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Man in 50s Who Falsely Claimed Subordinate "Fabricated" Sexual Messages Receives Suspended Prison Sentence Chuncheon District Court Judge Koh Bum-jin, presiding over Criminal Division 2, announced today that he sentenced A, a 56-year-old indicted on charges of false accusation, to six months in prison suspended for one year. SBS Oct 12, 2026 3:05 PM

Obstetric Clinic Footage Found on Adult Sites; Police Launch Investigation into Latest Breach Police have launched an investigation after confirming that footage of patients receiving medical treatments and changing clothes at domestic hospitals has been massively distributed on overseas adult websites. SBS Oct 12, 2026 3:04 PM

Police Investigate Alleged Leak of OB-GYN CCTV Footage, Including Patient Changing Scenes Police have launched an investigation following allegations that closed-circuit television footage from operating rooms in domestic hospitals, including obstetrics and gynecology clinics, has been leaked to overseas illegal websites. SBS Oct 12, 2026 3:03 PM

Untouched by Humans, Yet Withered: Baekdo Waters Lose Their Color and Turn Gloomy It is a two-hour boat ride from Yeosu, Jeollanam-do, to Baekdo in Dadohaehaesang National Park. SBS Oct 12, 2026 2:57 PM

Woman in Her 40s Under Police Protection for Stalking and Violence Killed by Former Partner The Jeju Western Police Station announced today that it has urgently arrested and is investigating a man in his 60s, identified as A, on murder charges. SBS Oct 12, 2026 2:41 PM

Another Murder in Jeju: Man in 60s Stabs Woman in 40s to Death on Street A 60s man has been arrested for allegedly stabbing and killing a woman in her 40s on a street in Jeju. SBS Oct 12, 2026 2:39 PM

Heat-Related Illness Patients Down 9%, But Deaths Up 24%... Elderly Over 80 Hit Hardest While the number of heat-related illness patients dropped by nearly 9% last summer compared to the previous year despite "40-degree heatwaves," the number of deaths increased by 24%, data showed. SBS Oct 12, 2026 2:35 PM

"Garbage and Microplastics Floating Around"... Incheon Conducts Joint Public-Private Field Survey on Movement and Distribution of Han River Estuary Waste A consultative group of private experts joined the survey, boarding boats to directly inspect the condition of debris floating in surrounding waters and submerged underwater. SBS Oct 12, 2026 2:27 PM

Incheon Urban Corporation Begins Compensation Talks for Guwol 2 Public Housing District to Supply 1,599 Households by 2030 The Incheon Urban Corporation explained that it has brought forward the timeline for initiating compensation as much as possible to align with the government's policy aiming to break ground on 1.35 million homes in the Seoul metropolitan area by 2030. SBS Oct 12, 2026 2:25 PM

KDCA: Risk of Russia 'Plague' Influx into South Korea Very Low Regarding the suspected plague cases in Russia, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency stated, "We have assessed the likelihood of occurrence in South Korea as 'very low,' and its impact as 'low.'" The KDCA cited as reasons that no symptoms have developed among contacts other than the deceased in Russia, no pathogens have been reported detected, and the contacts are currently in quarantine. SBS Oct 12, 2026 2:21 PM