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Top Math Instructor Chung Seung-je Slams 3-to-4-Year-Old Medical School Prep Classes: "South Korea Is Completely Crazy" Star private-sector mathematics instructor Chung Seung-je has strongly criticized the private education industry for preparing toddlers for medical school entrance exams through early education. SBS Nov 6, 2026 5:42 PM

How Cold Medicine Turned Into Methamphetamine: A Look Into a Large-Scale Drug Manufacturing Case 00:00 Intro 00:32 A Methamphetamine Lab Set Up in an Apartment 01:38 Replacing Technicians After Manufacturing Failures 03:00 Who Supplied 630,000 Cold Medicine Pills? 04:23 630,000 Cold Medicine Pills Flowed to a Single Location.. SBS Nov 6, 2026 5:36 PM

Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency's Major Crime Investigation Division to Investigate Defamation Complaint Against Rep. Joo Jin-woo The Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency announced today that "the defamation complaint filed by Lee Dong-ho against Representative Joo Jin-woo has been assigned to the Major Crime Investigation Division." On October 29, Representative Joo held a press conference at the National Assembly Communication Hall, raising allegations that President Lee played golf with his eldest son and daughter-in-law at Hansandae CC inside the Jinhae Naval Base during his summer vacation in August of last year, and traveled to a nearby lodging by helicopter. SBS Nov 6, 2026 5:36 PM

Truck Rear-Ends School Bus on Incheon Grand Bridge, Injuring 5 Elementary Students The accident left seven people injured, including five elementary school students and two bus drivers, who were transported to hospital by 119 emergency rescue services for medical treatment. SBS Nov 6, 2026 5:18 PM

Wandang Station Employee Sent to Prosecutors for Attempted Murder After Weapon Attack Gyeonggi Goyang Police Station announced today that they have detained and transferred a station employee in his 30s, identified as A, on charges of attempted murder. SBS Nov 6, 2026 5:17 PM

Former President Yoon Claims Martial Law Was Justified in Appeal Trial Final Statement; Verdict Set for January Former President Yoon Suk Yeol, who was sentenced to life imprisonment in the first trial on charges of insurrection as a ringleader, repeated his claim that the emergency martial law was justified during his final statement in the appellate trial. SBS Nov 6, 2026 5:12 PM

"Strongest El Niño in History" on the Way… Expected to Bring Warm Winter with Frequent Snow and Rain The Korea Meteorological Administration stated that the El Niño that began in May is anticipated to become the "strongest El Niño on record." El Niño is officially recognized as having begun when the 3-month moving average of sea surface temperatures in the El Niño-La Niña monitoring region of the tropical Pacific remains 0.5 degrees Celsius (0.9 degrees Fahrenheit) higher than normal for five months or more. SBS Nov 6, 2026 4:49 PM

Dead Fish Found in Bunches Along Riverbank According to the Ulsan Federation for Environmental Movements today , a report was received last night that a large quantity of dead fish was found along the riverbank near the southern end of Beonyeong Bridge in Nam-gu, Ulsan. SBS Nov 6, 2026 4:46 PM

"Another Unpleasant Sound": 'Ghost Noises' Echo Across Border Morning According to residents in the border regions of Paju, Gyeonggi Province, "North Korea began transmitting anti-South broadcasts from 6:00 AM," adding, "It is not very loud, but the broadcast sounds have been audible since the morning." A resident of Daeseong-dong Village, the only civilian settlement within the Demilitarized Zone , reported the test broadcast, saying, "At 6:30 AM, music could be heard briefly, followed by faint ghost-like noises." Park, a resident living in Tongilchon, Paju, stated, "While harvesting rice in the morning, I heard anti-South broadcast sounds from the North, including ghost noises and animal crying sounds." Park continued, "The sound was not loud, but those unpleasant noises that the North used to broadcast several years ago could be heard. SBS Nov 6, 2026 4:46 PM

Forced Nudity, Kneeling, and Filming: Boyfriend Convicted After Claiming Victim "Wanted It" A man in his 30s who committed dating violence—including assaulting and threatening his girlfriend while suspecting her of infidelity, forcing her to write a pledge, and filming her naked—has been sentenced to prison. SBS Nov 6, 2026 4:46 PM