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i-dle SOYEON Dominates Charts with 'I'm gonna TOESA' Across Korea and China SOYEON of the group i-dle has swept music charts with a steep upward trend. Released on September 7, the title track "I'm gonna TOESA " from i-dle member SOYEON's (MIYEON, MINNIE, SOYEON, YUQI, SHUHUA) 1st full-length album "What a Wonderful Life" has steadily risen right after its release, aiming for the top tiers of the charts. SBS Star Sep 15, 2026 2:32 PM

PPP Blasts Nominee Lee So-young Over Non-Resident Single Home, While DP Defends Her Expertise Rival parties clashed during the National Assembly Trade, Industry, Energy, SMEs, and Startups Committee confirmation hearing for Minister of SMEs and Startups nominee Lee So-young, debating the appropriateness of her "non-resident single home" status and her expertise in the small and medium-sized enterprise and small business sectors. SBS Sep 15, 2026 2:32 PM

FSS Holds Financial Support and PF Sale Briefing for Housing Supply The FSS held a briefing session on housing supply financial support programs and project financing business site sales at its main office in Yeouido, Seoul, this afternoon . SBS Sep 15, 2026 2:30 PM

Major Courier Services to Halt Deliveries for Chuseok from Sept. 24–26; Shipping Cutoff on Sept. 22 According to the logistics industry today , CJ Logistics, HANJIN, and Lotte Global Logistics will simultaneously halt delivery services from September 24 to 26. SBS Sep 15, 2026 2:30 PM

July Money Supply Rises by KRW 12.7 Trillion; Demand Deposits See Record Drop According to the "Money and Liquidity" statistics released by the Bank of Korea today , the average broad money supply (M2 basis, average balance) stood at KRW 4,225.6 trillion in July this year, up KRW 12.7 trillion from the previous month. SBS Sep 15, 2026 2:28 PM

Labor Minister Proposes Social Dialogue for Labor Exemptions in Mega Special Zones The government publicly proposed today to hold a "one-point social dialogue" involving labor and management to discuss special exemptions, such as exceptions to labor regulations, under the Mega Special Zones Special Act. SBS Sep 15, 2026 2:26 PM

FSC to Switch Merger Pricing from Market Value to Fair Value; Expands External Evaluation and Disclosure The Financial Services Commission announced today that it will begin legislative notice starting on the 16th for revisions to the Enforcement Decree of the Capital Markets Act and the Regulation on Securities Issuance and Disclosure containing these measures. SBS Sep 15, 2026 2:24 PM

Shrinking Deposits and Rising Rollovers: Bank Bond Issuance Expected to Grow in Q4 This is because low-cost deposits such as demand deposits, which serve as core funding sources for banks, have shrunk—worsening the funding structure—while a record-scale volume of bank bonds is approaching maturity. SBS Sep 15, 2026 2:24 PM

Crackdown on Voice Phishing That Induces Direct Card Payments... Enhanced Credit Card Fraud Detection Today , the FSS announced consumer alerts and institutional improvement measures aimed at enhancing card user protection. SBS Sep 15, 2026 2:24 PM

"Delivery App Transaction Costs Account for 26.2% of Monthly Sales... Up 5.2 Percentage Points YoY" According to the 2026 Online Platform Vendor Transaction Survey released by the Korea Federation of SMEs , transaction costs associated with platform dealings—such as brokerage commissions, advertising fees, and information utilization fees—accounted for the highest share of monthly average sales among delivery app vendors at an average of 26.2%. SBS Sep 15, 2026 2:21 PM