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City Bus Collides with Car and Overturns in Rice Paddy in Pyeongtaek, Leaving 17 Injured today , a city bus collided with a passenger car and overturned into a rice paddy on a road heading toward Anjung near the Gilum Intersection in Gireum-ri, Oseong-myeon, Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi Province. SBS Sep 15, 2026 8:09 PM

Gyeonggi Provincial Council's Democratic Party Also Criticizes Choo Mi-ae: "Do Politics on the National Stage" During a press conference with reporters on the 14th, Ahn Gwang-ryul, floor leader of the provincial council's Democratic Party, criticized Governor Choo, saying, "Looking at various issues surrounding Governor Choo recently, including at Moran Park last weekend, why is she serving as governor instead of doing politics on the national stage?" He went on to criticize, "Gyeonggi residents are trembling with anxiety and worrying day by day about making a living. SBS Sep 15, 2026 8:02 PM

Former Gyeonggi Superintendent Lim Tae-hee Launches Public Petition for Public Official Election Act Revision During a press conference at the National Assembly Communication Hall on the 15th, former Superintendent Lim stated, "The June 3 local elections have already been evaluated as a 'flawed election' based solely on the problems that have come to light so far." He added, "Nevertheless, national and social confusion and conflict surrounding elections continue to persist, which is why we have decided to pursue a national consent petition to improve the electoral system and revise the Public Official Election Act." Previously, during the vote-counting process for the Gyeonggi Provincial Superintendent of Education election on June 3, controversy arose after it was belatedly confirmed that the vote counts for candidates at two polling stations in Seongnam and Gwangju, Gyeonggi Province, were swapped or that vote-counting results from entirely different polling stations were inputted incorrectly. SBS Sep 15, 2026 8:00 PM

AI Diagnoses Jeonse Risks: Gyeonggi Province Launches 'Ansim Real Estate' Portal The Gyeonggi Ansim Real Estate service provides breakdowns on whether the property ownership matches the contracting party, if there are any ownership-restricting issues such as seizures, the amount of prior mortgage rights, and whether the property is an unauthorized or illegal building. SBS Sep 15, 2026 7:56 PM

Kim Seung-won: "I Majored in Humanities and Didn't Know Drug Efficacy… I Regret Trusting 100,000-Won Supply" Kim Seung-won, the nominee for Minister of Justice, addressed suspicions regarding lobbying for COVID-19 clinical trial approval today , stating, "I have some regrets about whether I trusted too much the claim that the drug could be supplied for around 100,000 won." Nominee Kim made the remarks during the National Assembly confirmation hearing when Democratic Party lawmaker Kim Han-gyu asked, "If you could go back to that time, is there any part you wish you had handled differently?" Regarding the COVID-19 treatment by Genencell, a pharmaceutical company implicated in the alleged solicitation, Nominee Kim said, "Foreign treatments cost 700,000 to 800,000 won on the market, but I was told this drug could be supplied in the 100,000-won range." He added, "I do think it would have been better if I had given work instructions through my aides," explaining, "At the time, the entire national capacity was mobilized to focus on developing COVID-19 treatments and vaccines, and there was also a sense of urgency." When People Power Party lawmaker Kim Min-jeon pointed out the controversy surrounding Genencell's animal testing manipulation, Nominee Kim explained, "I majored in the humanities. SBS Sep 15, 2026 7:42 PM

Bus Carrying Football Team Ends Up at Baseball Stadium Ahead of Opening Match As operational flaws surface across various sites of the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games, the South Korean under-23 men's football team faced an absurd situation right before their opening match. SBS Sep 15, 2026 7:40 PM

Kim Seung-won: "Opposed to Granting Independent Counsel Power to Dismiss Indictments… No Need for Artificial Measures" Kim Seung-won, nominee for Minister of Justice, expressed his opposition today to granting special prosecutors the power to drop indictments. SBS Sep 15, 2026 7:38 PM

Referees' Council Issues Apology Amid Match-Fixing Suspicions: "We Disappointed Fans Due to Various Issues" Earlier today, a recording was released via a YouTube channel run by football commentator Park Moon-sung, in which a referee evaluator is heard asking someone presumed to be a main referee to make biased calls against a specific team in exchange for future match assignments ahead of a past K League match. SBS Sep 15, 2026 7:17 PM

Man in His 80s Arrested for Stabbing Acquaintance in Seoul's Dongdaemun District Judge Kang Younghoon, the senior duty judge at the Seoul Northern District Court, issued an arrest warrant for A after holding a pre-trial suspect interrogation today on charges of attempted murder, citing a risk of flight. SBS Sep 15, 2026 7:16 PM

Kim Myung-jun Spearheads Men's Football Team Against Qatar... Yang Hyun-jun and Um Ji-sung Also Start The U-23 national football team, led by head coach Lee Min-sung, included Kim Myung-jun as a forward in their starting lineup for the first Group D match of the Asian Games men's football tournament against Qatar, which kicks off shortly at 7:30 PM at the Mizuho Park Rugby Stadium in Nagoya, Japan. SBS Sep 15, 2026 7:15 PM