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Unexpected Turnout: Over 100 Prosecutors Apply for Major Crime Investigation Agency Positions With more than 100 prosecutors reported to have applied for special appointments to the Major Crime Investigation Agency, set to be launched in October, a surprisingly high turnout is being noted within the prosecution service. SBS Aug 21, 2026 2:50 PM

Education Sector Demands Complete Scrap of Local Education Subsidy Reform, Threatens Joint Action The education sector has strongly protested the government's announcement of a plan to reform the local education financial grants, which centers on abolishing the linked structure through which 20.79 percent of total internal tax revenues are automatically allocated. SBS Aug 21, 2026 2:26 PM

Education Office Conducts On-Site Inspection After Students' On-Campus Smoking Causes Fire The provincial office of education has launched an on-site inspection of a vocational high school in Jecheon, North Chungcheong Province, which operated a designated smoking area for students. SBS Aug 21, 2026 2:18 PM

On-Site Inspection at High School Where Students Were Found Smoking On Campus Yesterday, we reported that a specialized high school in North Chungcheong Province had a smoking area tacitly approved by the principal, and a fire broke out while students were smoking there. SBS Aug 21, 2026 2:17 PM

On-Site Inspection Today Following School Fire Caused by Smoking By law, all elementary, middle, and high schools are strictly non-smoking zones. SBS Aug 21, 2026 2:17 PM

Fire Breaks Out From Smoking on School Grounds... Who on Earth Allowed It? Students at a high school in North Chungcheong Province were smoking when a fire broke out. SBS Aug 21, 2026 2:17 PM

Reports regarding 'Principal Creates Smoking Area Told Students to Dispose of Butts Properly in Front of Whole School' Regarding this report, the school principal's side stated, "The space in question existed even before the principal took office, and the principal has neither newly created a smoking area nor condoned student smoking. SBS Aug 21, 2026 2:13 PM

Woman Detained After Using Men's Restroom Faces Backlash Over Police Involvement A woman reportedly had the police called on her after using a restroom at a highway service area. SBS Aug 21, 2026 2:00 PM

Prosecutors Raid Home of Former First Lady Kim Ok-sook Over Roh Tae-woo Slush Fund Allegations The Criminal Proceeds Recovery Department of the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office (led by Senior Prosecutor So Jung-soo) has been conducting raids since this morning on the private residence in Yeonhui-dong, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, where Kim is staying, in connection with suspicions of violations of the Act on Regulation and Punishment of Criminal Proceeds Concealment and tax evasion by the former president's family. SBS Aug 21, 2026 2:00 PM

"Check Measles and Pertussis Vaccinations Before Heading to Asian Games" The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency has issued guidelines on major infectious disease prevention ahead of the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Summer Asian Games, which begin next month. SBS Aug 21, 2026 1:55 PM