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Financial Services Commission Chairman: "Supplementary Measures for Single-Stock Leveraged Products to Be Announced Soon" Financial Services Commission Chairman Lee Eog-won announced today that the commission will soon prepare and release supplementary measures regarding single-stock leveraged products, which have been identified as a major cause of stock market volatility. SBS Jul 16, 2026 8:55 AM

Ruling Party and Government to Consolidate Military Academies into Unified 'Armed Forces Academy' The Democratic Party of Korea and the government have agreed to concentrate their efforts on accelerating the establishment of a four-year unified Armed Forces Academy, integrating the existing Army, Navy, and Air Force academies. SBS Jul 16, 2026 8:53 AM

Bank of Korea Expected to Raise Key Interest Rate as Signaled, Marking Start of Tightening in 3.5 Years In a survey of economic experts, five out of six respondents predicted that the base rate would be raised by 0.25 percentage points from the current 2.50% to 2.75%. SBS Jul 16, 2026 8:36 AM

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Exclusive: Police Chief Urged Caution in Jang Yoon-gi Murder Case Amid Pressure Following Namyangju Stalking Murder Why did the police leadership, including the police chief at the time, go to such lengths to prevent the Jang Yoon-gi case from being linked to relationship-based crimes? Back in March, there was a stalking-related murder in Namyangju, Gyeonggi Province. SBS Jul 16, 2026 8:35 AM

Man Fatally Shot by ICE Was Not Target of Arrest: "A Diligent Young Father" Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, it has been claimed that the man in his 20s recently shot and killed in Maine was not the intended target of the operation. SBS Jul 16, 2026 8:35 AM

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"When Will It Collapse Again?": 'Under Construction' Signs Fuel Anxiety On the 8th, while a heavy rain warning was in effect, workers were busy clearing away water and mud without a break. SBS Jul 16, 2026 8:34 AM

Over 800 Wildfires Across Canada: Worst Air Quality Turns Skies Martian Yellow More than 800 wildfires are currently burning across Canada. Smoke from these fires has spread not only across Canada but also into the northeastern United States, putting major cities in both countries on high alert for air quality. SBS Jul 16, 2026 8:30 AM

Controversy Over Google Maps Labeling Dokdo as 'Liancourt Rocks' 'Liancourt Rocks' is named after a French whaling ship that discovered the islets, and it is a term primarily used by the Japanese government to deny South Korea's territorial sovereignty over Dokdo. SBS Jul 16, 2026 8:28 AM

Trump Pressures Iran with Potential Ground Troop Deployment as 'Fatal Blow' Option Since the start of the conflict, the U.S. military has relied solely on airstrikes to target Iran. SBS Jul 16, 2026 8:24 AM

AI Reshaping Security Sector: Microsoft Replaces 9 Executives, Lays Off Hundreds Charlie Bell, Microsoft's Executive Vice President of Security, has replaced at least nine Corporate Vice President -level executives over the five months since taking office in February, the U.S. SBS Jul 16, 2026 8:23 AM