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Man in His 60s Sentenced to 5 Years in Prison for Fatal Assault on 90-Year-Old Mother On Wednesday , the Busan District Court Criminal Division 5 (Presiding Judge Kim Hyun-soon) sentenced the man, identified as A, to five years in prison on charges of fatal assault against a lineal ascendant. SBS Jul 15, 2026 5:56 PM

Father of 'Staged Attack' Suspect Remains Silent on Son's Crimes and Election Interference Allegations Jeong Geun, head of the On Hospital Group and father of Jeong I-han, the former Reform Party candidate for Busan mayor who was arrested on charges of staging a fake attack, has effectively declined to comment on his son's crimes and allegations of election interference. SBS Jul 15, 2026 5:51 PM

Busan Police Officer With History of Sex Offenses Booked for Alleged Quasi-Rape of a Minor The Busan Yeonje Police Station announced that it is investigating a police inspector in his 30s, identified as A, from the Busan Metropolitan Police Agency on charges of quasi-rape. SBS Jul 15, 2026 5:47 PM

Man in His 60s Sentenced to 5 Years in Prison for Beating 90-Year-Old Mother to Death Over Bowel Accident A man in his 60s has been sentenced to five years in prison for assaulting his 90-year-old mother, leading to her death. SBS Jul 15, 2026 5:40 PM

News Story: "I Was Sued 11 Times"... Victims of Infidelity Turned Into Criminals Witnessing an Affair and Winning a Civil Suit, Only to Face Criminal Charges? Choi Mi-jin was living an ordinary life as a newlywed until her husband suddenly demanded a divorce. SBS Jul 15, 2026 5:39 PM

Supreme Court to Live Broadcast Ruling on Kim Keon-hee's Stock Manipulation and Unification Church Bribery Case on July 24 The Supreme Court's Second Petty Bench (Presiding Justice Kwon Young-jun, Justice in charge Park Young-jae) announced its decision to live broadcast the sentencing hearing for Kim, which is scheduled for 2:00 PM on July 24. SBS Jul 15, 2026 5:32 PM

Special Counsel Raids Former Minister Won Hee-ryong's Phone Over Yangpyeong Highway Allegations; Scheduling Summons The special counsel team announced that it executed a search and seizure warrant for the former minister's mobile phone today . SBS Jul 15, 2026 5:25 PM

Police Dismiss First-Ever 'Judicial Distortion' Complaint Against Chief Justice Cho Hee-dae The police have dismissed the first-ever complaint filed under the so-called 'judicial distortion' law, which targeted Supreme Court Chief Justice Cho Hee-dae. SBS Jul 15, 2026 5:24 PM

Gyeonggi Governor Choo Mi-ae Orders Expedited Review of Floor Area Ratio Increase for Samsung Electronics' Pyeongtaek Campus Governor Choo issued the order while personally presiding over the 2nd Semiconductor Super-Gap Strategy Meeting held on the same day. SBS Jul 15, 2026 5:21 PM

Police Team Leader in 'Jang Yoon-gi Case' Referred to Prosecution; Gwangju Police Agency Raided A special police investigation team has referred the team leader in charge of the Jang Yoon-gi case to the prosecution today under arrest, citing charges including destruction of evidence. SBS Jul 15, 2026 5:12 PM