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First Ruling Issued Over 4 Years After Hyundai Outlet Fire That Killed 7 A court has sentenced four officials from prime and subcontractor companies to prison terms, including a 3-year sentence for the head of a fire facility management company, in connection with the 2022 fire disaster at the Daejeon branch of Hyundai Premium Outlet that killed seven people. SBS Oct 16, 2026 4:00 PM

Subway Car Turned Upside Down After Boy Holds Knife A 13-year-old boy holding a knife inside a Gyeongui-Jungang Line train has been apprehended by police. SBS Oct 16, 2026 3:53 PM

"I Hadn't Seen Her for Two Days"... 80-Year-Old Woman Found Stabbed to Death in Bonghwa According to the Gyeongbuk Provincial Police Agency and fire authorities, an area resident discovered the victim, identified as an 80-year-old woman surnamed A, dead at a home in Myeongho-myeon, Bonghwa-gun, at around 8:15 a.m. SBS Oct 16, 2026 3:53 PM

Acting Chief Inspector of Serious Crime Investigation Agency Meets Im Eun-jung Behind Closed Doors Just Three Days After Probe Begins Im Eun-jung, head of the Gwangju Regional Serious Crime Investigation Agency who publicly criticized inaugural Serious Crime Investigation Agency Chief Kim Ji-yong during his nomination period, has held a closed-door meeting with an inspection official from the headquarters. SBS Oct 16, 2026 3:29 PM

27-Month-Old Toddler Passes Away 11 Days After Anesthesia Accident at Ulsan Eye Hospital A 27-month-old girl who fell into cardiac arrest while receiving general anesthesia before surgery at an eye hospital in Ulsan has passed away 11 days after the accident. SBS Oct 16, 2026 3:12 PM

Man in 20s Sentenced to Prison for Sexually Abusing Children at Unmanned Stores Busan District Court Criminal Division 6 (Presiding Judge Lim Sung-chul) sentenced the 20-year-old defendant, identified as A, to three years in prison on charges of violating the Act on Special Cases Concerning the Punishment, etc. SBS Oct 16, 2026 3:10 PM

Citizens Built Barricades to Block Attacker Ahead of Kids' Cafe, Averting Major Disaster It has been belatedly revealed that during a stabbing rampage at a complex commercial building in Incheon yesterday , citizens set up barricades to prevent the suspect from accessing the floor housing a kids' cafe. SBS Oct 16, 2026 3:08 PM

Police Transfer Complaint Over Allegations That Han Dong-hoon Covered Up Investigation The Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency stated, "The complaint regarding the alleged cover-up of the investigation involving Lawmaker Han Dong-hoon was transferred and received by the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency yesterday ." It added, "We plan to assign the case after thoroughly reviewing its contents." Previously, multiple civic groups filed a complaint with the National Office of Investigation under the National Police Agency against Lawmaker Han and prosecutors suspected of involvement in the investigation cover-up, citing charges of abuse of authority and dereliction of duty. SBS Oct 16, 2026 3:02 PM

60-Man Arrested for Threatening to Burn Down Gyeonggi Governor's Official Residence Over Choo Mi-ae's "Financial Straw" Remark A man in his 60s has been arrested by police after calling 119 to threaten that he would set fire to Gyeonggi Province Governor Choo Mi-ae's official residence, angered by her remark describing the fire service as a "financial straw." The Busan Haeundae Police Station is investigating the man, identified as A, without detention on charges of obstruction of official duties by fraudulent means. SBS Oct 16, 2026 3:02 PM

Fitness Trainer Yang Chi-seung Loses Lawsuit Over Gym Eviction... Ordered to Pay Tens of Millions of Won Trainer and broadcaster Yang Chi-seung has lost his administrative lawsuit against the Gangnam District Office regarding a gym eviction dispute. SBS Oct 16, 2026 2:48 PM