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Supreme Court Rules Prosecutor's Initiation of Investigation Includes Probe Started by Investigator Under Direction Article 4, Paragraph 2 of the Prosecutors' Office Act stipulates that a prosecutor cannot indict a crime for which they themselves initiated the investigation. SBS Sep 9, 2026 3:09 PM

Prosecutors Appeal Acquittal in Retrial of Late Poet Kim Nam-joo Over 'Namminjeon' Case Prosecutors submitted their appeal yesterday to Criminal Settlement Division 28 of the Seoul Central District Court (Presiding Judge Han Dae-kyun). SBS Sep 9, 2026 3:07 PM

4 Out of 100 Hand Sanitizers Fail Content Test To ensure the quality of hand sanitizers, the ministry collected and tested 100 hand sanitizer products distributed both online and offline. SBS Sep 9, 2026 3:04 PM

Victim Trapped and Left for 27 Hours Found Frozen Without Visible Trauma The body of a woman in her 60s, identified as A, who was found inside a large cafe freezer in Paju, Gyeonggi Province, was reportedly discovered near the entrance of the storage unit, frozen solid and without any external injuries. SBS Sep 9, 2026 3:03 PM

Editor's Pick: Returning Home Empty-Handed... Raising a Child with Disabilities in South Korea "Please Let My Child Grow Up to Be a Tax-Paying Adult… A Mother's Desperate Plea" (Broadcasted on August 8, 2026) For children with severe physical disabilities, even going to school and daily life are far from easy unless it is a special education school, and the doors to admission remain stubbornly narrow. SBS Sep 9, 2026 3:02 PM

Families Allege Inadequate Search Efforts for Missing Koreans in Nepal Today in the afternoon, the families of South Koreans missing in a massive flood and landslide accident held a press conference at a hotel in downtown Kathmandu, Nepal. SBS Sep 9, 2026 3:02 PM

Missing Persons' Families Express Outrage Over "Abandoned by State" as Search Ends Today , families of the South Koreans missing in massive floods and landslides held a press conference at a hotel in downtown Kathmandu, Nepal. SBS Sep 9, 2026 3:02 PM

Sex Offender Personal Info to Be Notified via 'Gukmin Biseo' Starting Next Month The Ministry plans to inspect system stability through a pilot operation in a single administrativedong starting tomorrow before expanding the service next month. SBS Sep 9, 2026 2:39 PM

"I Found a Doctor to Kill the Baby, Give Me Money": The Brutal Full Story Last year at a motel in Uijeongbu, Gyeonggi Province, a newborn baby was left neglected in a sink and died. SBS Sep 9, 2026 2:33 PM

Grandmother Indicted for Allegedly Binding 11-Year-Old Grandson with Chains for 38 Hours Resulting in Death in Cheonan A grandmother in her 50s has been indicted in connection with the tragic death of an 11-year-old child who had been living at a church in Cheonan, South Chungcheong Province. SBS Sep 9, 2026 2:18 PM