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Sungjae Im Tied for 2nd in PGA Tour Playoff Opener 3rd Round, Two Strokes Behind Leader Scheffler Jude Championship, the opening playoff event of the 2026 PGA Tour season with a total purse of $20 million. SBS Aug 16, 2026 9:59 AM

U-17 Girls Volleyball Team Advances to 5th-6th Place Match After Dominant Sweep Over Thailand Led by head coach Lee Seung-yeo, the national team secured a dominant 3-0 victory against Thailand in the 5th-8th place classification match held at the National Stadium Park Court in Santiago, Chile, on August 16, Korea time. SBS Aug 16, 2026 9:50 AM

Hwang In-beom Shines in League Debut with Intuitive Assist for Clincher Playing away in the second round of the 2026–2027 Primeira Liga held at the Estádio dos Arcos in Vila do Conde on August 16 , Hwang helped secure a 2–0 victory by assisting the team's insurance goal. SBS Aug 16, 2026 9:48 AM

Court Rules: Losing Disciplinary Cancellation Lawsuit Means Nullification Suit Will Also Fail The Administrative Division 2 of the Seoul Administrative Court (Presiding Judge Kong Hyun-jin) ruled against university professor A in a lawsuit filed against a school foundation seeking to confirm the nullification of a disciplinary action. SBS Aug 16, 2026 9:42 AM

1 in 8 Adolescents Eats With Parents Fewer Than 4 Times a Week... Linked to Stress and Depression The study showed that for every increase of once a week in the frequency of adolescents eating meals with their parents, severe stress decreased by 12%, feelings of depression by 9%, and high levels of anxiety by 8%. SBS Aug 16, 2026 9:20 AM

Easier Access to Medical Records for Parents with Dementia... Ministry of Health and Welfare Revises Notice The Ministry of Health and Welfare recently announced a partial amendment to the "Notice on the Establishment and Operation of the Personal Medical Record Access Support System" containing these measures, and plans to accept public comments on it until the 31st of this month. SBS Aug 16, 2026 9:17 AM

Penny Stocks and Low Market Caps Face Wave of Designation as Administrative Issues; Will '100 Delistings' Become Reality? (The photo above is not related to the article content.) Following the implementation of tightened delisting requirements to weed out insolvent companies, a series of companies are being designated as administrative issues due to their share prices falling below 1,000 won (so-called "penny stocks") or failing to meet market capitalization criteria. SBS Aug 16, 2026 9:15 AM

Hacking Targeting South Korea by Suspected North Korean Groups Rises… Exploiting AI and Deepfakes In particular, attacks attributed to North Korea most frequently targeted South Korea. SBS Aug 16, 2026 9:14 AM

Privacy Concerns Prompt Carrier Switches, but Bundled Plan Subscribers Stay Put The Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute released these findings on August 16 in a paper titled "Analysis of Mobile Subscriber Carrier Migration Trends and Influencing Factors," published in the latest issue of the academic journal Electronics and Telecommunications Trends. SBS Aug 16, 2026 9:08 AM

Kim Min-seok's Definitive Victory or Jeong Chung-rae's Dramatic Comeback? DP's Seoul and Gyeonggi Primaries Today Following party leadership candidate Kim Min-seok's majority win in yesterday's Jeonnam-Gwangju and Jeonbuk primaries, all eyes are on whether candidate Jeong Chung-rae can create a turning point today in the final leg of the regional primaries. SBS Aug 16, 2026 9:06 AM