12 News: Today's Top Headlines (October 8, 2026)

1. Samsung Electronics recorded an operating profit of 107.4 trillion won for the third quarter of this year, opening an era of 100 trillion won in quarterly operating profit. This is a milestone that even global Big Tech companies like Apple and Nvidia have not surpassed.

2. The government has decided to exclude five types of farmland, including inherited farmland and farmland owned by elderly farmers, from the comprehensive farmland inspection and disposal process. The government plans to pursue the enactment of a special measure to ensure that general cases, rather than speculation, do not proceed with disposal procedures under the Farmland Act.

3. The parliamentary audit of the Ministry of Justice by the Legislation and Judiciary Committee of the National Assembly today (October 8) is expected to feature a fierce clash between the ruling and opposition parties over the abolition of the prosecution service and the controversy surrounding the cancellation of the indictment of President Lee Jae-myung. However, even before the audit began, a dispute broke out over the committee chairperson's decision to suspend the speaking rights of an opposition party member.

4. Yemen's pro-Iran Houthi rebels launched successive airstrikes on airports in Riyadh and Abha, Saudi Arabia, leaving 3 people dead and dozens injured. In Ukraine as well, a massive Russian airstrike resulted in the deaths of at least 25 civilians.
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