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"Reminds Me of 10 Years Ago"... Kumamoto Residents Terrified by Magnitude 7.1 Earthquake According to Kyodo News and other reports, when the strong quake shook Uki City and Hikawa Town in Kumamoto Prefecture that day, roads buckled and stone walls collapsed. SBS Jul 29, 2026 5:43 AM

National Assembly Speaker Cho Jeong-sik's Remarks on Consecutive Term Constitutional Amendment Spark Controversy: Ruling Party Treads Cautiously, Opposition Responds with Backlash Although the Office of the National Assembly Speaker attempted to quell the issue by clarifying that it was a principled remark made with the full awareness that such a move is impossible under current constitutional provisions, suspicions persist that the remarks may have left open the possibility of a consecutive term for President Lee Jae-myung. SBS Jul 29, 2026 5:41 AM

Focus on Criteria as Government Weighs Higher Comprehensive Real Estate Holding Tax for Ultra-Luxury Homes and Annual Caps for Multiple Homeowners According to government sources on the 28th, authorities are running repeated simulations on how to define the scope of ultra-luxury homes subject to a higher comprehensive real estate holding tax, seeking to protect genuine homebuyers as much as possible while deterring speculative holdings. SBS Jul 29, 2026 5:40 AM

Pigs and Flounder Stunned by Heatwave... Consecutive Deaths Reported in Jeju Damage from the heatwave is spreading across both land and sea, with consecutive pig deaths reported at livestock farms as well. SBS Jul 29, 2026 5:31 AM

Collapse Occurs 7 Months After Aging-Related Renovation; Bridge Was Not Subject to Regular Safety Inspections   Following the collapse of Boritdol Bridge in Pohang, North Gyeongsang Province, on the 28th, calls are growing to investigate the cause of the collapse and determine whether safety management was adequate. SBS Jul 29, 2026 5:30 AM

"Even Pigs Barely Touch Their Feed": Livestock Exhausted Amid Relentless Heat Waves Pigs confined to their pens were barely holding on amid cooling equipment such as ventilation fans, electric fans, and air conditioners installed inside the pigsty. SBS Jul 29, 2026 5:23 AM

South Korea, Brazil Adopt Joint Statement... Accelerating Rare Earths Cooperation and Mercosur Agreement Talks President Lee Jae-myung, currently on a state visit to Brazil, held a summit with Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and adopted a South Korea-Brazil joint statement. SBS Jul 29, 2026 5:03 AM

Iran Proposes Expanding Its Control Zone in Strait of Hormuz to Oman In particular, Iran stated that it will not open the strait if an agreement is not reached with Oman—which had proposed dividing control of the Strait of Hormuz in half for independent management by each side. SBS Jul 29, 2026 4:14 AM

Trump Holds Successive Closed-Door Meetings with Netanyahu and Zelensky, Seeking Breakthroughs in Wars President Donald Trump U.S. President Donald Trump held successive meetings with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on the 28th, local time. SBS Jul 29, 2026 4:12 AM

Meta Partners with BlackRock to Build $14B AI Data Center Meta announced on the 28th local time that it will establish a joint venture with BlackRock to construct the data center in El Paso, Texas. SBS Jul 29, 2026 3:27 AM