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Yangsan Hits 40.3°C for Second Straight Day... Scorching Heat to Continue Through Weekend Amid a nationwide heatwave, Yangsan in South Gyeongsang Province has recorded temperatures exceeding 40°C for two consecutive days for the first time since weather observations began. SBS Jul 31, 2026 6:28 AM

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Death Toll Reaches 34 in Fourth Day of Rescue Operations Amid Aftershocks and Heatwave The death toll from the powerful earthquake in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan, has risen to 34. SBS Jul 31, 2026 6:25 AM

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South Korea, Chile Hold Summit... Agree to Upgrade FTA and Enhance Mineral Cooperation President Lee Jae-myung held a summit with Chilean President José Antonio Kast in Chile. SBS Jul 31, 2026 6:22 AM

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Ambiguous Grounds for Dismissal of Indictment Fuel Criticism Over Hasty Legislation The latest amendment to the Criminal Procedure Act has sparked intense controversy, separate from the abolition of supplementary investigative powers, by inserting two new grounds for dismissing indictments without determining guilt or innocence. SBS Jul 31, 2026 6:20 AM

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Today's Major News 1. Ruling Bloc Pushes Ahead with Criminal Procedure Act Revision Amid All-Night Filibuster As an unlimited debate, or filibuster, is underway in the National Assembly over a bill to abolish prosecutors' supplementary investigation rights, the ruling-bloc parties are expected to pass the legislation this afternoon . SBS Jul 31, 2026 6:17 AM

Ice Age Mammoth Bones Discovered in Drought-Stricken Danube River According to the Historical Museum of Bulgaria, bones estimated to be a mammoth's lower jaw, pieces of tusks, part of a shoulder blade, and a thigh bone were found in the Danube River near the northeastern Bulgarian city of Ruse. SBS Jul 31, 2026 6:12 AM

Man in His 70s Arrested on Scene for Striking Acquaintance in Head With 10kg Dumbbell During Argument A is accused of inflicting serious injuries on an acquaintance in his 60s, identified as B, by swinging a 10-kilogram dumbbell at his head at around 2:30 p.m. SBS Jul 31, 2026 6:11 AM

Wild Animal Believed to Be Wild Boar Appears in Downtown Gangneung... Captured on Dashcam At 9:36 PM on the 29th, the wild animal was spotted on a road in Ipam-dong, Gangneung. SBS Jul 31, 2026 6:10 AM

French Teen Fined in Singapore for Licking and Reinserting Vending Machine Straw According to the Associated Press, 19-year-old Didier Gaspard Owen Maximilien, a business school student in Singapore, was sentenced on the 30th to a fine of 600 Singapore dollars on charges of public nuisance. SBS Jul 31, 2026 6:09 AM

Busan Sleepless Amid Historic Heatwave; Haeundae Crowded During Tropical Nights "Since we have a baby at home, we have no choice but to run the air conditioning all day," Kim said. SBS Jul 31, 2026 6:08 AM