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"Shocking" KFA Referees Sex Entertainment Scandal... Police Say "Statute of Limitations Has Expired" Police have concluded that the statute of limitations has expired for the charge of arranging prostitution in connection with the Korea Football Association "referee sex entertainment" scandal. SBS Aug 19, 2026 7:06 PM

Comprehensive Special Counsel Indicts Two Board of Audit and Inspection Officials for 'Covering Up Presidential Residence Audit' and Fabricating Evidence The 2nd Comprehensive Special Counsel Team, led by Special Prosecutor Kwon Chang-young, announced in a press release today that it has indicted two BAI officials, identified by their surnames Choi (former Director General for Public Administration and Safety Audit) and Son (former Division 1 Director of the Public Administration and Safety Audit Bureau), without detention. SBS Aug 19, 2026 7:06 PM

Comprehensive Special Counsel Indicts Col. Cho Sung-hyun Over 'Seogang Bridge Turnaround' on Insurrection Charges 3 emergency martial law not to cross Seogang Bridge. The comprehensive special counsel announced today via a media briefing that Col. SBS Aug 19, 2026 7:04 PM

Preview of Today's SBS News Hunters (August 19) On today's <SBS News Hunters>, ▶ Issue Park - Trump Reaches Out to North Korea, … SBS Aug 19, 2026 6:54 PM

Roh Kyung-pil: "No Opportunity to Meet President... Consulted Senior Secretary for Civil Affairs on Written Nomination" Roh Kyung-pil, Minister of Court Administration , addressed criticisms from the ruling party today that Chief Justice Cho Hee-dae unilaterally nominated a Supreme Court justice candidate, stating, "There was no opportunity to meet," and adding that the written nomination was discussed with the Senior Secretary for Civil Affairs. SBS Aug 19, 2026 5:49 PM

"Only You Guys, Leaving Me Out": How a Vice Principal Secretly Eavesdropped on Staff A vice principal who installed an illegal camera in the teachers' office of an elementary school in Gwangju has been referred to prosecutors. SBS Aug 19, 2026 5:34 PM

KDI Raises This Year's Growth Forecast to 3.2%, Up 0.7 Percentage Points The Korea Development Institute , a state-run think tank, has raised its economic growth forecast for South Korea this year to 3.2%, a 0.7 percentage point upward revision in just three months. SBS Aug 19, 2026 5:12 PM

Three Sanitation Workers Killed in Collision Between Dump Truck and Garbage Truck in Yeongcheon, North Gyeongsang Province Three sanitation workers aboard a garbage truck were killed early this morning around 4:00 AM when their vehicle collided with a 25-ton dump truck at the Dodong Intersection in Yeongcheon, North Gyeongsang Province. SBS Aug 19, 2026 5:08 PM

Geoje and Tongyeong Go All-Out on Recovery from Extreme Downpours... Hundreds of Evacuees Still Unable to Return Home Recovery operations are in full swing along the southern coast of Gyeongsangnam-do, which was battered by record-breaking torrential downpours. SBS Aug 19, 2026 5:04 PM

Mother Acquitted of Child Abuse After Slapping Toddler Who Pushed Her Baby Daughter A woman in her 30s who slapped a young boy on the back after he pushed and knocked over her 15-month-old daughter has been acquitted of child abuse charges in the first trial. SBS Aug 19, 2026 5:01 PM