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Special Counsel Submits Opinion to Supreme Court: "Yoon and Kim Reached Consensus on Myung Tae-kyun's Opinion Polls" The special counsel team submitted the 48-page opinion to the Supreme Court's Second Division (presided over by Justice Park Young-jae), which is hearing Kim's case, yesterday . SBS Jul 21, 2026 3:21 PM

Group Arrested for Extorting Waste Management Companies by Threatening Negative Coverage The Anti-Corruption and Economic Crime Investigation Unit of the Daejeon Metropolitan Police Agency announced that it has arrested three people, including a 50-year-old publisher of an online news outlet, on charges of extortion. SBS Jul 21, 2026 3:19 PM

Appellate Court Increases Compensation to 80 Million Won for YouTuber Tzuyang in Extortion Case Against 'Goo Je-yeok' The amount of compensation that Goo Je-yeok (real name Lee Joon-hee), who was sentenced to prison for extorting mukbang YouTuber Tzuyang (real name Park Jung-won), must pay has been increased to 80 million won in the appellate trial. SBS Jul 21, 2026 3:17 PM

198 Government Awards Revoked for Involvement in 12·12 Coup, 5·18 Crackdown, and Fabricated Spy Cases The government has revoked 198 government awards that were previously granted to individuals involved in the December 12 military insurrection, the suppression of the May 18 Democratization Movement, martial law operations, and fabricated espionage cases. SBS Jul 21, 2026 3:13 PM

Additional Flight Safety Zone Restrictions Lifted at Sejong Jochiwon Airfield, Totaling 90% Reduction Sejong City announced that the Ministry of National Defense will lift restrictions on an additional 0.7 square kilometers of the flight safety zone around Jochiwon Airfield tomorrow, July 22. SBS Jul 21, 2026 3:11 PM

Eight Stores Caught Selling Illegally Imported Food Items Intended for Personal Use The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety announced that it conducted a joint inspection with the Korea Customs Service, targeting 15 locations, including imported snack discount stores with high volumes of overseas direct purchase history. SBS Jul 21, 2026 3:04 PM

Woman Dubbed 'Ol-darc' Faces Arrest Hearing for Blocking Jamsil Vote Counting Station Protesters, including a woman who blocked staff from a sports organization affiliated with the Korean Sport & Olympic Committee from entering the vote counting station at the Olympic Park Handball Gymnasium last month, are facing a critical decision on whether they will be detained. SBS Jul 21, 2026 3:00 PM

Ministry of Education: Degrees of Foreign Students Who Cheated on TOPIK to Be Revoked, Scholarships to Be Clawed Back The Ministry of Education distributed a press reference containing this information today in relation to the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency's briefing on the "arrest of a group of foreigners involved in TOPIK cheating." The Ministry of Education emphasized, "Using this case as a turning point, we intend to deal sternly with those involved in cheating to ensure that TOPIK examinees realize they cannot gain any benefits from scores obtained through illicit acts and that they will face strict punishment." It added, "We will notify the universities to which each cheater belongs regarding the disciplinary actions for TOPIK misconduct so that the universities can immediately take measures such as revoking degrees and clawing back scholarships for the individuals concerned." According to the "Basic Operating Regulations for TOPIK," individuals who request a proxy test or take a test on behalf of someone else will have their test results invalidated and will be disqualified from taking the exam for four years. SBS Jul 21, 2026 2:58 PM

Car Crashes Into 5 Parked Vehicles, Hits 2 Pedestrians in Seongnam Alleyway today , a K3 sedan driven by a woman in her 50s, identified as A, struck two pedestrians in their 30s in an alleyway in Changgok-dong, Sujeong-gu, Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province. SBS Jul 21, 2026 2:56 PM

21 Education Groups Oppose Cuts to Education Grants, Citing Growing Challenges Despite Declining Student Numbers Three major teacher organizations and various education-related civic groups have voiced their collective opposition to the government's plan to reform the local education finance grant system. SBS Jul 21, 2026 2:54 PM