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80-Year-Old Man Arrested for Stabbing Spree at Geoje Hair Salon; Court Cites Risk of Flight The Tongyeong Branch of the Changwon District Court issued an arrest warrant for the suspect, identified as A, on Saturday following a pre-arrest interrogation, stating that there is a risk of flight. SBS Jul 4, 2026 4:47 PM

Bloomberg: SK Hynix Considering 0.5% Fee Rate for U.S. ADR Listing While this rate is lower than typical Wall Street practices, the massive scale of the deal suggests that total fees could reach nearly 200 billion won. SBS Jul 4, 2026 4:38 PM

Woman in Her 50s Arrested for Spreading False Claims of Sex Crimes and Drug Use by Prominent Politicians The Seoul Yeongdeungpo Police Station announced that it had apprehended the woman, identified as A, and arrested her on Friday on charges of defamation under the Information and Communications Network Act. SBS Jul 4, 2026 4:34 PM

Residents Evacuate After Stone Retaining Wall Collapses at 3-Story Building in Jeju Residents of a 3-story building in Jeju were evacuated after a section of the stone retaining wall supporting the structure collapsed. SBS Jul 4, 2026 4:07 PM

Quitting Smoking Significantly Lowers Alzheimer's Risk: When Do the Benefits Begin? A research team from the Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine at Kyung Hee University Medical Center announced these findings after tracking 1,403,636 adults for an average of 10.5 years, based on data from the National Health Insurance Service spanning from 2002 to 2023. SBS Jul 4, 2026 3:45 PM

Operators of 5 Trillion Won Gambling Site Arrested and Extradited from UAE Individuals who operated an illegal gambling site worth trillions of won from overseas have been apprehended and extradited to South Korea following a joint government investigation. SBS Jul 4, 2026 2:52 PM

Police and Fire Authorities Search Gwangju Jeil High School Following Bomb Threat Police and fire authorities launched a search operation after a post claiming that an explosive device had been planted at Gwangju Jeil High School in Gwangju was uploaded to an online community at approximately 11:50 a.m. SBS Jul 4, 2026 2:50 PM

Mastermind Behind Trillion-Won Overseas Gambling Ring Arrested After 12 Years Another man, who operated a gambling site worth 500 billion won, was also apprehended and brought back to Korea. SBS Jul 4, 2026 1:57 PM

Police Leaked Investigation Details to Suspect's Father, Including Home Address and Door Lock Password It has been confirmed that the father of Jang Yoon-gi, the suspect in the murder of a high school girl in Gwangju, was allowed by police to speak with his son over the phone while the suspect was in custody, just before he destroyed key evidence of the sex crime. SBS Jul 4, 2026 12:49 PM

Man in His 60s Faces Arrest Hearing for Blocking National Assembly Probe Team at Jamsil Counting Station A man in his 60s, identified as A, who blocked the National Assembly's special i… SBS Jul 4, 2026 12:31 PM