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Choo Mi-ae Launches Transition Committee: "Turning Public Expectations into Provincial Achievements" The ceremony was held at the Gyeonggi Credit Guarantee Foundation, where the transition committee's office is located. SBS Jun 15, 2026 5:16 PM

Jamsil Protest Enters 11th Day; KSOC Requests Police Intervention as Jeon Han-gil Files Complaint Against NEC The protest blockading the Jamsil vote-counting station, triggered by a shortage of ballots during the June 3 local elections, has entered its 11th day. SBS Jun 15, 2026 5:16 PM

Police Investigate Protest Structures Near Gyeongbokgung Palace Wall Following Complaint by Heritage Agency The Seoul Jongno Police Station announced today that it has booked officials from four organizations—the Korean Public Service and Transport Workers' Union, the Solidarity for Victims of Conglomerate Abuse, the Homeplus Labor Union, and the National Health Insurance Labor Union—on charges of violating the Cultural Heritage Protection Act. SBS Jun 15, 2026 5:13 PM

Fire at Car Service Center in Dobong-gu, Seoul; 8 Suffer Minor Injuries Including Smoke Inhalation today . The fire left eight people, including employees working in the building and nearby residents, with minor injuries such as smoke inhalation. SBS Jun 15, 2026 5:13 PM

Chey Tae-won and Roh Soh-yeong Fail to Reach Settlement on Division of Assets; Disagreements Remain Over SK Shares SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won and Art Center Nabi Director Roh Soh-yeong appeared together at the Seoul High Court for the second mediation session regarding the remand trial for their division of assets, marking their first courtroom encounter in two years and two months, but they failed to reach an agreement. SBS Jun 15, 2026 5:12 PM

JTBC Files for Court Receivership; Court to Review 'Viability' JTBC and other affiliates of JoongAng Group, along with the holding company, have filed for court receivership amid a liquidity crisis, and the case has been assigned to the court presided over by the Chief Judge of the Seoul Bankruptcy Court. SBS Jun 15, 2026 5:10 PM

Police to Reinvestigate Kim Keon-hee's Alleged Involvement in 'Boat Party' Scandal In a press statement today , the special investigation team announced, "On the 12th, the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office requested a supplementary investigation into the case involving suspects Kim Sung-hoon, Kim Yong-hyun, and Kim Keon-hee regarding charges such as the violation of the Act on the Security of the President and Others." The special investigation team explained that it has accepted this request and will conduct a supplementary investigation to clarify the charges against former Minister of National Defense Kim Yong-hyun and former Presidential Security Service Planning and Management Office Chief Kim Sung-hoon, while also reinvestigating whether First Lady Kim Keon-hee was involved. SBS Jun 15, 2026 4:55 PM

Mediation Fails for Chey Tae-won and Roh Soh-yeong's 'Asset Division of the Century'... Trial to Resume on June 26 SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won and Roh Soh-yeong, director of Art Center Nabi, have failed to reach an agreement on their asset division mediation, continuing their legal battle. SBS Jun 15, 2026 4:40 PM

Prosecutors Indict Plastic Surgeon After Death of Chinese Patient in Her 20s; "Previous Patient Also Died" The Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office (Criminal Division 2, Chief Prosecutor Lee Joo-hee) announced that it referred the director of a plastic surgery clinic in Gangnam, Seoul, identified as A, to trial on June 11. SBS Jun 15, 2026 4:34 PM

Court Allows 'Busan Roundhouse Kick' Attacker to Use 100,000 Won Monthly from Prison Funds The Busan District Court's Western Branch accepted the request filed by the attacker, identified by his surname Lee, to change the scope of his seized assets, ruling that he may use up to 100,000 won per month from his prison funds. SBS Jun 15, 2026 4:31 PM