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Man Leaves Dozens of Dogs in Garbage-Filled Home: "I Want to Live Ordinarily" On August 27, Judge Park Dong-wook of the Chuncheon District Court held the first trial for 64-year-old A, who is charged with violating the Animal Protection Act. SBS Aug 28, 2026 8:00 AM

Life Sentence for Kim So-young in Motel Serial Drug Murders; Bereaved Family Plans to Appeal Kim So-young, the defendant in the motel serial drug murder case, has been sentenced to life imprisonment in the first trial. SBS Aug 28, 2026 7:49 AM

Gaza Activist Loses Lawsuit... Ordered to Return Passport Let's take a look at our third hot topic. A Gaza activist must return their passport. SBS Aug 28, 2026 7:39 AM

Is Jeju, Ranked No. 1 in Crime Rate, Scary? A Complete Data Analysis Following the case of the mishandled missing person report in Jeju, people are increasingly saying they are afraid to visit. SBS Aug 28, 2026 7:39 AM

Supreme Court Rules 'Yangachi' Comment on Shin Dae-chul Over Lee Jae-myung Endorsement Is Not Insult The Supreme Court's Second Division (Presiding Justice Kwon Young-jun) recently overturned the lower court's ruling, which had sentenced a netizen surnamed Kim to a fine of 500,000 won on charges of insult, and sent the case back to the Jeju District Court. SBS Aug 28, 2026 7:29 AM

Claimed Calls With Missing Person Left No Records... Jeju Police Chief Vows Reinvestigation of All Missing Persons Cases We continue with our follow-up reports on the false closure of a missing person case in Jeju. SBS Aug 28, 2026 7:16 AM

"Mutilated and Abandoned in Multiple Locations"... Police Consider Psychopath Test for Suspect A Chinese university instructor in his 30s has been arrested on charges of murdering a Chinese international student. SBS Aug 28, 2026 6:37 AM

Fire Breaks Out on Oil Product Carrier Off Jawoldo, Incheon: 2 Dead, 16 Rescued A fire broke out overnight on a ship sailing off the coast of Incheon, leaving two crew members dead. SBS Aug 28, 2026 6:36 AM

"Claimed They Talked," But No Records Found... Jeju Police to Conduct Full Investigation Into Missing Persons Cases Thirteen days into the investigation regarding allegations that a missing person case in Jeju was falsely closed, the head of the Jeju Provincial Police Agency apologized to the bereaved family and the public. SBS Aug 28, 2026 6:34 AM

Today's Major News 1. Damage Scale 'Snowballs'..Death and Missing Toll Exceeds 1,800 The death toll from the massive floods in Nepal has risen to 362, with the number of missing persons also surpassing 1,400. SBS Aug 28, 2026 6:08 AM