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Gyeonggi Provincial Council PPP: "Fund Borrowing During Lee Jae-myung's Tenure Caused Fiscal Crisis" In a press release issued that day, the provincial council's PPP argued, "Governor Choo Mi-ae is only taking issue with the local bond issuance of former Governor Kim Dong-yeon, but the beginning of the '7 trillion won debt era' stems from fund borrowing under the 7th popular administration of then-Governor Lee Jae-myung." According to the provincial council's PPP, Gyeonggi Province drew from the Unified Fiscal Stabilization Fund and the Regional Development Fund starting in 2020 while President Lee served as governor to fund disaster relief subsidies and other expenditures. SBS Aug 13, 2026 6:06 PM

Hwaseong to Pay 6.6 Billion Won in Compensation to 28,707 Residents Affected by Military Noise The recipients are residents who lived in noise countermeasure zones designated by the Ministry of National Defense between January and December of last year. SBS Aug 13, 2026 6:04 PM

Semiconductor Material Firm Indicted for Massive 350 Billion Won Collusion Despite Client Price-Cut Requests The Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office's Criminal Proceeds Recovery Department (led by Chief Prosecutor So Jeong-su) announced today that it has indicted five individuals, including the current and former CEOs and executives of semiconductor material firm Company A, as well as the corporate entity itself, without detention on charges of violating the Fair Trade Act. SBS Aug 13, 2026 6:01 PM

Supreme Court Rules Monthly Rent Can Be Confiscated from Landlord Who Rented Out Motel for Prostitution The Supreme Court's Third Division (presiding Justice Oh Seok-jun) overturned the lower court's ruling, which did not order confiscation in the case of a defendant identified as A, who was indicted for violating the Act on the Punishment of Acts of Arranging Sexual Traffic, and sent the case back to the Seoul Central District Court. SBS Aug 13, 2026 5:52 PM

Supreme Prosecutors' Office to Pilot 'Public Prosecution Office' System at Four Agencies Ahead of October Reform The Supreme Prosecutors' Office announced plans to conduct a four-week "pilot implementation before the enforcement of the revised Criminal Procedure Act" starting on the 18th and running through September 11 at four total locations: the Seoul Northern District Prosecutors' Office, Daegu Seobu Branch Prosecutors' Office, Masan Branch Prosecutors' Office, and Nonsan Branch Prosecutors' Office. SBS Aug 13, 2026 5:50 PM

Over 1,000 Deepfake Sex Exploitation Materials Found: Chinese Graduate Student's Shocking Method The prosecution has demanded a three-year prison sentence for a Chinese international student charged with producing more than 1,000 deepfake sexually exploitative materials using the faces of his female graduate school colleagues. SBS Aug 13, 2026 5:43 PM

Family Tourist Motorboat Overturns Off Yeosu Coast, Leaving Two Dead On the morning of the 8th, a tourist motorboat carrying a family of four tourists and the captain suddenly capsized while operating in the waters off Odongdo, Yeosu, Jeollanam-do. SBS Aug 13, 2026 5:25 PM

Fire Breaks Out at Asphalt Manufacturing Plant in Jincheon, North Chungcheong Province; Man in 60s Suffers Second-Degree Burns Over Entire Body At around 1:30 PM today , a fire broke out at an asphalt manufacturing plant in Gwanghyeowon-myeon, Jincheon-gun, North Chungcheong Province. SBS Aug 13, 2026 5:10 PM

"Feels Like Homeplus Again"... Crowds and Smiles on Reopening Day "A tray of eggs for 4,900 won, green onions for 2,900 won, pork butt for 8,000 won. SBS Aug 13, 2026 5:02 PM

Naked Man with Hammer Smashes Apartment Doors in Gangnam The Seoul Suseo Police Station announced today that it has booked a man identified as A on charges including special property damage and violations of the Narcotics Control Act. SBS Aug 13, 2026 5:02 PM