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President Lee to Attend South Korea-France Business Roundtable with Samsung Chief Lee Jae-yong President Lee Jae-myung, who is currently on a state visit to France, is scheduled to attend the South Korea-France Business Roundtable, a bilateral business exchange event, in Paris on the 8th , Senior Spokesperson Kang Yu-jung announced in a written briefing. SBS Sep 8, 2026 11:59 PM

South Korea, France Adopt 15 Cooperation Documents to Expand Defense Partnership and Semiconductor Exchange Among them, nine documents were adopted following the summit in the presence of the two leaders. SBS Sep 8, 2026 11:56 PM

Power Outage Hits Apartments in Seongdong-gu, Seoul for Two Hours, Trapping Residents in Elevators today , causing inconvenience to residents for about two hours. According to firefighting authorities and other sources, the outage affected an apartment complex with around 850 households in Geumho-dong and another with around 450 households in Haengdang-dong. SBS Sep 8, 2026 11:52 PM

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Receiving Huge Performance Bonuses, Yet Exploiting a 700,000-Won Monthly Rent Subsidy Loophole? Suspicions have been raised that some employees in Samsung Electronics' semiconductor division improperly received housing subsidies of up to 700,000 won per month. SBS Sep 8, 2026 11:36 PM

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Seoul House Prices Rise for 82nd Consecutive Week, Concentrated Below 1.5 Billion Won Even as apartment transactions in Seoul decline, housing prices have continued their upward trend for 82 consecutive weeks. SBS Sep 8, 2026 11:33 PM

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Per Capita Income of $40,000?..."I Don't Make That Much," Why? South Korea's economy grew at its fastest pace in 47 years during the second quarter. SBS Sep 8, 2026 11:30 PM

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"Watching Until the Hearing"…Ruling Camp Shows "Unqualified" Sentiment Toward Yong Hye-in The presidential office maintains its stance that, since both nominee Kim Seung-won and nominee Yong Hye-in were nominated through the proper system, it will monitor the confirmation hearings. SBS Sep 8, 2026 11:24 PM

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Yong Hye-in Now Faces the Very Same Question She Posed to a Nominee 3 Years Ago Yong Hye-in, the nominee for Minister of Gender Equality and Family, continues to repeat that she will address various allegations surrounding her only during the confirmation hearing. SBS Sep 8, 2026 11:21 PM

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Readily Lending 700 Million Won to Nephew Born in 1996? Controversy Arises Over 'Aunt and Uncle's Favor' We reported yesterday that Defense Minister nominee Kang Shin-chul omitted an apartment commercial building purchased by his son when submitting his confirmation hearing documents to the National Assembly. SBS Sep 8, 2026 11:14 PM

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Genencell Claims "No Issues with New Drug Approval," But Indictment and Ruling Tell a Different Story Now, let's examine the claims made by Genencell CEO Kang one by one. Kang has claimed that he never lobbied candidate Kim Seung-won and that there were no issues with the approval process for the COVID-19 treatment clinical trials. SBS Sep 8, 2026 11:04 PM