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"Mass Exodus of Administration Officials Ahead of Midterms… They Are Running Away" special representative for global partnerships A special envoy recently dismissed by U.S. SBS Oct 19, 2026 2:47 PM

Truck Crashes Into Hindu Festival Site in India, Leaving 15 Dead Major accidents continue to occur at Hindu festival sites in India. According to local media including the Hindustan Times, at around 1:30 a.m. SBS Oct 19, 2026 2:41 PM

North Korea-China Trade Reaches $2.27 Billion from January to September, Up 18.6% On-Year Trade between North Korea and China increased by nearly 20% year-on-year for the first nine months of this year. SBS Oct 19, 2026 2:32 PM

Meta Blocks Anti-Trump Group's Instagram Account for 90 Minutes Amid Protests The incident occurred as the No Kings Coalition held massive rallies drawing millions of participants across some 3,000 locations, including 50 states and Washington, D.C., on the 17th over the weekend, to encourage early voting ahead of the November 3 U.S. SBS Oct 19, 2026 1:36 PM

"My Child's Eyes Are Bad"... Price of 6,000-Won Lenses Placed at a 66-Fold Markup Recently in China, "youth eyeglass lenses," which are marketed to slow down the progression of worsening eyesight in growing children and provide more detailed myopia correction, have been selling at high prices. SBS Oct 19, 2026 1:34 PM

Surpassing China Unlikely Even with 'Unprecedented' EVs... Shocking Analysis That Only 'Niche Markets' Remain An electric vehicle that leaps into the air to clear five cars and accelerates from a standstill to about 97 km/h in just 0.81 seconds. SBS Oct 19, 2026 1:28 PM

While Citizens Go Hungry, Kim Jong-un Enjoys "Ultra-Luxury Vacation" on 80-Meter Cruise Ship with Water Slide Foreign media outlets have reported that large luxury cruise ships equipped with swimming pools and water slides have been repeatedly spotted off the coast of Wonsan in Gangwon Province, where North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's summer villa is located. SBS Oct 19, 2026 1:25 PM

Despite South Korea's Regrets, Japan's Takaichi Makes Additional Offering to Yasukuni Shrine Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi made an additional offering payment today… SBS Oct 19, 2026 12:25 PM

France Turns Into a Battlefield: Department Stores Looted, Government Offices Set Ablaze Protests initially sparked by demands to improve educational environments are spreading, turning places across France into battlefields. SBS Oct 19, 2026 12:24 PM

U.S. and Japan Begin Keen Sword Joint Military Drill... "Largest Scale Ever" military began today . Running through October 29, this year's exercise is the largest in scale ever, expanding beyond conventional landing and amphibious operations and missile defense training into new domains such as space, cyber, and electromagnetic waves. SBS Oct 19, 2026 11:34 AM