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"Sweeping the Han River Clean": Suspended Foreigners Spark Alarm After Mass Catch Warning Issued Against Mass Collection of Cicada Nymphs. Last year, cases were reported of foreigners catching cicada nymphs in large quantities along the Han River. SBS Aug 19, 2026 11:35 AM

Passenger Has Accident on Bus, But Touching Twist Awaits at Rest Stop Today, we start with a heartwarming story. Yes, on the 16th, an express bus heading from Seoul to Yangsan had an incident where a passenger, appearing to be in their 50s or 60s, had an accident in their seat. SBS Aug 19, 2026 11:35 AM

12,000 Tons of Water Submerge Tongyeong Apartment Underground Parking Lot: "Never Seen Anything Like This" "I've lived here for about 10 years, and it's the first time I've ever seen it flooded like this from heavy rain." On the afternoon of yesterday , loud roaring noises from drainage pumps echoed near the entrance of the underground parking lot at an apartment complex in Misu-dong, Tongyeong, South Gyeongsang Province. SBS Aug 19, 2026 11:29 AM

Geoje Apartment Landslide Echoes Similar Disaster From 6 Years Ago, Raising Alarms for Residential Areas Below Mountains Following a landslide triggered by record-breaking downpours on the 17th in Geoje, South Gyeongsang Province, which left one person dead and two injured, experts are pointing out the urgent need for thorough safety inspections on residential areas located beneath mountains, noting that a similar accident occurred in Geoje six years ago. SBS Aug 19, 2026 11:29 AM

Fined 3 Million Won for Contacting Debtor 169 Times to Demand Repayment of 100 Million Won Ulsan District Court announced today that Judge Cho Kuk-in of Criminal Division 5 sentenced an individual identified as A, who was indicted for violating the Act on Fair Debt Collection Practices, to a fine of 3 million won. SBS Aug 19, 2026 11:26 AM

1 in 4 South Korean Adults Has Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Fatty Liver Disease… Healthy Lifestyle Cuts Risk by Up to 32% The Korea National Institute of Health , under the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency , announced that an analysis of data from 23,111 adult men and women aged 19 to 80 who participated in the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey revealed a MASLD prevalence rate of 24.1%. SBS Aug 19, 2026 11:24 AM

3 Sanitation Workers Killed in Early Morning Dump Truck and Garbage Truck Collision Three sanitation workers aboard a garbage truck were killed in a collision with a 25-ton dump truck at an intersection in Yeongcheon, North Gyeongsang Province, during the early morning hours. SBS Aug 19, 2026 11:23 AM

Ordered to Do 100 Push-Ups Despite Pleas to Stop, Soldier Suffers Rhabdomyolysis and Cola-Colored Urine Forced to do 100 push-ups. A military officer suspected of coercing a soldier into push-ups to the point of causing his muscles to break down has been handed over to military prosecutors. SBS Aug 19, 2026 11:09 AM

"Boss, Sell Me This Trash": A Brilliant Idea That Revitalized a Quiet Rural Village Onions harvested in early summer are stacked neatly. Cho Ga-ram, a CEO of a cosmetics company based in Seoul who was born and raised in Iksan, turned her attention to discarded onion peels. SBS Aug 19, 2026 11:06 AM

Joint Investigation Team Questions Seocho-gu Election Commission Official; Special Prosecutor Lee Tae-han to Visit The joint police-prosecution investigation team for uncovering the truth behind the infringement of citizens' right to vote (headed by Kim Tae-hoon, the 3rd Deputy Chief Prosecutor of the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office) is summoning the head of the secretariat of the Seocho-gu Election Commission today to question him as a suspect regarding the ballot paper shortage. SBS Aug 19, 2026 10:55 AM