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U.S. Treasury Keeps South Korea and 9 Other Countries on Currency Watchlist Department of the Treasury The U.S. Donald Trump administration re-designated South Korea as a currency monitoring watchlist country on the 23rd . SBS Jul 24, 2026 6:27 AM

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"Focus on One High-Value Home Causes Problems"... Weight Given to Strengthening Holding Taxes President Lee Jae-myung held a national public debate on real estate policy. First, he pointed out that the preference for "one high-value home" has caused serious problems in society. SBS Jul 24, 2026 6:15 AM

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"Two Working-Level Staff Arbitrarily Manipulated Data"... Is This the First Time? The fact that circumstances in which two working-level employees manipulated voter turnout were discovered, yet remained hidden until the investigation, is a serious problem in itself. SBS Jul 24, 2026 6:09 AM

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Circumstances of 'Voter Turnout Manipulation' Discovered... Election Commission Raided The National Election Commission has been subjected to a raid following the discovery of circumstances indicating that the number of voters was deliberately misentered on the day of the local elections last month. SBS Jul 24, 2026 6:06 AM

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Morning Wide: Today's Major News 1. Investigation Launched into Alleged Voter Turnout Manipulation in June 3 Local Elections Following Raids The joint prosecution-police investigation headquarters has raided the National Election Commission and the Gyeonggi Provincial Election Commission after capturing circumstances suggesting that voter count statistics were manipulated in the Gyeonggi region on the day of the local elections last month. SBS Jul 24, 2026 6:05 AM

20-Year-Old Imprisoned for 35 Years for Attempted Murder of Schoolmate Siblings and Arson Jeju District Court Criminal Division 2 (Presiding Judge Seo Beom-wook) sentenced 21-year-old A, who was indicted and detained on charges including violation of the Act on Special Cases Concerning the Punishment, etc. SBS Jul 24, 2026 5:52 AM

15-Year Prison Sentence Sought for Man in His 50s Who Killed Older Brother and Attempted to Murder Octogenarian Mother During the sentencing hearing for the defendant, identified as A, held yesterday before the Suwon District Court's 13th Criminal Division (Presiding Judge Chang Seok-jun), prosecutors asked the court to sentence him to 15 years in prison. SBS Jul 24, 2026 5:45 AM

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Apartment Fire in Seongdong-gu, Seoul: 1 Injured, 45 Evacuated Around 9:30 PM yesterday , a fire broke out at an apartment building in Sageun-dong, Seongdong-gu, Seoul. SBS Jul 24, 2026 4:19 AM

Trump Conditions Saudi Nuclear Pact on Normalizing Relations With Israel President Donald Trump U.S. President Donald Trump linked a nuclear agreement with Saudi Arabia to the kingdom joining the Abraham Accords on the 23rd . SBS Jul 24, 2026 4:08 AM

World Bank: Venezuela Earthquake Damage Estimated at 29 Trillion Won, 18% of GDP The World Bank announced on the 23rd that, following an assessment focusing on direct damage to buildings and infrastructure, the direct physical damage from the Venezuela earthquakes amounts to at least 19.6 billion dollars. SBS Jul 24, 2026 3:28 AM