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Nepalese Worker in His 30s Found in Cardiac Arrest at Livestock Farm in Hongseong, Chungnam A Nepalese national was found in a state of cardiac arrest at a livestock farm in Hongseong, South Chungcheong Province, at approximately 8:20 p.m. SBS Jul 12, 2026 10:14 AM

Administrative Court Rules Fines for Immigration Control Act Violations Are Not Subject to Administrative Litigation The 10th Administrative Division of the Seoul Administrative Court (Presiding Judge Jeong Eun-young) dismissed a lawsuit filed by an individual, identified as A, against the state in April, in which A sought a declaratory judgment that the obligation to pay the fine did not exist. SBS Jul 12, 2026 9:48 AM

Supreme Court Rules Against Disability Benefit Claim for Chronic Lung Disease After Miner's Death from Lung Cancer The court determined that disability benefits can only be granted when a medical condition has reached a stabilized state. SBS Jul 12, 2026 9:36 AM

Supreme Court to Rule on Kim Keon-hee’s Stock Manipulation and Bribery Case on July 16; Appeals Trial for Yoon Suk Yeol’s Treason Charges Begins The Supreme Court is set to deliver its final ruling this week for First Lady Kim Keon-hee, who was sentenced to four years in prison in her second trial on charges including stock manipulation involving Deutsch Motors, receiving bribes from the Unification Church, and accepting free public opinion surveys from political broker Myung Tae-kyun. SBS Jul 12, 2026 9:32 AM

Heat Wave Sweeps Across Korea as Monsoon Rains Subside; Temperatures Hit 39.9°C As the monsoon rains have ceased, intense heat has blanketed the entire country as if the rain had never happened. SBS Jul 12, 2026 9:22 AM

First-Half Theater Ticket Sales More Than Double Year-on-Year, Reaching Record High Since 2014 According to data from the Performing Arts Integrated Computer Network, the total ticket sales for the theater genre in the first half of this year amounted to approximately 75.9 billion won. SBS Jul 12, 2026 9:21 AM

Jang Yun-gi's Second Trial Set for Monday; Focus on Confession Regarding Sexual Assault Motive of Sexual Crimes, at the main criminal courtroom of the Gwangju District Court on the morning of July 13. SBS Jul 12, 2026 8:45 AM

Police Raid Gwangju Leadership in 'Jang Yoon-gi Investigation' Case; Probing Potential Higher-Level Interference The police, currently investigating allegations of misconduct in the case of Jang Yoon-gi, who murdered a high school girl in Gwangju, have launched a search and seizure operation targeting the Gwangju Metropolitan Police Agency's leadership. SBS Jul 12, 2026 7:11 AM

Fire Breaks Out at Vinyl Greenhouses Near Cheonggyesan Mountain in Seoul; 6 Structures Destroyed A fire broke out at a group of vinyl greenhouses near Cheonggyesan Mountain in Seocho-gu, Seoul, at approximately 9:20 p.m. SBS Jul 12, 2026 7:08 AM

Fire Breaks Out at Vinyl Greenhouse Near Cheonggyesan Mountain; No Casualties Reported yesterday . There were no casualties, but the fire completely destroyed six structures, including a vinyl greenhouse used for residential purposes. SBS Jul 12, 2026 3:35 AM