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Cheonan Factory Fire Kills 3: Officials Secure Statements from Personnel According to the South Chungcheong Provincial Police Agency and the Cheonan Office of the Ministry of Employment and Labor, police and labor authorities are conducting reference witness interrogations of the company's production process manager, other officials, and staff. SBS Aug 29, 2026 5:29 PM

Referee's Shocking Sexually Harassing Remark Halts WK League Match A controversy has erupted after a referee made a sexually harassing remark about Ji So-yun, a star player in the women's semi-professional WK League, during a match. SBS Aug 29, 2026 5:19 PM

Ignoring Designs Led to Resident's Death… Ending in a Landslide Chuncheon District Court's Criminal Division 2 announced that it has dismissed the appeals filed by A, the actual representative of the civil engineering contractor for the solar power plant, and B, the site manager, who were indicted on charges of occupational manslaughter, upholding the lower court's ruling of eight months in prison suspended for two years for each. SBS Aug 29, 2026 5:19 PM

Police Conduct Reenactment Experiment Following Doubts Over Palm Tree Hanging in Jeju Case According to the Jeju Provincial Police Agency, the police reenacted the suspected method of Jang's suicide on the 27th at the palm tree field in Hallim-eup, Jeju City, where her body was discovered. SBS Aug 29, 2026 5:19 PM

"Worker Crushed Under Train"… Fatal Accident Occurs While Communicating With Engineer via Radio According to the Seoul Railroad Special Judicial Police and firefighting authorities, the accident occurred at around 7:20 a.m. SBS Aug 29, 2026 4:54 PM

Man in 80s Arrested for Murdering Wife in Namyangju, Claiming Decades of Caregiving An elderly man in his 80s has been arrested by police on charges of murdering his wife in her 70s in Namyangju, Gyeonggi Province. SBS Aug 29, 2026 4:44 PM

"I Cared for Her for Decades"... Octogenarian Husband Arrested for Murdering Wife According to the Namyangju Nambu Police Station, a report was received at 12:15 PM today stating that a woman in her 70s, identified as A, was found dead at a villa in Hwado-eup, Namyangju. SBS Aug 29, 2026 4:44 PM

"Average Age of 27"... South Korea's Youngest Village South Korea's Youngest Village? South Korea is currently facing the crises of regional and rural extinction. SBS Aug 29, 2026 4:19 PM

Unlicensed Driver Runs 17 km, Drug Syringes Found in Car The Seoul Dongdaemun Police Station announced that it has apprehended a man in his 30s, surnamed A, on charges including violations of the Narcotics Control Act and driving without a license. SBS Aug 29, 2026 3:32 PM

Government Dispatches 9 More Rapid Response Team Members Today; Helicopter Operations Remain Restricted The Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that the additional team, consisting of one official from the ministry and eight from the National Fire Agency, is scheduled to leave for Nepal. SBS Aug 29, 2026 3:27 PM