpose of Nominating Opposition Lawmaker" Yong Hye-in, nominee for Minister of Gender Equality and Family, addressed the controversy surrounding her holding both a proportional representative lawmaker seat and a ministerial position simultaneously, stating, "Holding the positions of a member of the National Assembly and a state council member concurrently is permitted by law." During a press conference held at the National Assembly today , Nominee Yong stated, "Nominating an incumbent opposition lawmaker as a minister is the first case since the DJP (Kim Dae-jung-Kim Jong-pil) coalition during the Kim Dae-jung administration, so it is difficult to evaluate it as a mere precedent," making the remarks. SBS Sep 10, 2026 5:14 PM

Public Opinion Polls Show 63% Oppose Yong Hye-in and 47% Oppose Kim Seung-won; Experts Cite Confirmation Hearings as Downward Pressure on President's Approval Rating When quoting or reporting from this interview, please explicitly credit the program name, SBS <Juyoungjin's News Briefing>. SBS Sep 10, 2026 5:09 PM

Suspending Lawmakers with a Majority Vote? DP's Lee Dong-hak Warns, "Without Public Consensus, It Looks Like Flexing Muscle" When citing or quoting this interview, please explicitly state that it is from the program SBS <Joo Young-jin's News Briefing>. SBS Sep 10, 2026 5:05 PM

Han Dong-hoon Far Removed from Both Witness and Hearing Committee... PPP Supreme Council Member Mocks Him to "Keep Playing Alone" When quoting or reporting from this interview, please explicitly state that it is from the program SBS <Ju Young-jin's News Briefing>. SBS Sep 10, 2026 5:01 PM

Democratic Party Concentrates Attacks on Han Dong-hoon Over "Investigation Document Leak"; Anchor Joo Young-jin Says, "Stances Change When Ruling and Opposition Swap" When quoting or reporting from this interview, please explicitly state the progr… SBS Sep 10, 2026 4:56 PM