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Group 1 Carcinogens Leached from Bottled Water in Sweltering Heatwave... Crackdowns Delayed by 2 Years? Drank Bottled Water Today Too, But Group 1 Carcinogens Found? The weather is blistering hot. SBS Aug 5, 2026 3:53 PM

Public Feedback on Absolute Evaluation for CSAT to Begin in Second Half; Reform Plan to Be Finalized Next March Under review are the transition of the College Scholastic Ability Test to an absolute grading system, the introduction of essay-type and subjective questions, and adjustments to the timing of college admission screening processes. SBS Aug 5, 2026 3:38 PM

Over 6,000 Senior Centers to Operate Daily Until 9 PM Through September Amid Heatwaves The Ministry of Health and Welfare announced that it has designated 6,363 hub senior centers nationwide in cooperation with local governments to help senior citizens escape the heat. SBS Aug 5, 2026 3:36 PM

Elementary School Principal Sends Out Fake Wedding Invitation for Son, Sparking Outrage This is truly an absurd second topic. An elementary school principal who was nearing retirement sent out wedding invitations announcing that his son was getting married, but it turned out his son was already married. SBS Aug 5, 2026 3:26 PM

Over 2,000 Elderly Residents Face Care Vacuum as 150 Living Support Workers Face Sudden Job Loss Some 150 living support workers in Jeju are facing the prospect of losing their jobs all at once by the end of this year. SBS Aug 5, 2026 3:26 PM

National Police Agency Launches Task Force for Revised Criminal Procedure Act The police are operating the "Revised Criminal Procedure Act Follow-up Task Force" starting today to implement follow-up measures following the amendment of the Criminal Procedure Act. SBS Aug 5, 2026 3:26 PM

Equipped with Bulletproof Facilities and Costing 1 Billion Won… What Did Kim Keon-hee's Office Look Like? The special counsel has reportedly secured testimonies and circumstances indicating that an office space for spouse Kim Keon-hee existed in the Yongsan Presidential Office from the early days of the Yoon Suk-yeol administration. SBS Aug 5, 2026 3:14 PM

Korea Certified Tax Accountants Association Welcomes Tax Reform on Speculative Housing, Expresses Concern Over Stronger Comprehensive Real Estate Holding Tax on Single Homeowners The association stated, "We highly evaluate the government's strong commitment to tax reform, which includes overhauling the previously irrational real estate tax system to strip away excessive tax benefits, comprehensively shifting toward a 'national housing right protection system' centered on actual residency, and pursuing the reorganization of nearly half of the tax expenditure items out of a total of 241 tax exemption and reduction systems." However, the association expressed regret that the proposals failed to properly reflect "tax systems desired by the public," such as completely exempting single-generation-one-home owners residing in their properties from the comprehensive real estate holding tax, expanding the basic inheritance tax deduction in consideration of inflation and rising housing prices, easing burdens for small and medium-sized enterprises through medical, education, and monthly rent deductions, and introducing an inflation-indexed tax system to prevent tax burdens from increasing due to inflation. SBS Aug 5, 2026 3:12 PM

Floating on Water... Harmful Algae Surge 11.5-Fold in a Week Amid Heatwave, Raising Alarm According to the Nakdong River Basin Environmental Office and other sources yesterday , the concentration of harmful blue-green algae cells measured at the Mulgeum-Meri point between Yangsan and Gimhae on August 3 was tallied at 56,949 cells per 1 milliliter. SBS Aug 5, 2026 2:59 PM

Into the Heat, Facing Even Higher Temperatures... A Constant 'Waterfall of Sweat' Without a Second to Dry Firefighters climb aboard a fire truck and rush out for a dispatch. Braving the scorching heat exceeding 35°C , they arrive at a dried-up rice paddy that could not be supplied with water. SBS Aug 5, 2026 2:47 PM