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Jang Dong-hyeok: "If It Is True the President Played Golf, It Is Grounds for Impeachment" ▲ People Power Party Representative Jang Dong-hyeok People Power Party Represent… SBS Jul 16, 2026 10:00 AM

Government and Ruling Party to Establish Unified Armed Forces Academy in Daejeon Jaundae The government decided today to establish a four-year unified Armed Forces Academy, integrating the existing Army, Navy, and Air Force academies, in the Jaundae area of Daejeon, which is densely populated with military education and training facilities. SBS Jul 16, 2026 9:50 AM

Cho Bae-sook: "Ruling Party's New Criminal Procedure Act Amendment? Unequal for General Public... Jang Dong-hyeok's Position? Can Be Left to Him" - Opposes abolition of supplementary investigation rights but maintains Legislation and Judiciary Committee boycott - Ruling party's stance seems to have shifted with growing 'caution'.. SBS Jul 16, 2026 9:33 AM

Kang Deuk-gu Slams Rhyu Si-min's 'Blatant Dissing' of President, Urges Jung Chung-rae to Reflect on Nomination Regrets - Rhyu Si-min says "Lee administration is on a path to failure"?..He is distorting the facts. SBS Jul 16, 2026 9:32 AM

Ruling Party and Government to Consolidate Military Academies into Unified 'Armed Forces Academy' The Democratic Party of Korea and the government have agreed to concentrate their efforts on accelerating the establishment of a four-year unified Armed Forces Academy, integrating the existing Army, Navy, and Air Force academies. SBS Jul 16, 2026 8:53 AM

People Power Party Proposes '3 Victim Protection Acts' to Counter Prosecution Reform The People Power Party has proposed amendments to existing laws that would maintain the prosecution's authority to request supplementary investigations. SBS Jul 16, 2026 7:02 AM

Conflict Over 'Supplementary Investigation Rights' Intensifies: Fallout from Claims That 'The President Does Not Want It' Disagreements are deepening within the Democratic Party over the abolition of the prosecution's supplementary investigation rights. SBS Jul 16, 2026 6:21 AM

"Explanation of Forced Labor Still Insufficient"... UNESCO Recommends 'Improvements' to Japan It has already been two years since the Sado Mine in Japan, a site of forced labor for Koreans, was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage site. SBS Jul 16, 2026 1:33 AM

Are South Korea-U.S. Relations Tangled? Ambassador to the U.S. Makes 'Unusual' Return Kang Kyung-wha, the South Korean Ambassador to the United States, has made an unusual temporary return to Seoul while serving in her post. SBS Jul 16, 2026 1:28 AM

Conflict Over 'Supplementary Investigation Rights'… Fallout From Claims That 'The President Does Not Want It' Within the ruling party, opinions have publicly clashed between those arguing that the prosecution's supplementary investigation rights should be exceptionally permitted to protect the socially vulnerable, and those claiming that anything short of a complete abolition would be a retreat from prosecution reform. SBS Jul 16, 2026 12:30 AM