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Morning News Briefing: Sports Federation Staff Enter Olympic Park After 95 Days of Blockade Protests 1. Employees from nine sports organizations, including the Korea Handball Federation, entered the Handball Gymnasium at Olympic Park this morning alongside police and a special investigation team from the election commission. SBS Sep 8, 2026 2:11 PM

"It Looks Like It's Going to Explode" and "Kimchi Grenade"... Video Sparks Concerns Foreigners these days really love Kimchi, and many even make it themselves. But a video posted by a foreign netizen has sparked widespread concern, right? Recently, a foreigner posted a video on social media showing homemade kimchi being fermented in a glass jar. SBS Sep 8, 2026 2:07 PM

Supreme Court Rules Medical Staff Not Liable in Liver Transplant Case Linked to Dapsone Side Effects The Second Petty Bench of the Supreme Court (presided over by Justice Kwon Young-jun) overturned the lower court rulings that had sentenced a dermatologist, Dr. SBS Sep 8, 2026 2:01 PM

Prosecutors Seek 2-Year Prison Sentence for Woman in Her 40s Who Spat on Police During Vote-Counting Center Protest During the first trial for 45-year-old Kim held at the Seoul Eastern District Court today , prosecutors asked the court to sentence her to two years in prison. SBS Sep 8, 2026 1:50 PM

Fugitive Convicted of Murder 29 Years Ago Among Foreign Criminals Hiding in South Korea It has been confirmed that as of last month, more than 100 foreign nationals who committed crimes abroad have fled to South Korea. SBS Sep 8, 2026 1:50 PM

Korean National Police Agency Expands Conflict-of-Interest Recusal Rule to Include Siblings The Korean National Police Agency announced today that it is implementing recusal guidelines that prohibit direct investigations into cases involving spouses, direct ascendants and descendants, and brothers and sisters, transferring them to other police offices instead. SBS Sep 8, 2026 1:46 PM

Paid Off 50 Billion Won in Debt with Taxes, but Facing Forced Auction... Namwon Theme Park Faces Endless Hurdles The Namwon theme park project, pursued with loan guarantees from the city of Namwon, is facing one hurdle after another. SBS Sep 8, 2026 1:38 PM

"I Will Explain at the Hearing"... Favor-Peddling Allegations Assigned to Yeongdeungpo Police Station Kim Seung-won, nominee for Minister of Justice, who is engulfed in various allegations including lobbying the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety, stated on his way to work today that he will explain everything in detail at the confirmation hearing. SBS Sep 8, 2026 1:29 PM

Suwon Education Office Orders Correction After Kim Seung-won's Wife's Care Center Illegally Uses "School" in Name It has been confirmed that the regional education support office has conducted an on-site inspection of a welfare facility that has been embroiled in controversy over salary payments to the wife and children of Justice Minister nominee Kim Seung-won. SBS Sep 8, 2026 1:09 PM

"Have a Safe Trip": The Absurd Story of Police Letting a Suspect Go A fraud victim personally tracked down the suspect's whereabouts and requested the police make an arrest, only for the responding officers to let the suspect slip away. SBS Sep 8, 2026 1:00 PM