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Fire Breaks Out at Resource Recovery Facility in Hwaseong, Gyeonggi Province... Fire Authorities Issue Level 2 Response A fire broke out at a resource recovery facility in Jeongnam-myeon, Hyohaeng-gu, Hwaseong-si, Gyeonggi Province, at around 1:58 PM today . SBS Sep 16, 2026 3:43 PM

"I Make the Political Judgments": Presidential Rebuke Behind Rushed Schedule for 'Giant Whale' Drilling The Board of Audit and Inspection has revealed that there were presidential orders for aggressive schedule cuts and procedural violations during the pursuit of the Yoon Suk-yeol administration's deep-sea gas field project in the East Sea, known as the "Giant Whale" project. SBS Sep 16, 2026 3:38 PM

Solo Assault Turned Out to Be Group Violence by High School Girls After Prosecution Probe The Women and Children Crime Investigation Department of the Busan District Prosecutors' Office announced today that it has indicted three high school girls without detention on charges of special injury. SBS Sep 16, 2026 3:35 PM

Man Sentenced to Prison in Appeal for Putting Pesticide in Fish Stew The Chuncheon Branch of the Seoul High Court dismissed the prosecutors appeal during the sentencing hearing for A, who was charged with attempted murder, and upheld the lower court's ruling of one year and six months in prison. SBS Sep 16, 2026 3:22 PM

Jobless Man in 30s Buys Apartment with Scalped Tickets... Panics and Tries to Erase Evidence After News Report A man in his 30s, identified as Mr. A, has been arrested and forwarded to the prosecution for using automated ticketing macro programs to buy up around 9,000 popular tickets, including idol concerts, and reselling them at exorbitant prices. SBS Sep 16, 2026 3:22 PM

"My Pregnant Wife Needed the Hospital..." "I Told You to Live Alone!" What Happened? Some of the LG Uplus employees who were dismissed for allegedly illegally receiving relocation support subsidies for long-distance assignments have been reinstated after the Labor Relations Commission ruled their dismissals unfair. SBS Sep 16, 2026 2:56 PM

Fire Breaks Out Again at Hwaseong Mountain Just Two Days After Extinguishing Fire authorities stated that a report was received from a driver at around 11:33 a.m. SBS Sep 16, 2026 2:43 PM

Teenager Who Eavesdropped on Jeju Airport Radio Communications Found With Photos of Military Facilities A Chinese teenager, caught secretly listening to air traffic control communications at Jeju International Airport using a private radio, was also found to have multiple photos of suspected domestic military facilities on his smartphone, it was revealed. SBS Sep 16, 2026 2:36 PM

Yoon Suk Yeol Acquitted on Appeal over Alleged Perjury on Martial Law Cabinet Meeting: "Cannot Conclude False Testimony" Criminal Division 1 of the Seoul High Court today acquitted former President Yoon of perjury charges, upholding the first-instance verdict. SBS Sep 16, 2026 2:36 PM

Man Wearing Electronic Anklet Caught by Probation Officer Inside Women's Restroom The Namyangju Bukbu Police Station announced today that they have apprehended a man in his 30s, identified as A, on-site under charges of trespassing on a public place for sexual purposes under the Sexual Violence Punishment Act. SBS Sep 16, 2026 2:31 PM