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"Inje Sinnam" SNS Buzz Yields Real Results as Local Governments Go All In Social media's influence has grown to the point where we can truly call this the golden age of social networking services. SBS Sep 7, 2026 12:32 PM

National Election Commission Special Counsel Officially Launches: "We Will Not Be Swayed by Political Controversy" The special counsel team tasked with investigating the ballot paper shortage and… SBS Sep 7, 2026 12:18 PM

Today's Major News 1. Kim Seung-won, nominee for Minister of Justice, emphasized that there was no illicit solicitation or external pressure regarding allegations surrounding requests for clinical trial approval for a COVID-19 therapeutic. SBS Sep 7, 2026 12:14 PM

Seoul Housing Starts Surge 44.4% in January–July; Permits Also Up 6.1% The Seoul Metropolitan Government announced that housing permits in Seoul totaled 28,634 households and housing starts reached 19,507 households from January to July this year. SBS Sep 7, 2026 11:41 AM

Supreme Court Upholds Guilty Verdict for Resident and Manager in Fatal Parking Tower Fall The Supreme Court has finalized a guilty verdict, recognizing the negligence of an officetel manager and a neighboring resident who operated a mechanical parking tower with a sleeping occupant still inside, leading to a fatal fall accident. SBS Sep 7, 2026 11:08 AM

Worried About His Son Until the Very End... 'Peter Pan Dad' Passes Away Jeon Gyeong-cheol, who was known as the "Peter Pan Dad" after raising his severely autistic son for 27 years, passed away on the 5th at the age of 64. SBS Sep 7, 2026 11:06 AM

Incheon Soraepogu Festival to Open Next Month on the 2nd with Rich Ecological Experiences and Cultural Events This festival will take place around the Soraepogu Haeoreum Plaza and the Soraepogu tourism belt under the theme "Shall We Play in Sorae?" On the first day of the event, a seafood cooking contest, the Sorae Sea Parade, and a bountiful catch musical will be followed by a celebratory performance by the band Crying Nut and an offshore fireworks show. SBS Sep 7, 2026 10:55 AM

Goheung, Yeongju, and Anseong Win Grand Prizes at 2nd SBS-MOIS Hometown Love Donation Awards... Top Local Governments to Receive 500 Million Won Marking "Hometown Love Day" on September 4, the 2nd SBS-Ministry of the Interior and Safety Hometown Love Donation Awards ceremony took place at SBS Prism Tower in Sangam-dong, Seoul, where the grand prizes were awarded to Goheung-gun , South Jeolla Province-Gwangju Unified Special City; Yeongju-si , North Gyeongsang Province; and Anseong-si , Gyeonggi Province. SBS Sep 7, 2026 10:49 AM

Stepping Onto Someone Else's Property Due to Stomach Pain... What Is the Penalty? According to the legal community on the 6th, A was indicted on charges of trespassing for crossing the yard of a detached house in Boeun-eup, Boeun-gun, Chungcheongbuk-do, and defecating in front of the boiler room at 3:50 p.m. SBS Sep 7, 2026 10:47 AM

Kim Seung-won: "No Illegal Solicitation to Ministry of Food and Drug Safety… Where Did Han Dong-hoon Get Investigation Data?" Kim Seung-won, nominee for Minister of Justice, stated today regarding the allegations of solicitation concerning the approval of COVID-19 treatment clinical trials, "I take heavily the point that I should have been much more cautious in the process of conveying civil petitions." Reiterating that he had never made any illegal solicitations to the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety, he demanded that independent lawmaker Han Dong-hoon, who raised the allegations, reveal where he obtained the investigation data and appear at the confirmation hearing to prove his claims. SBS Sep 7, 2026 10:44 AM