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Bucheon City Issues "Welcome Card" Offering Shopping and Tourism Benefits for Foreign Patients Holders of the Bucheon Welcome Card can receive discounts at a total of 18 partner facilities, including a 10 percent discount on K-beauty cosmetics at the Bucheon City Hall shop, a 50 percent discount on admission tickets to Woongjin Playdoci and the Bucheon Lake Botanical Garden Supia, as well as discounted accommodation rates. SBS Oct 30, 2026 12:42 PM

Icheon, Designated as 'Horse Industry Special Zone,' Accelerates Bid to Host Racecourse Icheon, Gyeonggi Province, has officially accelerated its bid to host a racecourse, highlighting its status as a designated "horse industry special zone." Reporter Yu Yeong-su has the details. SBS Oct 30, 2026 12:35 PM

"Please Restrict Seizures and Searches in Essential Medical Fields"... A Tearful Appeal Amid continuing backlash from the medical community over the search and seizure at Ajou University Hospital's Pediatric Emergency Medical Center, pediatric emergency specialists nationwide held a press conference urging that searches and seizures in essential medical fields be restricted in principle. SBS Oct 30, 2026 12:21 PM

Former Military Officers Acquitted in Trial Over Alleged 'Hamburger Meeting' for Dec. 3 Martial Law Plot Former military personnel indicted for allegedly plotting the December 3 emergency martial law during a gathering at a hamburger restaurant have all been acquitted in the first trial. SBS Oct 30, 2026 12:16 PM

Safety Inspections in Crowded Districts Ahead of Halloween... Armored Vehicles Deployed Ahead of Halloween tomorrow , police have deployed personnel to major bustling districts to prepare for massive crowds. SBS Oct 30, 2026 12:12 PM

Fire Breaks Out at Car Repair Shop in Galma-dong, Daejeon; Level 1 Response Issued A fire broke out at a car repair shop in Galma-dong, Seo-gu, Daejeon, at around 10:02 a.m. SBS Oct 30, 2026 12:09 PM

Today's Major News (October 30, 2026) 1. The KOSPI plunged more than 5% in early trading, threatening the 5,600 level. SBS Oct 30, 2026 12:05 PM

Jeong Cheol-seung Sentenced to 1 Year and 6 Months in Prison, Taken Into Custody for Exposing Identity of Park Won-soon's Victim The 4-2 Criminal Division of the Seoul High Court overturned the lower court's ruling today and sentenced lawyer Jeong, who was indicted on charges of indecent act by compulsion resulting in injury, violation of the Special Act on the Punishment of Sexual Crimes, defamation under the Act on Promotion of Information and Communications Network Utilization and Information Protection, etc., and violation of the Personal Information Protection Act, to 1 year and 6 months in prison. SBS Oct 30, 2026 11:52 AM

Beloved "National Father" Actor Choi Bul-am Passes Away at 87 Actor Choi Bul-am, beloved as the "national father," passed away last night at the age of 87. SBS Oct 30, 2026 11:40 AM

Samcheong-dong, Anyang Stream, Seoul Forest... 110 Seoul Autumn Foliage Roads Selected Across the City Spanning a total of 167 kilometers, the 110 designated roads offer autumn scenery created by various tree species such as ginkgo, zelkova, king cherry, and dawn redwood across parks and walking paths, according to the city. SBS Oct 30, 2026 11:25 AM