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"I Don't Know How to Go On Without You"... Messi Opens Up After Losing His Father On August 11 , Lionel Messi uploaded a letter to his social media addressed to his father, who recently passed away. SBS Aug 13, 2026 6:13 PM

Gyeonggi Fiscal Innovation TF: "Suspicion of 2.4 Trillion Won in Underfunded Budgets This Year" The Gyeonggi Fiscal Innovation TF held a press conference on the 12th and announced the results of its analysis on expenditure restructuring tasks containing these findings. SBS Aug 13, 2026 6:08 PM

Gyeonggi Provincial Council PPP: "Fund Borrowing During Lee Jae-myung's Tenure Caused Fiscal Crisis" In a press release issued that day, the provincial council's PPP argued, "Governor Choo Mi-ae is only taking issue with the local bond issuance of former Governor Kim Dong-yeon, but the beginning of the '7 trillion won debt era' stems from fund borrowing under the 7th popular administration of then-Governor Lee Jae-myung." According to the provincial council's PPP, Gyeonggi Province drew from the Unified Fiscal Stabilization Fund and the Regional Development Fund starting in 2020 while President Lee served as governor to fund disaster relief subsidies and other expenditures. SBS Aug 13, 2026 6:06 PM

Hwaseong to Pay 6.6 Billion Won in Compensation to 28,707 Residents Affected by Military Noise The recipients are residents who lived in noise countermeasure zones designated by the Ministry of National Defense between January and December of last year. SBS Aug 13, 2026 6:04 PM

Semiconductor Material Firm Indicted for Massive 350 Billion Won Collusion Despite Client Price-Cut Requests The Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office's Criminal Proceeds Recovery Department (led by Chief Prosecutor So Jeong-su) announced today that it has indicted five individuals, including the current and former CEOs and executives of semiconductor material firm Company A, as well as the corporate entity itself, without detention on charges of violating the Fair Trade Act. SBS Aug 13, 2026 6:01 PM

Xdinary Heroes GUNIL Leaves Group Following 'Harsh Remarks About Fans' Controversy GUNIL , the leader of the group Xdinary Heroes, has left the team and terminated his exclusive contract with agency JYP Entertainment following allegations that he made harsh remarks and spoke ill of fans during a private call. SBS Star Aug 13, 2026 5:57 PM

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Russia Wants Female Workers, Too: Where Are North Korean Women Being Sent en Masse? 00:00 Intro 00:06 North Korean Female Workers in Russia… ‘8,000 Won per Hour’ 01:08 China Used to Be the Top Destination… Is the Paradigm Shifting? 03:10 North Korea Grows Picky… Chinese Businessmen 'Pleading' 04:22 Will the Rush to Russia Continue?… Post-War Recovery 'Reserved'? Hello. SBS Aug 13, 2026 5:57 PM

Anxious Over U.S. Inflation: Market Eyes Iran Instead of the Fed Even past 9 p.m., domestic experts and investors overflowed as they waited for foreign breaking news. SBS Aug 13, 2026 5:54 PM

Supreme Court Rules Monthly Rent Can Be Confiscated from Landlord Who Rented Out Motel for Prostitution The Supreme Court's Third Division (presiding Justice Oh Seok-jun) overturned the lower court's ruling, which did not order confiscation in the case of a defendant identified as A, who was indicted for violating the Act on the Punishment of Acts of Arranging Sexual Traffic, and sent the case back to the Seoul Central District Court. SBS Aug 13, 2026 5:52 PM

Supreme Prosecutors' Office to Pilot 'Public Prosecution Office' System at Four Agencies Ahead of October Reform The Supreme Prosecutors' Office announced plans to conduct a four-week "pilot implementation before the enforcement of the revised Criminal Procedure Act" starting on the 18th and running through September 11 at four total locations: the Seoul Northern District Prosecutors' Office, Daegu Seobu Branch Prosecutors' Office, Masan Branch Prosecutors' Office, and Nonsan Branch Prosecutors' Office. SBS Aug 13, 2026 5:50 PM