Today's Major News (October 19, 2026)

1. The Rebuilding Korea Party has unveiled an impeachment motion against Supreme Court Chief Justice Cho Hee-dae. The Democratic Party of Korea has formalized discussions on the impeachment, while the People Power Party strongly opposed it.

2. Kim Ji-yong, the inaugural head of the Major Crime Investigation Agency, stated on his way to work for his first day in office that he would eradicate the politicization of investigations. He avoided giving a direct answer regarding whether he would attend Cabinet meetings.

3. The funeral service for the late Fire Inspector Kim Jin-seok, who died in the line of duty at a factory fire site in Bucheon, Gyeonggi Province, was held this morning as a Gyeonggi provincial funeral. Fire Inspector Kim is scheduled to be laid to rest at the Seoul National Cemetery.

4. Large-scale protests across France over the weekend escalated into looting, arson, and violence, resulting in the arrests of more than 1,800 people. Some radical demonstrators looted department stores and even set a city hall building on fire.
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