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Kim Min-seok Warns Over SCIA Chief Nomination Rift: "Efforts Reaching a Tipping Point" Tensions within the broader pro-government bloc are escalating over the nomination of Kim Ji-yong to head the Serious Crime Investigation Agency . SBS Oct 12, 2026 1:49 PM

Another Defense Corruption Scandal Breaks: How Will DAPA Respond to Repeated Graft Cases? Five people, including the head of a fighter jet parts manufacturing and distribution company, the head of an outsourced maintenance firm, and maintenance technicians, have been indicted by the Nonsan Branch of the Daejeon District Public Prosecution Office on charges of illicitly taking 12.8 billion won from the Defense Acquisition Program Administration by supplying counterfeit parts for KF-16 fighter jets as genuine ones. SBS Oct 12, 2026 12:58 PM

Military Manpower Chief Expresses Regret Over Athletes' Remarks, Takes Calls for Exemption Reform Seriously Hong So-young, commissioner of the Military Manpower Administration, stated today regarding the inappropriate remarks and behavior by athletes competing in the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games concerning the military service exemption system, "As commissioner of the Military Manpower Administration, I find it deeply unfortunate and regrettable." Commissioner Hong made the remarks in response to a question from Representative Kim Byung-joo of the Democratic Party of Korea during a parliamentary audit of the Military Manpower Administration conducted by the National Assembly's National Defense Committee at the agency's headquarters in the Government Complex Daejeon. SBS Oct 12, 2026 12:58 PM

Military Manpower Administration Pushes to Raise Military Service Exemption Standards for Arts: 2nd to 1st Place in International Competitions The South Korean government is pushing to raise the qualification criteria for military service exemptions granted through awards at international arts competitions from second place to first place. SBS Oct 12, 2026 12:23 PM

Chung Dong-young: "Remarks on Kusong Nuclear Facility Were Made Last July, Conveyed to U.S." Unification Minister Chung Dong-young stated that he has conveyed an explanation to the United States that he had already made related remarks prior to taking office, addressing the controversy over the leak of classified South Korea-U.S. SBS Oct 12, 2026 12:10 PM

North Korea Fires Ballistic Missiles Again After 9 Days; Cheong Wa Dae Calls for 'Immediate Halt' North Korea launched several ballistic missiles into DONGHAE on the morning of today . SBS Oct 12, 2026 12:09 PM

Chung Dong-young: "Kusong Remarks Made in July Last Year, Also Relayed to U.S." Unification Minister Chung Dong-young reiterated his stance that he did not leak U.S. SBS Oct 12, 2026 12:09 PM

Lim Eun-jung, Head of Gwangju Major Crime Investigation Agency, Arrives at Work Without Comment on Inspection At 8:55 a.m., Lim entered her office through a restricted underground parking lot without speaking to reporters waiting in front of the agency building in Jungheung-dong, Buk-gu, Gwangju. SBS Oct 12, 2026 11:28 AM

North Korea Fires Ballistic Missiles Flying over 900 km, 4 Days After South Korea's Hypersonic Launch In a briefing, JCS spokesperson Jang Do-young stated, "Around 9:20 a.m. on October 12, we detected several ballistic missiles fired toward the East Sea from the Pyongyang area in North Korea." Jang said, "The detected North Korean missiles flew more than 900 kilometers, and South Korean and U.S. SBS Oct 12, 2026 11:10 AM

North Korea Fires Ballistic Missiles Again After 9 Days: "Flew Over 900 Km" North Korea fired several ballistic missiles from the Pyongyang area toward the East Sea this morning . SBS Oct 12, 2026 11:10 AM