12 News: Today's Top Stories

1. Samsung Electronics recorded an operating profit of 89.4 trillion won in the second quarter alone, surpassing the total profit of the past three years. However, despite the record-breaking quarterly performance, the stock price plummeted, falling below the 300,000 won mark.

2. Regarding Hanwha Ocean's failure to secure the Canadian submarine contract, President Lee Jae-myung stated, "The Republic of Korea will continue to take bold challenges in the future." President Lee is set to attend the NATO summit in Turkey to engage in defense diplomacy.

3. The prosecution, which holds direct investigative authority over police misconduct cases, has launched a compulsory investigation, including raids on the Gwangju Gwangsan Police Station and the residences of the officers who handled the case of Jang Yun-gi, the perpetrator of the high school girl murder.

4. The revised Information and Communications Network Act, dubbed the "Fake News Punishment Act," went into effect today. The People Power Party has repeatedly denounced it as an "online gag law," officially announcing plans to file a constitutional complaint and propose a revision as a party platform.
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