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"Must Secure Grade 1": Private Education Spending Rises Despite Absolute Evaluation in English CSAT Although education authorities expected that the introduction of the absolute evaluation system would reduce competition and the burden of private education, the reality has shown the exact opposite result. SBS Jul 5, 2026 10:34 AM

Man in His 50s Murders Former Partner After Being Reported for Stalking According to the Gyeonggi Seongnam Jungwon Police Station, the suspect, a man in his 50s identified as A, stabbed a woman in her 60s, identified as B, with a weapon on a street in Sangdaewon-dong, Jungwon-gu, Seongnam, at approximately 3:00 a.m. SBS Jul 5, 2026 10:22 AM

'No Japan' Is a Thing of the Past: Japanese Beer Imports Exceed 100,000 Tons for the First Time According to the 2026 Annual Report on Imported Food Inspection released by the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety, the volume of Japanese beer imported last year was 100,322 tons, a 22 percent increase from the previous year. SBS Jul 5, 2026 10:21 AM

Number of Nurses Increases by 32%, Yet Regional Disparities Persist with Jeonnam's Bed-to-Nurse Ratio 2.5 Times That of Seoul According to data from the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service, the number of clinical nursing staff at medical institutions nationwide rose by 32.4 percent, or approximately 73,000, from 225,462 in 2020 to 298,554 in 2025. SBS Jul 5, 2026 10:13 AM

Motorcyclist in His 60s Dies After Collision with Truck in Incheon A man in his 60s riding a motorcycle has died after being struck by a truck on Gyodong Island in Incheon. SBS Jul 5, 2026 10:09 AM

Exclusive: Police Returned Vehicle Used in Gwangju High School Girl Murder Case to Suspect's Father It has been confirmed that during the investigation into the murder of a high school girl in Gwangju, the police returned the vehicle used by the suspect, Jang Yoon-gi, to his father—a serving police officer—just one day after the crime, without even seizing it. SBS Jul 5, 2026 10:04 AM

Man in His 40s Dies After Being Run Over by Taxi While Lying on Gangnam Road A is accused of hitting and killing a man in his 40s, identified as B, while driving his taxi on a road in Nonhyeon-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, at approximately 4:40 a.m. SBS Jul 5, 2026 8:53 AM

Fire Breaks Out at Villa in Changwon; 3 Casualties, 18 Evacuated today . The incident resulted in the death of one resident in their 90s and left another individual in their 50s with serious injuries. SBS Jul 5, 2026 8:45 AM

Will the Deadlock Over Supreme Court Justice Appointments Be Broken? Focus Shifts to Court Administration Minister Appointment With growing concerns over leaving the position of Minister of National Court Administration (a Supreme Court Justice position) vacant for four months ahead of full-scale discussions on the revision of the Criminal Procedure Act, there are expectations that both sides may narrow their differences regarding the nomination of Supreme Court justices. SBS Jul 5, 2026 8:43 AM

Refusal to Testify and Impact on Sentencing: Is the Comprehensive Special Counsel Becoming a 'Headwind' for Insurrection Trials? As the second Comprehensive Special Counsel team led by Kwon Chang-young, which was launched to handle remaining cases, has booked these individuals as suspects for alleged involvement in the insurrection, they have remained silent out of concern that their court testimony could be used against them. SBS Jul 5, 2026 8:03 AM