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Automatic Lotto Winnings Payouts to Begin for Forgotten Tickets "Automatic deposit for lotto winnings" sounds like an exciting keyword. The news is that prize money you forgot to claim can now be received automatically. SBS Aug 12, 2026 8:43 AM

20 Years of Templestay, Is Tax Money Being Well Spent? [Tax Money Buried in Silence Part 1] Earlier this year, the SBS Investigative Reporting Team spent two months conducting a comprehensive analysis of 347 National Assembly budget meeting minutes totaling 17,111 pages. SBS Aug 12, 2026 8:40 AM

Illegal Immigrant Who Ran Over Citizen Lying on Road at Dawn Sentenced to 2 Years in Prison Jeonju District Court Criminal Division 3-2 (Presiding Judge Hwang Ji-ae) announced today that it dismissed the prosecutor's appeal and upheld the lower court's sentence of two years in prison for A , an Uzbek national indicted on charges including violation of the Act on the Aggravated Punishment, etc. SBS Aug 12, 2026 8:39 AM

Stopping in Your Tracks: "Ah, So Refreshing!" Why Are Doors Wide Open Everywhere? [Kim Min-jun / Reporter: When walking around areas like Myeong-dong, you often find that there aren't as many shade structures as you'd expect, making it quite hot. SBS Aug 12, 2026 8:36 AM

Heart Over Housing Prices: Apartment Residents Help Longtime Staff Member Let's take a look at our second hot topic. An apartment complex raises donations upon hearing news of a staff member's battle with illness. SBS Aug 12, 2026 8:22 AM

Doors Open, AC Blasting in Heatwave... Local Govts Not Even Enforcing Crackdowns These days, many shops keep their doors wide open while blasting their air conditioning. SBS Aug 12, 2026 7:55 AM

Grandmother Arrested Over Death of 11-Year-Old Boy Despite Repeated Abuse Reports Following the death of an 11-year-old boy at a church in Cheonan, South Chungcheong Province, the boy's maternal grandmother has been taken into custody, following the earlier arrest of the church pastor. SBS Aug 12, 2026 7:51 AM

Marine Soldier Escapes Base Over Fence, Caught on Train Hours Later According to the Marine Corps on the 11th, Private A of the 1st Marine Division scaled the fence and deserted the base on the afternoon of the 8th. SBS Aug 12, 2026 7:31 AM

Up to KRW 19.2 Million for Youth Getting Jobs in Regional Areas... Stronger Support for Regional Youth Employment Good news for young people who find jobs in regional areas, as support funds are set to see a significant increase. SBS Aug 12, 2026 7:30 AM

Visiting Byeokun Valley, a "Subway-Accessible Summer Resort": Choked with Garbage Amid Fame On the morning of August 11, at the entrance of Byeokun Valley, a "subway-accessible" summer retreat about a 17-minute walk from Suraksan Station on Subway Line 7. SBS Aug 12, 2026 7:09 AM