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Special Counsel Investigating Election Commission Raids Olympic Park Ahead of Ballot Verification Tomorrow The special counsel investigating various allegations surrounding the National Election Commission has decided to verify ballots stored at the Handball Gymnasium in Olympic Park tomorrow . SBS Oct 27, 2026 12:11 PM

Major News of the Day (October 27, 2026) 1. The KOSPI is surging by around 4% following news that AI company Anthropic has filed for an IPO. SBS Oct 27, 2026 12:05 PM

Jeong Eun-kyeong: "We Will Monitor Non-Benefit Chelation Injections and Launch Administrative Inspections on Over-Supplying Institutions" Minister of Health and Welfare Jeong Eun-kyeong stated that the government will strengthen management of chelation injections, following recent suspicions that a car battery manufacturing plant deceived workers by administering the injections under the guise of "vitamin shots" to conceal their blood lead levels. SBS Oct 27, 2026 11:58 AM

Ex-Marine Division Commander Im Sung-geun Sentenced to 3 Years in Prison Over Corporal Chae's Death Former Marine Corps 1st Division Commander Im Sung-geun, identified as responsible for the death of Corporal Chae Su-geun, has been finalized with a three-year prison sentence approximately three years after the accident. SBS Oct 27, 2026 11:54 AM

Supreme Court Confirms 1.5-Year Prison Term for Former Presidential Secretary Kang Gyu-gu Over "Retroactive Martial Law Proclamation" A prison sentence of 1 year and 6 months has been finalized for former Presidential Secretary Kang Gyu-gu, who was indicted on charges of drafting a "retroactive martial law proclamation" following the lifting of the December 3 emergency martial law. SBS Oct 27, 2026 11:45 AM

Hong Joon-pyo, Who Left Politics, Returns as Defense Counsel for Close Aides... What He Said Outside the Court Former Mayor Hong appeared at the court as defense counsel for an acquaintance facing a warrant review regarding the alleged proxy payment of Myung Tae-kyun's opinion poll costs. SBS Oct 27, 2026 11:19 AM

Public Verification of Ballots at Olympic Park Tomorrow; Police Deploy Over 3,300 Personnel to Maintain Order As the special counsel team of the Election Commission, led by Lee Tae-han, sets out to publicly verify ballots at the Olympic Park in Jamsil, Seoul, tomorrow , the police are deploying a large-scale mobile force to manage order at the scene. SBS Oct 27, 2026 11:19 AM

3-Year Prison Sentence Finalized for Former Marine Commander Lim Sung-geun Over Cpl. Chae's Death 1,196 Days After Accident A 3-year prison sentence has been finalized for former Marine Corps 1st Division Commander Lim Sung-geun, who was identified as responsible for the death of the late Corporal Chae Su-geun, about three years after the accident. SBS Oct 27, 2026 10:59 AM

Inje Residents Protest Government Regional Classification as "Discrimination, Not Favoritism" Residents of Inje County, Gangwon Province, have launched large-scale collective action in opposition to their exclusion from population-declining areas and their classification into Group 2 of the local preferential index. SBS Oct 27, 2026 10:56 AM

Cutting Through Thorns and Crying "Found You!"… Dramatic Midnight Rescue First, an octogenarian with dementia who got lost on Mount Mudeung in the middle of the night amid rain was safely rescued following a police search. SBS Oct 27, 2026 10:52 AM