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Today's Major News 1. Heavy Rain Exceeding 900mm Pounds Geoje, South Gyeongsang Province, Over Two Days; Landslide Leaves Three Casualties More than 900 millimeters of torrential rain battered Geoje, South Gyeongsang Province, over a two-day period. SBS Aug 18, 2026 6:06 AM

Rain on South Coast Until Morning, Scattered Showers in Afternoon, Followed by Sweltering Heat Today, Tuesday , rain will continue mainly along the southern coast until the morning, while scattered showers are expected across various parts of the country starting in the afternoon. SBS Aug 18, 2026 5:50 AM

13 People Fall from Incheon Grand Bridge This Year, Up From Last Year According to the Incheon Coast Guard on the 16th, 13 people have fallen into the sea from the Incheon Grand Bridge between the beginning of this year and the 13th. SBS Aug 18, 2026 5:26 AM

Daycare Teacher Fined 3 Million Won for Force-Feeding Dry-Heaving Child Ulsan District Court Judge Shin Hye-won, presiding over Criminal Chamber 2, announced on the 16th that she sentenced A, a daycare teacher who stood trial on charges of violating the Act on Special Cases Concerning the Punishment of Child Abuse Crimes, to a fine of 3 million won and ordered the completion of a 40-hour child abuse treatment program. SBS Aug 18, 2026 5:25 AM

Diving Shop Operator Faces 2-Year Prison Sentence for Illegally Filming Showering Customer According to legal circles on the 16th, the Jeju District Prosecutors' Office requested a two-year prison sentence for a man in his 30s, identified as A, who was indicted without detention on charges of violating the Act on Special Cases Concerning the Punishment, etc. SBS Aug 18, 2026 5:24 AM

Deceiving Courts with Fake Contracts... 'Zero-Equity Villa' Scam Nets 4.5 Billion Won The targets of the crime were so-called "jeonju," investors looking to roll over and grow their money. SBS Aug 18, 2026 5:23 AM

Why a Man in His 50s Accused of Beating Cohabitant to Death Was Acquitted After 2 Years The 1st Criminal Division of the Jeonju District Court's Jeongeup Branch (Presiding Judge Jung Young-ha) announced on the 15th that it had acquitted a 52-year-old man identified as A, who had been indicted on charges of assault resulting in death. SBS Aug 18, 2026 5:22 AM

Teenage Daughter Arrested for Pouring Boiling Water on Mother Who Tried to Stop Her From Running Away The Namyangju Nambu Police Station arrested the teenager, surnamed A, at the scene on the 15th on charges of special assault against an ascendant. SBS Aug 18, 2026 5:22 AM

Teacher Indicted for Dozens of Sexual Assaults and Harassment Against Middle School Student Teacher A is accused of sexually assaulting and harassing his student, B, some 20 times over the past two months. SBS Aug 18, 2026 5:22 AM

27-Year-Old South Korean Official Spends 320,000 Won of Own Money to Run 'Bonghwa Apple' Ad in New York Officer Kim , an agricultural official at the Distribution and Special Crops Division of the Bonghwa-gun Agricultural Technology Center, recently spent 329,000 won of his own money to feature an ad promoting Bonghwa apples in New York's Times Square. SBS Aug 18, 2026 5:19 AM