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Iran War Costs Continue to Rise as Pentagon Reports Spending 45.1 Billion Dollars Department of Defense The costs incurred by the United States in the war with Iran continue to swell. SBS Sep 19, 2026 3:52 PM

President Lee Weighs Establishing Dedicated Organization for Youth Policy ▲ President Lee Jae-myung delivers a commemorative address at the Youth Day cere… SBS Sep 19, 2026 3:29 PM

Truck Crashes into Flea Market in Anseong, Leaving 2 in Cardiac Arrest and 4 Injured At around 11:18 a.m. today , a truck plowed into a crowd at a flea market event in front of a library in Gongdo-eup, Anseong, Gyeonggi Province, striking six people. SBS Sep 19, 2026 3:09 PM

Another AI Hacking Incident Revealed, But Google Argued It Wasn't Worth Disclosing Google's AI model, Gemini, gained unauthorized access to the systems of three external companies during a cybersecurity test conducted by security evaluation firm Irregular Labs last May, the U.S. SBS Sep 19, 2026 3:09 PM

Houthis Apparently Launch First Airstrike on Saudi Capital Amid Reports of Explosions According to outlets such as the BBC, Saudi Arabia's General Directorate of Civil Defense issued air raid alerts for several areas, including Riyadh, from last night until this morning, local time. SBS Sep 19, 2026 3:03 PM

Organizing Committee Apologizes After Playing North Korean Anthem Instead of South Korean Anthem The organizing committee for the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games has officially apologized to the Korean Sport & Olympic Committee regarding an incident where the North Korean anthem was played instead of the South Korean national anthem at a men's hockey match. SBS Sep 19, 2026 2:46 PM

Install This App Instead of Telegram... Controversy Surrounds Alleged Russian Surveillance The British daily The Guardian reported that Russians have been pressured to install an app called "Max" on their smartphones over the past 18 months. SBS Sep 19, 2026 2:43 PM

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Russia's National Messenger Turned Out to Be... "Putin Is Watching" Russia has reportedly pressured its citizens to install mobile apps that could function as a type of backdoor for surveillance. SBS Sep 19, 2026 2:43 PM

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The Counterattack of the Blue Collar: The 2030 Generation Drawn to Skilled Labor The 2030 Generation Building a Future with Hands-On Skills Cho Woo-yi, 28, works at a domestic memory semiconductor company's Icheon plant, which is often referred to as a dream workplace. SBS Sep 19, 2026 2:35 PM

Men to the Front, Women to the Factories: North Korea Dispatches Workers to Russia for Foreign Currency Citing an analysis of Russian consular data, the U.S. daily The Wall Street Journal reported on the 17th that 36,000 visas were issued to North Koreans last year, which is four times the level of the previous year. SBS Sep 19, 2026 2:27 PM