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Jeju Police Issue Urgent Statement as 'Taxi Kidnapping' Rumors Spread Online As anxiety grows following a YouTuber's claim about an acquaintance's experience—stating, "I took a taxi in Jeju at dawn and woke up in a reed field"—the Jeju Provincial Police Agency has issued an urgent explanatory statement to correct the facts. SBS Sep 8, 2026 5:04 PM

Buried in Sand and Wrapped in Plastic: Brutal Senior Bullies Handed Prison Sentences Gwangju District Court Judge Kim Sung-jun, presiding over Criminal Division 11, announced today that he sentenced two 20-year-old men, identified as A and others, to one to two years in prison each on charges including violations of the Act on the Punishment of Violations of Violence, etc. SBS Sep 8, 2026 5:04 PM

"Crushed by Hips During Tag"… Reality Revealed to Be Fatal 'Yacha Rule' Brawl Cheongju Sangdang Police Station has arrested two individuals, a man and a woman, including a suspect identified as A, on charges of causing the death of a woman in her 20s after coercing her into a physical fight with two teenage girls. SBS Sep 8, 2026 5:04 PM

Prosecutors Indict Independent Lawmaker Lee Choon-seok Over Alleged Stock Trading Under Aide's Name The Financial Investigation Division 2 of the Seoul Southern District Prosecutors' Office announced today that it has indicted Lawmaker Lee without detention on charges including violations of the Real Name Financial Transactions Act, the Electronic Financial Transactions Act, the Public Service Ethics Act, and the Improper Solicitation and Graft Act. SBS Sep 8, 2026 5:00 PM

Court Orders Local Governments to Pay 10 Million Won Each to School Cafeteria Cooks with Lung Cancer Recognized as Industrial Accidents On September 8, Judge Jeong Seon-hee of Civil Settlement Division 33 at the Seoul Central District Court partially ruled in favor of the plaintiffs in a lawsuit filed by nine individuals, including a person surnamed Kang who worked as a school cafeteria cook, against the state and four local governments: Gwangju, Jeollanam-do, Gyeongsangbuk-do, and Busan. SBS Sep 8, 2026 4:46 PM

Yoon Suk-yeol's Legal Team Cites Cho Kuk's Remarks on Narrowing False Fact Scope in Appeal Trial, Pleads for Acquittal (Photo: Provided by Seoul Central District Court, Yonhap News) The legal team for former President Yoon Suk-yeol, who was sentenced in the first instance to a sentence that would strip him of his elected status for allegedly spreading false information during the 20th presidential election, appealed for his acquittal in the second instance by citing a recent Facebook post by Cho Kuk, head of the Rebuilding Korea Party's Innovation Policy Research Institute. SBS Sep 8, 2026 4:40 PM

Truck Catches Fire on Pyeongtaek-Jecheon Expressway With No Casualties Reported A freight truck driving along an expressway caught fire and was extinguished in about 20 minutes. SBS Sep 8, 2026 4:26 PM

Kindergarten Teacher Cleared of Child Abuse Charges After Restraining Unruly Child A kindergarten teacher who stood trial on charges of leaving bruises on a child's arms while trying to restrain the child's violent behavior has been completely cleared of child abuse charges. SBS Sep 8, 2026 4:25 PM

Busan Appoints 7 Public Agency Heads, Including Former SBS Reporter Song Sung-jun to Busan Cultural Foundation Song Sung-jun, former head of the SBS Busan Bureau, has been appointed as the CEO of the Busan Cultural Foundation. SBS Sep 8, 2026 4:21 PM

Man in 30s Sentenced to 7 Years in Prison for Operating Telegram Drug Brokerage Channels Judge Choi Ri-ji of Criminal Division 7 at the Daejeon District Court sentenced the 33-year-old defendant, surnamed A, to seven years in prison today on charges of violating the Narcotics Control Act. SBS Sep 8, 2026 4:11 PM