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Inmates to Use AI for Resume Writing: AI Training Program for Model Prisoners The Ministry of Justice announced today, July 6, that it has selected 19 inmates from Yeoju Correctional Institution and Cheongju Women's Correctional Institution who are enrolled in Korea National Open University and show a strong will for academic achievement and self-reliance. SBS Jul 6, 2026 3:43 PM

25 Laws Remain Unamended Despite Constitutional Court Rulings of Unconstitutionality The Constitutional Court announced on July 6 that since its establishment in 1988, 598 out of 623 laws that were ruled unconstitutional or nonconforming to the Constitution have been amended as of last month. SBS Jul 6, 2026 3:39 PM

Seohee Construction Chairman's Suspended Sentence Confirmed in Case Involving Luxury Gifts to Kim Keon-hee As neither the special counsel nor Chairman Lee filed an appeal by the deadline of July 3, the first trial's sentence of one year in prison, suspended for two years, remains in effect. SBS Jul 6, 2026 3:38 PM

734 Illegal Foreign Delivery Riders Caught Using Stolen Identities The Ministry of Justice announced on Monday that it had conducted a targeted crackdown on illegal foreign delivery riders from January to May of this year, resulting in the apprehension of 734 foreign nationals and 16 delivery service businesses. SBS Jul 6, 2026 3:32 PM

Exclusive: Police Team Leader Ordered Deletion of Crime Scene Video in Jang Yoon-gi Case Following SBS reports that raised suspicions of evidence tampering by Jang's father—a serving police officer—as well as allegations of lenient investigation and collusion by the police, it was found that Inspector A, the team leader at Gwangju Gwangsan Police Station in charge of the case, recently ordered the officer who filmed the crime scene reconstruction of the vehicle to delete the footage. SBS Jul 6, 2026 3:32 PM

Person in Their 50s Booked for Attempted Arson at Multi-Unit Housing in Daejeon The Daejeon Dunsan Police Station announced that they have detained and are investigating an individual, identified as A, on charges of attempted arson of an inhabited building. SBS Jul 6, 2026 3:30 PM

Drones to Fill '30-Minute Golden Time' Before Firefighting Helicopters Arrive According to the Korea Forest Service on Monday , the project titled "Demonstration of Swarm Drone Operations for Emergency Response to Large Wildfires" was officially selected on July 2 as part of the "2026 First Half Planned Regulatory Sandbox 2nd Tasks" overseen by the Office for Government Policy Coordination. SBS Jul 6, 2026 3:29 PM

Domestic Oil Refiners Indicted for Price-Fixing Following U.S.-Iran Conflict Domestic oil refiners and their employees have been indicted on charges of colluding to artificially inflate oil prices following the outbreak of the U.S.-Iran conflict. SBS Jul 6, 2026 2:54 PM

Court Rules 'Daepae Samgyeopsal' Originated in Busan, Not from Baek Jong-won A court has ruled that it is difficult to conclude that Baek Jong-won, CEO of Theborn Korea, was the first to develop "daepae samgyeopsal" (thinly sliced pork belly), a claim he has consistently maintained. SBS Jul 6, 2026 2:49 PM

"Entering Homes": Citizens Gripped by Fear as Sightings of Biting Insects Surge While the lovebugs that have been causing discomfort for some time now seem to be appearing less frequently, there are reports of insects capable of biting humans emerging in urban areas one after another. SBS Jul 6, 2026 2:42 PM