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"Are There Pro-Japanese Collaborators Among My Ancestors?" Surge in Searches Causes Temporary Outage Recently, the number of people trying to check their ancestors and family roots has increased significantly. SBS Aug 17, 2026 11:21 AM

Landslide Strikes Apartment First Floor in Geoje, Leaving 1 Dead and 2 Rescued A landslide occurred near an apartment complex in Okpo-dong, Geoje, Gyeongsangnam-do, crashing into the first floor of an apartment building. SBS Aug 17, 2026 11:21 AM

Central Disaster Countermeasures Headquarters Activates Level 1 for Heavy Rain in Southern Regions; Flood Damage Concentrated in Gyeongnam and Geoje The Ministry of the Interior and Safety announced that it activated Level 1 of the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters starting at 6:00 a.m. SBS Aug 17, 2026 10:45 AM

Is This Price Right? Breaking Down the Cost of a Controversial Tteokbokki Set Recently, there was a controversy over a pricey tteokbokki set sold at a water park. SBS Aug 17, 2026 10:06 AM

Special Rescue Team Deployed Urgently for Heavy Rain in Geoje Following continuous heavy rainfall in the Geoje region of Gyeongsangnam-do early this morning , which led to a series of flooding and landslide damages, the National Fire Agency urgently deployed a special rescue team. SBS Aug 17, 2026 9:54 AM

Landslide Hits Geoje Apartment: 1 Dead, 2 Rescued on First Floor At around 4:40 a.m. today , a landslide occurred near an apartment complex in Okpo-dong, Geoje, Gyeongsangnam-do, engulfing the first floor of the building. SBS Aug 17, 2026 9:49 AM

"Emotional Isolation and Negative Experiences Found to Influence Suicidal and Self-Harming Thoughts Among Isolated and Reclusive Youth" Emotional isolation and negative life experiences have been found to influence suicidal and self-harming thoughts among isolated and reclusive young people. SBS Aug 17, 2026 9:05 AM

19% of Normal-Weight Women Consider Themselves Obese... Over 4 Times That of Men According to the Korean Society for the Study of Obesity, when adults aged 20 and older who participated in the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey by the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency from 2022 to 2024 were asked about their subjective body perception, 18.9% of women with a normal weight considered themselves to be obese. SBS Aug 17, 2026 9:03 AM

1 in Cardiac Arrest Following Landslide in Geoje's Okpo-dong... Search Operations Underway At around 4:30 a.m. today , a landslide occurred in Okpo-dong, Geoje, Gyeongsangnam-do, hitting a nearby apartment complex and sending mud and debris flowing into the first floor of an apartment building. SBS Aug 17, 2026 8:48 AM

Head for the Stairs in a Fire? The Paradox in Fire Response Manuals for People with Disabilities The fire response manual for people with disabilities is reportedly out of touch with reality. SBS Aug 17, 2026 8:31 AM