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News Briefing: Today's Top Stories; Missing Cable Ties Found at Father's Home of Jang Yoon-gi 1. The baseball team of Baejae High School in Seoul, which received a six-month suspension for using cheering slogans mocking the May 18 Gwangju Democratization Movement, has decided to file for a retrial with the Korea Baseball Softball Association. SBS Jul 8, 2026 2:14 PM

Supreme Court Justice Oh Seok-joon Recuses Himself from Appeal Case Involving 'Obstruction of Arrest' of Former President Yoon Suk Yeol The Supreme Court stated today , "Justice Oh recused himself from this case due to concerns regarding the impartiality of the trial," adding, "He has not participated in the deliberations since the case was assigned, and he will not participate in the ruling scheduled for the 9th." Recusal is a system in which a judge voluntarily withdraws from a trial due to concerns about fairness. SBS Jul 8, 2026 1:57 PM

Police Team Leader Who Destroyed Evidence in 'Jang Yoon-gi Case' Faces Arrest Hearing The officer, a police inspector surnamed A from the Gwangju Gwangsan Police Station, who was emergency-arrested on July 6 on charges of destroying evidence, appeared at the Gwangju District Court at 11:00 a.m. SBS Jul 8, 2026 1:53 PM

Prosecutors Seek 8-Year Prison Sentence for Loan Shark Who Drove Single Mom to Suicide Prosecutors have requested an eight-year prison sentence in an appellate trial for a loan shark who was sentenced to four years in prison in the first trial for driving a single mother in her 30s to her death through high-interest loans and threatening collection practices. SBS Jul 8, 2026 1:36 PM

Man in His 30s Sentenced to 18 Years for Brutal Murder of Mother, Claiming He Thought "God Would Resurrect Her" The Cheongju District Court Criminal Division 11 (Presiding Judge Kang Seong-hun) sentenced the defendant, who was indicted on charges of parricide, to 18 years in prison and ordered five years of probationary supervision today . SBS Jul 8, 2026 1:26 PM

Silent 119 Call Leads to Successful Rescue of Citizens Trapped in Elevator Here is our first hot topic of the day. A 119 emergency call was received, but no voice could be heard on the other end. SBS Jul 8, 2026 1:26 PM

Exclusive: 'Jang Yoon-gi Case' Investigator Says Team Leader Ordered Him to 'Leave Cable Ties Alone' The special investigation team of the National Office of Investigation under the National Police Agency has conducted questioning of Police Officer A, who was a member of the original investigation team. SBS Jul 8, 2026 1:26 PM

Tourists Rescued After Being Stranded While Hunting for Blue Crabs With blue crab hunting recently gaining popularity on social media, two tourists who went out to catch the crabs in the middle of the night were stranded by the rising tide. SBS Jul 8, 2026 12:42 PM

DNA Synthesis Made Simple: New Technology Uses Only Temperature Changes The long-held belief that synthesizing desired DNA requires equipment costing hundreds of millions of won and complex chemical reagents has been overturned. SBS Jul 8, 2026 12:40 PM

Warrant Hearing for Police Team Leader Accused of Destroying Evidence in 'Jang Yoon-gi Case' A police team leader accused of destroying evidence—specifically zip ties that could have been used as binding tools—during the investigation into the murder of a high school student by Jang Yoon-gi , appeared for a pre-arrest warrant hearing on Wednesday, July 8. SBS Jul 8, 2026 12:39 PM