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Special Counsel Conducts Additional Seizures and Searches on NEC Over Alleged 14 Billion Won Equipment Supply Corruption Starting at 9:10 a.m. today , the special counsel team executed search and seizure warrants at the NEC and the residences of two current and former NEC employees to secure materials related to the supply contracts. SBS Oct 30, 2026 5:04 PM

Why a Prime-Land Shanty Town Turned Ticking Time Bomb Remains 'Untouchable' At the foot of Guryongsan Mountain in Gaepo-dong, Gangnam-gu, a shanty town sits just across the road from ultra-expensive residential complexes such as Tower Palace and Kyunggi Girls' High School. SBS Oct 30, 2026 5:03 PM

Seoul Major Crime Investigation Agency Transfers Two Suspects for Drug Smuggling These mark the second and third suspect referrals under detention since the agency's launch on October 2. SBS Oct 30, 2026 5:00 PM

Fire Breaks Out at Tire Shop in Daejeon, Extinguished After 4.5 Hours on the 30th. A fire that broke out at a tire shop in Daejeon today was completely extinguished after about 4 hours and 30 minutes. SBS Oct 30, 2026 4:51 PM

Investigative Office Transfers Case Involving Rep. Park Sun-won over Disclosing Alleged Whistleblower in Kim Seung-won Lobbying Scandal to Police A complaint filed against Democratic Party Representative Park Sun-won for allegedly disclosing the identity of a public interest whistleblower—who raised suspicions that Democratic Party Representative Kim Seung-won lobbied for COVID-19 clinical trial approval—has been transferred to the police. SBS Oct 30, 2026 4:47 PM

Beloved Actor Choi Bul-am Passes Away at 87, Tributes Pour In Actor Choi Bul-am (real name Choi Young-han), widely known as the "national father," has passed away at the age of 87. SBS Oct 30, 2026 4:45 PM

Three Arrested for Operating Illegal Sexual Exploitation Website and Making Hundreds of Millions of Won in Ad Revenue The Cyber Crime Investigation Unit of the South Chungcheong Provincial Police Agency announced that it has arrested three individuals, including a man in his 40s identified as A, the overseas mastermind, and two domestic accomplices, on charges including violations of the Act on Special Cases Concerning the Punishment of Sexual Crimes. SBS Oct 30, 2026 4:41 PM

Incheon Airport Check-In System Glitch Halts Ticketing for Three Airlines According to the Incheon International Airport Corporation and other authorities, a network issue connecting the ticketing systems at Incheon Airport was detected starting at 4:30 a.m. SBS Oct 30, 2026 4:40 PM

Starbucks Closes Large Gwangju Store First Time Since 'Tank Day' Boycott Starbucks Korea shut down the Starbucks Gwangju Jisan Amusement Park Entrance branch, located near the entrance of Mudeungsan National Park in Sansu-dong, Dong-gu, Gwangju, today . SBS Oct 30, 2026 4:35 PM

Oh Se-hoon's Camp on Special Counsel's Appeal: "Repeating Same Arguments Won't Create Non-Existent Evidence" In response to the independent counsel team led by Min Joong-ki appealing the appellate acquittal of Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon on charges of violating the Political Funds Act to the Supreme Court, Mayor Oh's camp criticized that "the logic is becoming increasingly weak." Lee Jong-hyun, Seoul's Special Advisor for People's Livelihood Communication, released a statement titled "An Expected Appeal; Repeating the Same Arguments Will Not Create Non-Existent Evidence," emphasizing this point. SBS Oct 30, 2026 4:32 PM