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Horse Rescued After 40-Minute Ordeal Stuck in Tidal Flat The first piece of news: a horse fell into a tidal flat? What does that mean? It means exactly what it sounds like. SBS Aug 12, 2026 3:28 PM

Editor's Pick: A 300,000-Won Debt Escalates to Millions... "This Is a Structural Problem," Is There a Way Out? ○ Young People Who Diligently Went Bankrupt.."Saddled with Debt Upon Graduation" (Broadcast on July 26, 2026) Kang In-soo, a professor in the Department of Economics at Sookmyung Women's University, pointed out that "there is certainly an aspect of society operating unfavorably toward the youth," noting that the very cost of entering society has become too high for young people. SBS Aug 12, 2026 3:19 PM

Complaints Surge Over Cockroaches in Seoul: "A Fivefold Increase in Five Years" Just hearing the word cockroach is enough to make your skin crawl. Have complaints regarding cockroach extermination seen a sharp increase in Seoul recently? According to data from the Seoul Metropolitan Government, complaints related to cockroach control jumped significantly from 2,379 cases in 2021 to 11,789 cases last year. SBS Aug 12, 2026 3:18 PM

"Went In to Save a Colleague... Passed Out After Crying for Help" According to the police and fire authorities today , an accident occurred at around 2:58 PM on August 9 at the condensed milk storage tank inside the plant located in Jinwi-myeon, Pyeongtaek, resulting in the death of a Maeil Dairies worker identified as A, and injuries to another worker identified as B. SBS Aug 12, 2026 3:16 PM

"Tone Sounds Unusual": An Analysis of 100 Million Naver Comments A comprehensive analysis of some 100 million news comments on Naver, conducted by a joint research team from KAIST and Germany, has revealed tens of thousands of accounts suspected of foreign-linked public opinion manipulation. SBS Aug 12, 2026 3:08 PM

Comprehensive Special Counsel Fails to Question Han Dong-hoon as Witness, "No Plans for Re-Summons" The comprehensive special counsel announced through a media briefing today that "we delivered a notice via his lawmaker's office instructing lawmaker Han to appear as a witness, but he did not appear and gave no response regarding his attendance." The special counsel views the "Samcheong-dong safehouse meeting" held on December 4, 2024, as a session aimed at building a rationale to justify the martial law, and suspects that this meeting took place as an extension of the ruling party-government-presidential office meeting held earlier the same day. SBS Aug 12, 2026 2:57 PM

Teenager Riding Motorcycle Refusing to Stop Dies in Escape According to the police and fire authorities today , at 9:07 AM today, a teenage high school student identified as A, who was driving a motorcycle on a road in Daeheung-ri, Yangpyeong-eup, Yangpyeong-gun, Gyeonggi Province, crossed the center line and collided with a passenger car parked on the opposite sidewalk. SBS Aug 12, 2026 2:53 PM

Teenager Fleeing Police on Motorcycle Dies After Crashes into Parked Car At around 9:00 AM today , a teenage high school student identified as A, who was riding a motorcycle on a road in Daeheung-ri, Yangpyeong-eup, Yangpyeong-gun, Gyeonggi Province, crossed the center line and crashed into a passenger car parked on the opposite side of the road. SBS Aug 12, 2026 2:50 PM

Tens of Billions Won Made Via Exploitative Content-Baited Gambling Sites; Mastermind's Shocking Identity Revealed Police have arrested and referred a syndicate to the prosecutors for creating illicit adult video websites that distributed child and youth sexual exploitation materials and illegal hidden-camera footage, using them as bait to promote about 10 gambling websites and rake in tens of billions of won. SBS Aug 12, 2026 2:41 PM

"Like Rain in a Drought," Miryang Farmers Breathe a Sigh of Relief as National Fire Mobilization Order Issued "If everything is ready, we will begin drawing water." As severe drought continues and reservoirs dry up in Miryang, Gyeongsangnam-do, water tank trucks from fire headquarters across the country began arriving one after another starting this morning . SBS Aug 12, 2026 2:39 PM