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"Trapped in a 40°C Hell for 5 Hours"... Heavy Rains Cause Major Chaos Across the Country First up, drivers trapped in a parking lot for five hours. Heavy rain poured down across various parts of the country yesterday . SBS Oct 19, 2026 11:25 AM

Police Shift Security Policy to 'Citizen-Centric Service' and Push for English Name Change Acting National Police Commissioner General Kim Jong-chul said during a weekly meeting today , "We will strive harder to regain public trust by realizing a citizen-centric police service that reaches out first and assists closely." To achieve this, the police plan to build a system allowing individuals to check the progress of their reported cases at any time and expand the scope of notifications regarding case-handling statuses. SBS Oct 19, 2026 11:13 AM

Animal Operated in Real Time via 'Remote Arms' 870km Away... First in South Korea Korea University Anam Hospital announced today that Professor Kang Seok-ho of the Department of Urology performed surgery on an experimental animal by remotely operating a surgical robot set up in Shanghai in real time during the 78th Annual Meeting of the Korean Urological Association held at COEX in Seoul. SBS Oct 19, 2026 10:54 AM

Seven-Vehicle Pileup on Expressway Leaves Four Injured 2 Expressway Branch in Gangseo-gu, Busan, at around 5:07 AM today . According to police investigations, the accident happened after a Sorento SUV traveling toward Gimhae came to a halt following a collision with an unidentified object on the road, prompting subsequent vehicles, including a taxi, to crash into it one after another. SBS Oct 19, 2026 10:41 AM

Court Rules Loan Given Expecting Prostitution Earnings at Room Salon Is Null and Void The Busan District Court announced on October 19 that Judge Jung Soon-yeol of Civil Division 6 ruled in favor of the plaintiff in a lawsuit filed by A, an entertainment establishment employee, against private lender B to contest the claims. SBS Oct 19, 2026 10:07 AM

USFK SUV Flips on Expressway: One KATUSA Soldier Killed, One Seriously Injured Forces Korea service member crashed into a guardrail and overturned on an expressway. SBS Oct 19, 2026 9:58 AM

Yongsan-gu Deploys 2,550 Personnel for Safety Management as 160,000 Expected in Itaewon for Halloween The district expects about 165,000 people to visit the Itaewon area, including the World Food Culture Street and Gwangnaru-ro, during the special period, particularly on Halloween day on October 31. SBS Oct 19, 2026 9:41 AM

Vowing to End the "Politicization of Investigations," the First Blueprint for the CIO Revealed Before Inauguration Kim Ji-yong, the inaugural head of the Serious Crimes Investigation Office , arr… SBS Oct 19, 2026 9:18 AM

SUV Driven by USFK Flips over: One KATUSA Soldier Dead, One Severely Injured Forces Korea service member crashed into a highway median and overturned, resulting in the death of a KATUSA soldier riding in the vehicle. SBS Oct 19, 2026 9:13 AM

Song Mino, Convicted of Dereliction of Duty, to Complete Remaining Military Service Singer Song Mino, whose conviction for dereliction of duty while serving as a social public service worker has been finalized, will resume and complete his remaining military service. SBS Oct 19, 2026 9:02 AM